Serial-->USB

Hey guys..can't believe england won...anyways, has anyone used one of those serial to usb converters for, lets say, an lcd? If so, which one did you pick up? Thanks!

 

forgot where you get them from but thy cost £30 which was to expensive for me.

 

£30 canb't you just use an old USB > PS2 then a PS2 > Serial. Both of these came with mice. Both Trust. Not to sure if this'll work. Worth a go.

 

I doubt that would work, but one can try.

Any device acting as a serial device on a USB port will act in funny ways. For example, you will always have to plug it into the same USB port.

 

That's assuming that all the adapters (particularly the PS/2 to USB mouse adapter) has the entire pinout for serial. I think a mouse uses 5 or 6 pinouts and if they don't coorespond with what the LCD uses, could be trouble.. but if you have all of them on hand, doesn't hurt to try..

 

Theres a bunch of them here http://www.usbgear.com/usa/usb_adapters.html ..so i think i'll give it a shot

 

Yeah they work fine http://www.lcdforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=506&forum=1&9

Maplin sell one for about £30 I think, cheers,

r.

 

maybe someone who is could with lcd's could try wiring one up to usb and give us a guide...... (hint hint cheeseman)

 

I'm lead to believe it's as simple as plugging the serial plug from the lcd into the convertor, and then the usb plug into your computer... it installs the convertor as a serial port and you're away to play.

r.

 

wouldn't wiring it directly into a usb plug be a lot cheaper than £30?

 

lol yeah if you want to write software for it sure... you could get the necessay converting ic yourself and do the wiring yourself, I can't help you with that though.

Cheers,

r.

 

just an idea for the adventurous.

 

Ahh if only you knew what was to come, you wouldn't need to ask for such things

r.

 

ohhhh have you got some thing planned??

 

Nope.

r.