You may have noticed your TV has a port marked RS-232 on the back that doesn't look like any other connector you have. Here's ...

Modern USB devices are secretly still using this 40-year-old tech ...

Your TV's RS-232 port is a powerful automation tool - how to unlock it (and what it can do) ...

The serial port remains a hacker staple, being one of the easiest ways to move a little bit of data from one machine to another. All manner of projects use the interface, and often, sensors are ...

Today, everything from your computer to your dryer has wireless communications built in, but devices weren’t always so unencumbered by wires. What to do when you have a legacy serial device, but no ...

Prolific PL2303 is a USB-to-Serial adapter cable that lets you connect your computer to the devices with serial ports, like a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). When you connect a device with your ...