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

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 ...

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 what it's for.

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

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 ...

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 ...