No Serial Port [Archive]

G1279

10-01-2008, 10:23

Short Story: Any USB to High Speed Serial Converters that anyone can recomend? Brand? Where I can find one?

Long Story:
With some help from some teachers and team funding, we got a new lab top to help with programming and other things. We just didn't check to see if it had a serial port so now we are stuck with a lab top for program, that we cant download programs with. I know that there are USB to high speed converters or something like that that I can use to down load but I've heard previouse stories of them being really slow. I'm just wondering if any one uses or has used one that works efficently that they can recomend.

Thanks

kjohnson

10-01-2008, 10:34

Check this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55821

keen101

10-01-2008, 10:37

Radio Shack sells some. I don't know if they are high speed though. (it's the same as the ones that came with the VEX)

keen101

10-01-2008, 10:39

...of course you could always try and get a blue tooth serial "cable" to program your robot. They sell the items at Sparkfun Electronics. They are a little expensive though.

65_Xero_Huskie

10-01-2008, 13:59

Any brand would work, But u have to know before hand, the USB/Serial Port connectors are not 100% reliable when it comes to transfering to the RC. Unless they fixed it this year you should expect to have a few failed uploads (just a precaution)

Daniel Bathgate

10-01-2008, 15:15

I've had no problems with the Keyspan adapters, either this one (http://keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/) or its predecessor.