Thread: USB to Serial converter for controller
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Re: USB to Serial converter for controller
I have been very happy with the Bafo Technologies* USB-Serial converter running under XP and Win2000Pro. I like tigerdirect.com, but there are 100's of sights that sell them.
No problems downloading code, or really with ANY RS-232 thing I have tried to use - Stamp2, various radios, the IFI programming port, some instruments at work that need an RS-232 interface, this and that odd single board computer. Never had the least problem.

Highly recommended -- and only something like 15 bucks as I recall -- I've paid that much for a USB cable when my back was to the wall! Ironically enough, the Bafo converter actually comes just the kind of cable I was raked over the coals for ;-)

Joe J.

*By the way, I like all the Bafo stuff I have bought -- Bluetooth Dongles, converters, and various other bits and pieces of stuff that make life easier. Cheap but functional. Anyone else have a similar experience with Bafo's stuff?
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