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Re: USB To Serial Converter Issues

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Originally Posted by pheadxdll View Post
When I had my old laptop with a native COM port, downloads used to take a matter of seconds- Now they take about 2-3 minutes with both of these USB to SERIAL convertors I've tried. Is 2-3 minutes for programming normal for you guys?
Unfortunately, yes. When our programming laptop's serial port got fried a few years ago and we started using a USB converter, the extra time became pretty annoying. We learned to double-check everything before compiling to make sure we got the best value for our download time. Before, we'd been tossing simple changes in and trying them out. Now, we think them through a bit more closely.