Even with the widespread use of Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, for many of our customers who use converters, serial ports are still an important interface. Not only on computers, but also digital cameras, printing equipment, modems and a wide range of industrial automation network equipment, continue to make use of serial port connectivity. (Although, […]

USB to RS485 converters are often used to enable personal computers to connect with RS485-compliant devices on industrial automation networks, such as factory floor automation, video surveillance cameras and door security card readers.
Although the RS485 specification recommends a default topology based on ‘master-slave’ point-to-point or multi-drop configurations, the use of multiport repeaters allows construction […]

Many people are familiar these days with the use of universal serial bus [USB] ports on their desktop, laptop and notebook computers. The widely used USB 2.0 specification supports a 480 Mbps transfer rate and is popular because computer users can easily connect a wide range of consumer electronics devices and computer peripherals to their […]

This article describes the top three benefits of using RS232 to RS485 converters - a niche market servicing these legacy serial communications protocols.
RS485 is an electrical interface standard still widely used by industrial automation devices such as sensors, motor managers, temperature controllers and control valves that communicate real-time, deterministic data across bus-based networks.
Although newer […]

In a world of Internet broadband and high-speed local area networks, there remain valid reasons for deploying RS232 to RS422 converters in environments where required throughput is measured not in Mbps, but in Kbps.
For example, one reason is to extend the physical distance over which devices with RS232 interfaces can operate. And another is to […]