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Isolated USB-to-UART converter builds in 20 minutes for $20

I stood in stunned silence at the smoke billowing up from the hardware on the workbench. Just moments before, it had been operating as expected, before self-destructing with a sound that can only be ...
Electronic Design

4 And 8-Port PCIe/104 Serial Port Modules Offer Opto-Isolation

Diamond Systems’ Emerald-MM-8EL-XT family of high performance PCIe/104 OneBank serial I/O modules offer 4 or 8 serial ports with software-controlled configuration and optional opto-isolation. The ...
Geeky Gadgets

Optically Isolated USB To Serial Adapter

Developers, hobbyists and electronic enthusiasts searching for a optically isolated USB to Serial adapter may be interested in a new piece of open source hardware called the ZeptoBit Isolated USB-UART ...
EDN

Product How-to: Integrated isolation and power bridges the gap between USB and traditional industrial interfaces

As a standard for serial communication to peripheral devices, USB is ubiquitous today. However, industrial devices still rely in many cases on the older standard of RS-232 for debug or master-slave ...
Geeky Gadgets

Opto-pi Raspberry Pi Opto-Isolator Board Offers Easier Interfacing With Digital GPIO Pins (video)

Raspberry Pi owners looking to use higher voltages with their mini PC, might be interested in this new opto-isolator board called the Opto-pi which has been specifically designed to be used with the ...