This is a quick one for the online notebook - got a request for the actual IC pins used for the UART.  Since it seemed confusing to call it something like the 334′th pin or the 8th pin on the 3rd side, we decided to post a quick pic.
It really is the 3rd pin on […]

Today we’ve got a super-simple gadget hack of a commercial USB serial port adapter.There are times when you need a low-voltage RS-232 port for interfacing with a microcontroller, some hobby project, or for poking around in some interesting system.  And during many of these times, you may not want to go dig out the Arduino […]