Since most of us are long past the days of hardware serial ports, the USB to serial adapter has become a mainstay on the hacker's tool belt. While they're cheap and convenient, USB to serial adapters aren't always the easiest thing to use: there's always the issue of what COM port Windows is calling your USB to serial adapter, or what TTY device it is in Linux/OS X. [Avishay] has a very, very … [Read more...]