USB serial adapter
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From: Nix on 13 Oct 2009 18:08 On 13 Oct 2009, Dave outgrape: > Theo Markettos wrote: >> Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: >>> Would anyone care to recommend (or disrecommend) a USB serial adapter >>> supported by Linux? >> >> I don't think I've found one that won't. Software-wise there are roughly >> two sorts, ones that end up as /dev/ttyUSBx and others as /dev/ttyACMx. >> A lot of the cheap ones are made with the PL2303 chip or a clone, which >> works just fine as ttyUSB. >> > The only downside of the cheap ones is that they all look identical and if > you're using more than one, beware that the numbering may change over the > first reboot. Ew! You're right. No identifiable properties at all: not even a serial number. That really *is* cheap and nasty: I'm not sure I've ever seen a USB device without any sort of serial number before. |