Does this thing give anyone ideas?

[Chuck(G)]

Cheap and speaks RS232C

Say, something to plug into a vintage PCs serial port for transferring data?

 

[glitch]

I'd been looking at similar devices (Seeed Studio and SparkFun carry similar things) to integrate with my 8085 SBC serial board. It would require a 3.3V regulator on board but that's not a big deal. It seems that the particular model you linked has the 3.3V to 5V TTL converters onboard, which is a big advantage over the parts I'd been looking at, which were intended for use with modern uC devices running at 3.3V.

The price is definitely right -- just placed an order for two!

 

[Chuck(G)]

I suspect that a buck switching converter (e.g. LT3971) from one of the RS232C signal lines may be enough to power this thing. Just plug it into a serial port on your vintage PC and you're connected!

 

[Krille]

Cheap and speaks RS232C

Say, something to plug into a vintage PCs serial port for transferring data?

Very interesting. With XTIDE Universal BIOS this would mean a harddrive over a wireless serial connection*. Too bad it seems to be limited to 115.2 kbps? Especially since Bluetooth can do a lot more...

* My brain just came up with a new acronym: WISH = WIreless Serial Harddrive. Remember where you read it first!

Now, I wish I had a WISH...

 

[Twospruces]

no flow

no flow

Very interesting. With XTIDE Universal BIOS this would mean a harddrive over a wireless serial connection*. Too bad it seems to be limited to 115.2 kbps? Especially since Bluetooth can do a lot more...

* My brain just came up with a new acronym: WISH = WIreless Serial Harddrive. Remember where you read it first!

Now, I wish I had a WISH...

hi all,

just a quick note to say those modules from deal extreme have no hardware flow control. also, they are a far cry from a wire replacement. they may interfere with protocol timing. byte streams are packetized and experience buffering delays..

cheers steve

 

[NeXT]

Six bucks each? Wow that's a lot cheaper than the Serial bluetooth dongles you find on ebay.

 

[deathshadow]

Browsing DX gives me all sorts of crazy stupid ideas.... It's who I bought the four Cree-Q5, voltage regulators and reflector from for my bicycle (powered off 18650 cells recycled from busted laptop batteries)

Right now I'm drooling over this:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/5-cree...drop-in-led-module-52-7mm-42mm-8-4v-max-35241

Whenever I need some tiny componant -- from ten-packs of LED's to voltage regulators to simple module boards, I check DX first... I mean, how many places still sell these at a decent price?
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/pc-mot...eshoot-boot-failure-diagnostic-pci-card-21997

SATA to IDE converters for four bucks, laptop PATA to desktop for two bucks, USB audio for 5 to 7 bucks (only way to get DECENT working audio from a hackintosh)... I have to be careful browsing DX, I could blow a whole months pay in five minutes on two dollar items.

Even if it does come on the slow boat from china...