hardware-interface – Tarik Billa

How do I connect to a terminal to a serial-to-USB device on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)?

February 15, 2023 by Tarik

First check with dmesg | grep tty if system recognize your adapter. Then try to run minicom with sudo minicom -s, go to “Serial port setup” and change the first line to /dev/ttyUSB0. Don’t forget to save config as default with “Save setup as dfl”. It works for me on Ubuntu 11.04 on VirtualBox.

Faking an RS232 Serial Port

January 3, 2023 by Tarik

If you are developing for Windows, the com0com project might be, what you are looking for. It provides pairs of virtual COM ports that are linked via a nullmodem connetion. You can then use your favorite terminal application or whatever you like to send data to one COM port and recieve from the other one. … Read more