Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Re: [oopic] Re: Everyone please read. - Future of the ooPIC.

At 01:11 AM 8/6/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote:
>Often the problem is that the driver isn't already present and I don't
>have the driver anywhere convenient.

You could always get yourself a small USB stick (a meg or so) and
keep stuff like that on it.


>I guess that, since almost every USB device is just emulating a UART,
>why bother?

Because very few new desktops or laptops have serial ports. It's
understandable that consumers don't want to bother with USB to serial adapters.


>And I understand that most consumers want a USB interfaces. I just
>wanted to point out that it doesn't really gain you anything and I am
>not most consumers. :-)

Vendors don't want to deal with customers who can't connect the
product to their PCs. Users always ask why the device doesn't use a
USB interface or why the required USB to serial adapter wasn't
included with the product, never mind that it drives up the price for everyone.


...Andy

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