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

On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Andrew Porrett wrote:

> At 12:46 AM 8/6/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote:
>> I am sure that someone is going to take me to task on this
>
> Not me!
>
>
>> but, I
>> don't like having USB right on the board. Inevitably it is not
>> compatible with any USB driver I have already installed so I have to
>> install yet another driver (well, for windows).
>
> Unless the driver is buggy, what's the issue?

Isn't "not buggy" when taken in context with "Windows" an oxymoron?

Often the problem is that the driver isn't already present and I don't
have the driver anywhere convenient.

>> I would much rather
>> have RS-232 so I can use the same USB-to-serial adaptor I use for
>> everything else.
>
> I'm OK with RS232 as well, but from what I've seen, most consumers
> want a USB interface for their devices (GPS, music player, scanner
> radio, whatever); I suspect it's the same in the micro market.

I guess that, since almost every USB device is just emulating a UART,
why bother? OK, the connector is smaller.

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. :-)

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