Society of Robots - Robot Forum
General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Armouralis on October 17, 2008, 08:44:25 PM
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hi everyone, i am obviously new to these forums. I want to start my robotics career, XD and i have a question about the $50 robot.
As one of the materials for the $50 robot, there is "serial port on computer."
What type of serial port is it? Can i just use a USB port, or an adpter to the USB port? or do i have to buy a new driver with the port on it?
Thankyou in advance :D
*EDIT*
WOW im dumb. I forgot about my computer in my basement, it has a serial port. >.> Anyways, does the serial port have five pins on the top, and four on the bottom?
THank you.
P.S. Moderator/Admin can u close this post because i think it makes me look dumb because i found the answer to my own question >>.<< Thank you
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That's alright, I think we've all answered our own questions a time or two. :)
If, for some reason, you can't/don't want to use an older computer with a serial port, you can use a USB-to-serial adaptor. From my experience, they work perfectly well with robots. That is what I used when I had the BOE-Bot (which is functionally similar to the $50 robot).
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I leave this open as I have something to add:
Can i just use a USB port, or an adpter to the USB port?
Yeap, you can just use USB with an adapter. If you have a laptop, this is my recommendation too!