serial to parallel

[kleinux]

serial or usb to parallel

Is there an easy way to plug a parallel lcd into the serial port or usb via some sort of adapter. I like the parallel lcd's because of the fun colors ;-) Thanks in advance.

Chris

Would this work? :

http://www.cableconn.com/products/usb/specs/usbpar.htm

it looks like it would. Of course i do not expect a guarantee, but have any of you had luck with this?

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[CF Tech]

Physically and electrically, I would bet it could be made to work. But I would guess that the driver would be trouble, since it is probably only set up to do printer I/O, and not general purpose I/O.

Something like this:

http://www.gigatechnology.com/usbio.html

Might work, and may have more open software documentation.

 

[bcheese]

Chris,

what you are trying to do is technically possible, as you would need to build/aquire a RS232 to parrallel converter. This would require a microcontroller or similar to do the interfacing.

Regards
Brian.

 

[pbktek]

There are parallel to serial and serial to parallel IC's still on the market you can find common one in the 74Hx series in catalogs like Jameco - Digi-key - Mouser - JDR for a few cents to a couple of $$ and do the same as a micro-controller.
do a search on http://wwwgoogle.com on things like MP3 - LCD's