[Discuss] new serial port question

[Patrick]

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:56:06 -0800
"pw" wrote:

[...]
> 
> If you're really adventurous get yourself an electronics
> mail order catalog and spend a few bucks on an
> 'Analog Devices' A2D integrated circuit, a Maxim Max232
> RS232 integrated circuit (the 8 bit parallel IO version)
> and a small breadboard. You can build your own
> serial port AD converter. Plug a thermistor into
> the A2D converter and you have yourself an RS232
> thermometer.
> 
> Make your own android!!! My master did.

You know, on the first reading this paragraph, I kept misreading
`RS232' as `R2D2', which made your punchline all the more perfect.

Thanks.  :-)


> 
> Peter

Patrick.

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