The WinSSD utility of SeaMAC for Windows gives you access to all the communication options of Sealevel PCIe and PCI synchronous serial cards necessary…
How does the SeaMAC Configuration Utility help me develop a new application that uses the SeaMAC for Windows API?
The SeaMAC Configuration Utility lets you easily configure a Sealevel synchronous serial port to the communication options you select. By using the utility to change…
What is Slew Rate Limiting and when should I use it?
Slew rate is a measurement of how fast the signal voltage changes over a specified period of time. At high data rates, you need a…
What is the ‘Gen Mod’ that Sealevel recommended?
‘Gen Mod’ is an abbreviation of ‘Generic Modification’ and it ensures that the COM port assignments on a USB serial adapter are always the…
What is MIL-STD-1553?
MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard published in 1973 by the U.S. Department of Defense that defines the electrical, mechanical and functional specifications of the…
How can I guarantee that different USB serial adapters will use the same COM port assignments?
When you connect a USB serial adapter to a computer, the operating system assigns individual COM port numbers to each serial port. Each USB…
Where do I find a Linux driver for my Sealevel asynchronous serial adapter?
Most Sealevel serial adapters use the serial drivers built into the Linux kernel. For USB and UART-based serial adapters, the Linux drivers may need additional…
How to add missing vendor/product IDs for UART-based serial adapters in Linux
Linux supports the direct use of 16XXX UART-based devices with the drivers included in the kernel sources. However, kernel versions prior to 3.7.0-rc6 are missing…
How to configure USB serial adapters in Linux
The serial USB driver in Linux contains many product IDs for Sealevel devices. However, the newest devices may not be currently included in the driver. This…