Serial/Parallel/USB/Firewire ports - Worksheet 1


Serial Ports

DIRECTIONS:

Answer the following questions:

1.  What does the term "asynchronous" mean?

2.  List 4 external devices that you can connect to a serial port.

   
   

3.  In the table below list the function of each of the 9 pins on a serial connector.

Pin number

 Function or Purpose of Line

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

7

 

8

 

9

 

4.  Sketch the connector pins for a 9 pin serial connector.