[geeks] USB to Serial

[Thomas Gallaway]

This might be a silly question but I was trying to get certain USB 
devices that act as a serial device to talk to a serial port.

I know there are USB to Serial adapters where you got a breakout box 
with either one or a bunch of serial ports. But I need something reverse.

I for example I have a Nextel Cellphone that I need to hook up to a 
device that only inputs serial data. The device has an PCMCIA slot but 
it run's some sort of embedded system with a bunch of DSP's and as far 
the firmware goes it's hard to modify cause all the comments are in 
japanese. Then again I don't even know if the device would be able to 
take an USB card. The processor is some sort of NEC 33mhz RISC.

So if anybody knows if there is an adapter that let's me plug into the 
USB port of a cellphone and get a serial to the device that would be 
helpful.

The other option I was thinking was Bluetooth to Serial (skip the entire 
USB part).

-- Thomas