Special Features:

The cereal box is a small i/o device that uses the rs-232 serial protocol to transfer data to and from the serial port of the host computer. This is a self contained unit that plugs into an ac power supply and comes with a cable for connection to the serial port of the host computer, cables and connectors for the analog and digital i/osignals are not provided, baud rates between 2400 and 115200; depending on the baud rate and the number of channels selected, updated rates between 30-300hz can be reached; a 6.5 volt power supply is provided

Properties:

An adapter which provides facilities for electrically connecting an item to be tested and a piece of test equipment. Do not use for interconnecting cables. Includes plug-in electronic component socket adapters which provide terminations for dynamic testing while an electronic component is inserted. See also coupler, test set.