Software for serial communication via USB

[r_a_mueller]

Hi all,
I am just writing a guide for a piece of hardware (pressure sensor). The data are processed as serial data by an Arduino nano and enter the PC via the USB port.
Now I am looking for a simple Windows software to read and save these data as CSV values. In Linux I use GTKTerm. There I can handle the USB port as an ordinary serial port (/dev/ttyUSB0). In Windows I thought of using Putty, but I found, that Putty can use only "real" serial ports (COM ports).

I don't want to use a "real" serial communication (RS232) as most Laptops nowadays dont have this ports anymore. What do you recommend?

Thanks a lot,
Richard

 

[Dulanic]

I came in here going to recommend PuTTY. Honestly, I don't know what you can use.... Have you tried... RealTerm? I haven't tried it, it may have the same issue? Not sure. My only experience /w PuTTY was to connect to my router once to undo a bootloop I put it in /w DD-WRT.

 

[sm625]

In windows, you need to use a COM port. It doesnt have to be a "real" COM port, it just has to be mapped to that device. When you plug your device into a USB port, what type of driver is installed in device manager? If it indeed shows up as a cOM port, you can use this: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=23025

 

[xSauronx]

this one works in windows, just saves a file as txt i think
http://www.eltima.com/products/rs232-data-logger/

but if you are using csv to get into something else, you can likely just import the data anyway and use commas as the delimiter

anyway, a usb to serial adapter is assigned a COM port, as sm625 said. you can look at com ports under device manager and see what it gets mapped to. i think it changed based on the usb port you use, so putty would work for that.