[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

Thanks to everyone who responded. And thanks to Wayne for the black box suggestion. I have actually been thinking about that very product. What it does is switch a master port to one of several other ports. Not far from what I'm seeking. I was thinking of buying one of these and hacking it to trigger a relay instead of a change of port. But before I went down that path, I thought I'd ask if anyone knew something more fit for purpose. Seems not and either this black box unit with a hack or a mcu might be my options. Thanks all! 73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx -----Original Message----- From: Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 5:08 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Cc: Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device? Something like this… https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Box-Corporation-Modified-SWED98174-Cos-II-Co… Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2022, at 14:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: I keep a big jar around that's full of blue- and black pill MCU boards, as well as a few of the more capable STM32F4 and F7 boards. Nowadays, everything seems to look like a job for an MCU. The MCU has replaced the hammer! . . . "To a man with a HAMMER|(big jar of blue and black pill MCUs), everything looks like a NAIL|(job for an MCU)"