You could always use a USB module like this one:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/product.php?productid=16141All the work has already been done and it's a through hole component.
Just a thought...
- Brice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Richter" <grichter@...>
To: <ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:30 PM
Subject: [ComputerVoltageSources] Re: USB vs. RS-232
> For the science project/hobbiest thing we were trying to keep everything
> on the new PC
> board to through hole components. I doubt you can find a through hole USB
> interface chip.
> So that would be an additional problem for USB interface, surface mount
> soldering.
>