I think the point was to make something in a pinch with what was already available versus making the most flexible choice. That being said I use, I'm not the a

I think the point was to make something in a pinch with what was already available versus making the most flexible choice. That being said I use, I'm not the author, https://github.com/Noltari/pico-uart-bridge https://github.com/Noltari/pico-uart-bridge to turn a Raspberry Pi Pico into a USB to dual UART adapter. It appears as a CDC-ACM device so is supported under Linux and Windows without any 3rd party drivers. I replaced my MacBook Pro with a Thinkpad years ago so I have no idea what the situation is on macOS.