“Wall Warts” (the colorful name for our beloved device Power Supplies) may be a thing of the past for some consumer electronics devices thanks to the ubiquitous and versatile Universal Serial Bus (USB ...

We’ve been recently looking into USB 2.0 – the ubiquitous point-to-point communications standard. USB 2 is completely different from USB 3, the blue-connector next-generation USB standard. For ...

Am looking to expand USB A ports for my laptop, which has only one USB A and two USB C ports. Among USB C hubs, it seems only the multi port models draw all the attention, those devices with multiple ...

The competitive nature of the consumer electronics market demands constant innovation, with consumers expecting each new product to be better than the last. One major goal is to create small portable ...

Update, Saturday July 4th, 2009: All preorders are closed. The Bus Pirate is a universal serial interface tool, we use it to test new chips without writing any code. It currently supports most serial ...

With some inventions, it works like this: The idea sounds strange at first, then nothing happens for a few years, and suddenly the thing takes off. That's roughly how it went with the now ubiquitous ...

so, i've been working this backwards and forwards in my head and on google. It seems possible, though some of the technicalities escape me. I'd basically like to build the equivalent of an external ...

The universal serial bus (USB) enables users to connect plug-and-play devices to a PC, but different kinds of USB exist. USB 1.0 and 1.1 are older versions of the interface that are much slower than ...

To communicate with a device connected via universal serial bus (USB), a computer needs the driver, not just for the device itself, but also for the USB controller. Microsoft Windows uses USB ...

Four USB bus-powered data acquisition devices are the first to feature the vendor’s high-performance multifunction M Series capabilities, including MCal, a design for calibration at every input range ...

So what if Intel is taking its sweet little time adopting the USB 3.0 spec, let the transition begin. Sure, it sucks that the world's largest chip maker isn't on board yet, but when Intel finally ...

From charging cables to storage devices, USB tech is now old news. But some USB devices are so odd, you probably didn't know ...