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 ...

Before USB standardized how we connect devices, computers were a tangle of incompatible ports. Here are the ones that USB ...

Ever wondered why some USB-A ports are blue, red, or black while USB-C looks identical everywhere? The answer is more ...

Chances are high that most of us deal with USB cables at least once a day. Whether that's because you're plugging in your phone to charge, or connecting a device to your PC, USBs are a common part of ...

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 ...

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 ...

As universal serial bus (USB) 1.1 becomes stable ground for developers, the introduction of USB 2.0 makes the ground uncertain again. The new specification calls for operation up to 40 times faster ...

In Part I of this article, I briefly mentioned the generic USB driver in the context of getting a USB device to communicate through it easily, with no custom kernel programming. Unfortunately, I ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a proven connectivity system. However, there are still design challenges in producing a USB hardware interface. Prime among these are face layout, power, and ...