X-Nico

65 unusual facts about USB


Actigraphy

an interface, usually USB, serial, or low-power wireless, to program the timer and download the data from memory.

Aluratek

Founded in 2006, Aluratek manufactures an assortment of electronic products, namely: eBook readers, digital video camcorders, multimedia players, internet radios, digital photo frames, 3G routers, docking enclosures, USB 3.0, high resolution adapters, USB and multimedia accessories, splitters and switches.

Aten Technology, Inc.

IOGear, Inc., headquartered in Foothill Ranch, CA, is a connectivity manufacturer that provides complete KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse), Networking, Wi-Fi, FireWire, USB (Universal Serial Bus), Bluetooth, HomePlug and Peripheral solutions.

Audio control surface

MIDI was the first major interface created for this purpose, although many devices now use USB, FireWire, Ethernet or proprietary interfaces.

AV receiver

USB (usually involves special computer circuitry to read video formats from a file system)

Avenir Telecom

They consist in the distribution and sale of a wide variety of communication products, especially mobile phones, activation of service, accessories, answering and fax machines, phone cases, phone chargers, phone soxs, plastic shelves, 3D phone stickers for mobiles and laptops, earkits, hands-free kits, portable headsets, and USB Bluetooth dongles under the OXO name.

Broadband Global Area Network

Depending on terminal type users can connect their computers via USB, Bluetooth, WiFi, or Ethernet connection(s).

Computer speaker

There are also USB speakers which are powered from the 5 volts at 500 milliamps provided by the USB port, allowing about 2.5 watts of output power.

CoreExpress

The interfaces are legacy-free, using only digital buses such as PCI Express, Serial ATA, Ethernet, USB, and HD audio (Intel High Definition Audio).

CRT Group

Original specification CargoSprinter's used USB connections between electronics modules, second generation machines used TCP/IP across a LAN.

D-subminiature

For the majority of other consumer applications, D-sub serial and parallel connectors have been replaced by the physically much simpler and cheaper IEEE 1394 (FireWire), SATA, USB, or modular connectors.

DECAF

DECAF provides real-time monitoring of COFEE signatures on USB devices and in running applications.

Dialog TV

Dialog TV recently Launch A PVR service Which allow customer's to record TV Programes on selected TV channels and also gives the ability to pause' Rewind and fast forward Live TV the product is currently marketed as "Dialog TV PVR" the service is used by connecting a USB Stick or External hard disk via a USB cable to a USB port of the back of the Receiver and by calling the Dialog TV Customer technical support hotline (Activation Fees of Rs 250.00 on top of the monthly subscription apply)

Digital subscriber line

For residential variations of DSL, this is usually the Ethernet (RJ-45) port or a USB port; in rare models, a FireWire port is used.

Dmesg

Common examples of when this might happen are when I/O devices encounter errors, or USB devices are hot-plugged.

DSL modem

DSL routers, the most common form of DSL modem, the are external to the computer and wired to the computer's Ethernet port or its USB port, whereas voice-band modems are usually internal devices installed in the computer itself in a PCI interface slot in the back.

It usually also has a USB jack which can be used to connect to computers via a USB cable, to allow connection to computers without an Ethernet port.

Efika

The EfikaPPC, sometimes also referred to as EFIKA 5200B, was based on a 400 MHz Freescale MPC5200B System-on-a-Chip and includes 44-pin 2.5" IDE, USB, serial port, stereo audio in/out, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, 33/66 MHz PCI port and 128 MB DDR RAM.

FÉLIN

Designed to utilise all the electronic resources found on the electronic jacket (computer, energy manager, peripheral equipment interfaces, user interfaces), The system is built around a USB 2.0.

Final Scratch

All versions of Final Scratch 1 use the same Scratchamp, a USB and RCA device in a round plastic shell.

Flying-Model-Simulator

Many sources, including radio manufacturer Hitec, make cables to interface most brands of R/C transmitters with the program via the buddy box socket and a computer's USB, microphone or serial port.

Forest Technology Systems

They have released the Axiom F6 datalogger, the only fire weather datalogger with an integrated touchscreen and standardized USB ports for data input and output and software updating.

Garmin Forerunner

The Forerunner 50 also came packaged with a USB stick that allowed training data to be transferred wirelessly to one's pc.

Hexbus

Though it was prototypical to today's USB (plug and play, hot-swappable, etc.), it was never released, with only a small number of prototypes appearing in collector hands after TI pulled out of the market.

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access

During 2007, an increasing number of telcos worldwide began selling HSDPA USB modems to provide mobile broadband connections.

HIL bus

The PS/2 peripherals were themselves replaced with USB-connected models.

Industrial USB

Industrial USB is the name given to the use of the USB protocol in an industrial environment, for data acquisition, automation, and production machine control.

Intel Architecture Labs

However, IAL successes in the hardware world are legendary, and include PCI, USB, AGP, the Northbridge/Southbridge core logic architecture and PCI Express (the now-dominant architecture for multi-processor servers).

Ioctl

For example, on Win32 systems, ioctl calls can communicate with USB devices, or they can discover drive-geometry information of the attached storage-devices.

Jan Axelson

Most of her books relate to interfacing of computers using the serial port, the parallel port, USB and ethernet.

JavaPOS

Depending on the vendor, drivers may be available that can communicate over USB, RS232, RS485, or even an Ethernet connection.

K-box

The K-box is powered by a built-in rechargeable battery with claims of 20 hours of playtime per charge It is recharged via computer USB or 5v adaptor.

Leap Motion

The Leap Motion controller is a small USB peripheral device which is designed to be placed on a physical desktop, facing upward.

MiFi

May be connected to a computer via a Micro-USB connection, though doing so disables the Wi-Fi networking, converting the device into a traditional single-client modem.

Mobile broadband modem

These standards have become deprecated by the end of the 2000s in favour of USB-based modems, which are compatible with a greater number of devices.

More recently, the expression "connect card" is also used to identify internet USB keys.

Mobile Studio

The hardware connects to a PC via USB, and is powered by the user's PC, eliminating the need for a bulky AC transformer.

Neato Robotics

Neato XV robots support user-upgradeable firmware via a mini USB port on the rear of the robot, via a (not included) mini-USB cable connected to a Windows or Mac PC.

Neotel

The phone only has a USB connection and does not provide a connection compatible with devices meant to connect to phone lines, such as fax machines.

Netgear Digital Entertainer

USB storage devices such as iPods, thumb drives, and some digital cameras with USB interfaces can be attached directly to the units for playback of media on those USB devices.

New Surrender

Anberlin was showcasing their new material on the main stage for the entire tour, with the pre-order coming with a USB device on a wristband.

Nexus Hawk

Incorporates 2 USB and 4 PCI-M slots to accommodate future networks such as WiMAX and Public Safety Band), accepts ExpressCard 34mm air cards, PCMCIA CardBus air cards and USB air cards via adapter, Secure Remote Configuration Management, Built in IPsec and OpenVPN and pass through security features, FIPS140-2 SSL Certified Module.

Nothing in My Way

After the French pop-rock band Bubblies, the single's release is notable as being the first ever commercial music release in USB format, a special edition limited to 1,500 copies.

Option N.V.

Currently, the product line-up consists of connect cards (for example, the GlobeTrotter HSDPA "7.2 Ready" data card), embedded wireless modules (for laptops and/or smartphones), fixed mobile devices (for example, a USB stick providing wireless broadband access via HSPA and UMTS networks) and software.

Oxford Papershow

The technology involves a USB key to synchronise with the digital pen enabling instant connectivity between pen and PC.

Penguin Robot

1 FTDI 232RL mini USB programming port (used to download the software from the PC)

Pocket video camera

Dimensions 2.5 x 4.5 x 0.9 in and a weight of 3.8 oz are typical, and a USB connector is usually built-in.

PS/2 port

PS/2 was considered a legacy port by the Intel/Microsoft PC 2001 specification of 2000; USB ports were preferred for connecting keyboards and mice.

Radio SHARK

The radio connects the computer through a USB interface, which also supplies power to the radio.

Residential gateway

A USB modem plugs into a single PC and allows a connection of that single PC to a WAN.

Reverse DDM

Dynamic device mapping is a technology for USB KVM switches which is sometimes implemented as an alternative to standard USB keyboard and mouse emulation.

TekBots

The program is then transferred to the robot via a USB or parallel port dongle.

Transaction-Safe FAT File System

The latter problem has become more common with the spread of USB drives.

Triton II

The Triton II (Official name 82430HX) was a version of Intel's Triton processor chipset with all the features of the 82430FX (Triton I) plus support for ECC, parity RAM, two-way SMP, USB, and then current PCI to improve speed.

USB hub

A USB hub is a device that expands a single USB port into several so that there are more ports available to connect devices to a host system.

USB hubs are often built into equipment such as computers, keyboards, monitors, or printers.

USB human interface device class

In computing, the USB human interface device class (USB HID class) is a part of the USB specification for computer peripherals: it specifies a device class (a type of computer hardware) for human interface devices such as keyboards, mice, game controllers and alphanumeric display devices.

USB toys

The use of a USB port to power toys was probably not what they were intended for.

It was hoped that eventually a number of devices would be able to daisy chain together using the USB ports.

The USB connector was originally designed as a replacement for the serial and parallel ports on computers.

Voice modem command set

USB modems may or may not have this problem, because some USB modems are simply serial modems with a "USB-to-serial" converter chipset (in which case there should be no problem), and other USB modems are "host-controlled" and are essentially externally-attached Winmodems (in which case the problem may persist).

Wireless repeater

Some wireless range extending devices connect via a USB port.

Xircom

Xircom acquired Entrega, a small company that produced the USB upgrade boards (for people with older PCs lacking universal serial bus connectors) and converters (USB to serial, to parallel, to Ethernet).

XM PCR

When combined with a "smart cable", which is really just a USB to Serial cable and a wiring adapter to connect to the XM Direct's control port, the XM Direct supports some features not found on the original PCR.

Xtractaurs

Once installed, you can open the software, create an account (You must have Broadband Internet connection to play online), and can plug in your DNA extractor gun with a cable on the handle of the gun, which ends in a male USB plug.


ARINC 828

ARINC 828 combines classical aircraft interfaces like discretes, ARINC 429 or ARINC 717 buses with PC technology like USB, DVI, LVDS and Ethernet.

Blue Microphones

However, unlike the latter, the Spark Digital offers a USB interface and could also connect directly to an Apple iPad via Apple’s 30-pin connector.

Clock skew

Clock skew is the reason why at fast speeds or long distances, serial interfaces (e.g. Serial Attached SCSI or USB) are preferred over parallel interfaces (e.g. parallel SCSI).

Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor

Windows To Go, bootable USB drive with Windows capable of running data recovery/collection utilities

Damn Small Linux

Users have also run X-DSL from a USB flash drive, using the USB adaptor included with Phantasy Star Online, which plugs into the memory card slot and includes one USB 1.1 port.

Dish TV

Dish TV Recently introduced its DVR service which requires an External USB Hard disk drive to be plugged into the Set Top Box's USB Port, the DVR can provide & support recording space up to 2 TB.

Elgato

;1st EyeTV (aka EyeTV USB): Elgato's first EyeTV product was introduced on September 29 at the 2002 Macworld Expo in New York.

Freescale 68HC08

Features and capabilities vary widely, from 8 to 64-pin processors, from USB 1.1 connectivity to LIN.

JDRF

The Pak is a sling-style bag containing educational materials and resources targeted at adults, including the Adult Type 1 Toolkit (described below), Mary Tyler Moore’s memoir “Growing Up Again” about her own diagnosis with T1D in adulthood, and a Bayer Contour Next USB Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

LaCie

In 2007, the French national museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris acquired LaCie products for its permanent collection including Poulton's "le Coq", "d2"," LBD", "Firewire Speakers", "Pocketdrive" and "Rugged", Ito's "Brick" and "USB Hub", and two Porsche Design drives.

Magneti Marelli

Magneti Marelli worked with Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Auto to develop an in-dash computer (carputer) for Ford's work truck division introduced in 2008 — with a built-in 6.5-inch, high-resolution touch screen and Bluetooth, USB connectivity, GPS Navigation, voice recognition, as well as general office applications, e.g., word processing, contact, and calendar.

MapBlast

This management team completed a successful initial public offering in February 2000 managed by J.P. Morgan & Co., Bear Stearns, and USB Piper Jaffray.

Open JTAG

It is a complete hardware and software JTAG reference design, based on a simple hardware composed by a FTDI FT245 USB front-end and an Altera EPM570 MAX II CPLD.

PlayStation 2 technical specifications

For example, the PS2 BIOS will not boot an ISO image from a USB flash drive or operate a USB printer, as the machine's operating system does not include this functionality.

Radiohead Box Set

The box set was released in physical form as a limited edition seven CD box set, with each album in original digipak sleeves, as a digital download as DRM-free 320 kbit/s MP3 files with digital artwork and as a 4GB USB Stick.

Resistance: Fall of Man

While in games, players can talk to their team mates by using a Bluetooth or USB headset.

Slirp

Slirp is also useful for connecting PDAs and other mobile devices to the Internet: by connecting such a device to a computer running Slirp, via a serial cable or USB, the mobile device can connect to the Internet.

Sony Mavica

The first CD-based Mavica (MVC-CD1000), notable also for its 10× optical zoom, could only write to CD-R discs, but it was able to use its USB interface to read images from CDs not finalized (CDs with incomplete sessions).

Tethering

Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Phone 7, Android (starting from version 2.2), and iOS 3.0 (or later) offer tethering over a Bluetooth PAN or a USB connection.

Transcend Information

In 2007, Gartner reported that Transcend has been ranked as the world's third largest manufacturer of USB flash drives behind SanDisk and Kingston, with 8.7% global market share.

USB drive

USB flash drive, USB-connected computer storage using semiconductor non-volatile random-access memory