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unusual facts about Universal serial bus



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.

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.

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).

DECAF

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

Dmesg

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

EasyCard

At the 27th annual German Chaos Communication Congress hacker conference ("27C3") in 2010, German free software programmer Harald Welte showed that it is possible to artificially change the amount of money stored on a first-generation EasyCard—based on the MIFARE Classic—using nothing more than a USB RFID reader and a laptop computer running open source software.

Final Scratch

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

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.

HIL bus

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

MagicJack

The firm's first product, introduced in 2007, is a USB device that has both the software necessary to place Internet-based telephone calls via a customer-supplied high-speed Internet connection and the electronics (technically known as a SLIC, or Subscriber Line Interface Circuit) which allow conventional landline telephones to be plugged directly into the device.

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.

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.

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.

Simon Daniel

As founder and CEO of Moixa Energy, in September 2006 he brought to market an AA nickel metal hydride battery with a built-in Universal Serial Bus plug allowing it to be recharged without a custom charger.

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.

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).


see also

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.