We’re no stranger to homemade CPUs on these pages, but we think that [Jiri Stepanovsky]’s 16-bit serial CPU might be a little special. Why? It has an astonishingly low chip count, with only 8 ICs in ...

Universal Serial Bus has been the de facto standard for sending information to and from computer peripherals for almost two decades, but despite the word “universal” in the name this wasn’t always the ...

The emphasis on high-definition production, distribution and play-out is presenting another set of evolutionary challenges to the video server marketplace. Up until the last few years, the focus was ...

Anyone working in the PHY or electrical domain these days knows that serial bus pattern verification is critical for ensuring that embedded and computer designs operate to expectations. Capturing and ...

Serial buses dot the landscape of embedded design. From displays to storage to peripherals, serial interfaces make communications possible. Many serial communication interfaces compete for use in ...

Universal Serial Bus is a port on your computer that you can plug devices into such as cameras, mice, and scanners among other things. This term was viewed 4,750 times.

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 ...

In computing terms, system buses are used to connect various components to the motherboard's core logic and, often, to each other. Modern PCs run with a multitude of high-speed buses ranging from the ...

EVERY COMPUTER SOLD now comes with at least a couple of slots on the side known as USB ports. USB stands for "Universal serial bus" and has been around since the late Nineties. Some people will ...