“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From charging cables to storage devices, USB tech is now old news. But some USB devices are so odd, you probably didn't know they existed. We sussed out a few.

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 ...

A computer, at its simplest, is a sophisticated input and outlet machine. But there is only so much it can do. It can't print a document on a piece of paper — there's a dedicated machine for that. A ...