Friday, March 30, 2012

Universal Serial Bus

Universal Serial Bus
Certified USB.svg
Original logo
Type Bus
Designed 1994
Manufacturer Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, NEC, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Nortel
Superseded Serial port, parallel port, game port, Apple Desktop Bus, PS/2 connector
Length 5 meters (may be extended with hubs)
Width 11.5 mm (A-plug), 8.45 mm (B-plug) (there are also smaller connectors)
Height 4.5 mm (A-plug), 7.78 mm (B-plug, pre-v3.0)
Hot pluggable Yes
External Yes
Cable 4 wires plus shield; 9 wires plus shield in USB 3.0
Pins 4 (1 supply, 2 data, 1 ground); 9 in USB 3.0 (additional 5 for SuperSpeed technology including one extra ground); 11 in powered USB 3.0; micro connectors have one additional pin
Connector Unique
Signal 5 volt DC
Max. voltage 5 V(±5%)
Max. current 500–900 mA @ 5 V (depending on version)
Data signal Packet data, defined by specifications
Width 1 bit
Bitrate 1.5/12/480/5,000 Mbit/s (depending on version)
Max. devices 127
Protocol Serial
USB.svg
The standard USB A plug (left) and B plug (right)
Pin 1
VCC (+5 V)
Pin 2
Data-
Pin 3
Data+
Pin 4
Ground

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