Overview

Universal Serial Bus (USB) port technology has emerged in response to the proliferation of external peripheral devices (keyboards, mice, scanners, digital cameras, removable drives, etc.), that are increasingly being connected to the latest generation of PCs. The USB is much faster than conventional bus ports (i.e., serial, parallel, PS/2), and since it does not require any IRQs, the problem of IRQ conflict is eliminated, allowing many more devices to be attached to the system.

The UC-100KMAis a PS/2-to-USB Keyboard and Mouse interface converter. It allows PS/2 type keyboards and mice to connect to USB enabled PCs, notebooks, laptops, or handheld computing devices via the USB bus instead of using conventional bus technology.

An advantage of this for notebooks, for example, is that now an external mouse and keyboard can be connected up at the same time without causing conflict.

Note: Since most computers only have one or two USB ports,USB hubs are often used to provide additional ports so that numerous USB peripheral devices can be connected up at the same time.

The UC-100KMAimproves on previous designs by including easy to use Hotkeys for selecting your computer’s operating system and keyboard language input.

For further convenience - especially to users of notebooks, laptops, and handhelds - the UC-100KMAAdapter derives its operating power from the Universal Serial Bus itself, so no bulky external power supply needs to be taken along. And because it is a USB Specification compliant device, the UC-100KMAsupports energy-saving suspend and resume operations.

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2005-06-09