Freescale Semiconductor TWR-MCF52259-Ethenet manual 1995 1996 1998 2000 2001

Appendix A USB On-the-Go

USB On-the-Go: What is it?

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By 2001, there was a proliferation of peripheral devices that could be interconnected and pass data to each other. Because of this interaction of peripheral devices, the USB Group saw the need for a USB device to sometimes act as a device and sometimes act as the host. From that need came the USB On-the-Go specification.