Introduction to USB

Motivation for USB

USB - Universal Serial Bus was born out of the need to provide designers and end-users with:

• an alternative to Apple’s 1394 digital link

standard (FireWire®)

TM

 

a fast, bi-directional, low-cost, dynamically attachable serial interface

that removes the port availability constraints for the PC and other devices

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