usb
7 stories and discussions about usb, aggregated from every source we track.
<p>According to the Wikipedia article <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_C#Cables" rel="ugc">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_C#Cables</a></p> <blockquote> <p>USB-C 3.1 cables are considered full-featured USB-C cables. They are electronically marked <strong>cables that contain a chip</strong> with an ID function based on the configuration channel and vendor-defined messages (VDM) from the USB Power Delivery 2.0 specification. Cable length should be ≤ 2 m for Gen 1 or ≤ 1 m for Gen2. <strong>Electronic ID chip</strong> provides information about product/vendor, cable connectors, USB signalling protocol (2.0, Gen1, Gen 2), passive/active construction, use of VCONN power, supported VBUS current, latency, RX/TX directionality, SOP controller mode, and <strong>hardware/firmware version.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Is anyone here aware of USB-C cable teardowns, or analysis of the chips inside? I'm concerned about the security implications of an infected USB cable.</p>
The Great Pandemic Lockdown of 2020 forced companies to adopt remote work. With no existing provisions for WFH, bizarre ad-hoc setups emerged. A case in point, my roommate was issued two laptops: One for development…
The best USB 2.0 pass in 45 tethering records used 91% of what that bus can usably carry. The same link on a SuperSpeed cable uses 3.6%. USB speed is autonegotiated between host, cable and device, the slowest one wins, and nothing anywhere tells you the cable capped you.
UPDATE June 2, 2018: USB Restricted Mode did not make it into iOS 11.4. However, in iOS 11.4.1 Beta USB Restricted Mode Has Arrived A new iOS update is about
I’ve been working (for way too long now) on a development platform for future projects using a Teensy 4.0. A few weeks ago I was finally to the stage of creating the PCB. Initially I planned …
Tomu is a super cheap Open Source Hardware 24 MHz ARM computer with 8 KB of RAM and 64 KB of ROM that fits into your USB connector! Of course I had to put Commodore 64 BASIC on it, which can be accessed through the…