“Wall Warts” (the colorful name for our beloved device Power Supplies) may be a thing of the past for some consumer electronics devices thanks to the ubiquitous and versatile Universal Serial Bus (USB ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) has been the most successful peripheral interface in the history of PCs. USB 2.0 is poised to succeed the first generation and offers particular benefit to the mass ...

USB ports have quietly turned into the default power outlet for phones, laptops, headphones, and even monitors, but the ...

Powering external devices directly from a PC’s I/O ports has been a thing long before USB was even a twinkle in an engineer’s eye. Some of us may remember the all too common PS/2 pass-through leads ...

How many watts can a USB port actually output? The answer depends on your cable and protocol. Here is the ultimate guide to ...

Am looking to expand USB A ports for my laptop, which has only one USB A and two USB C ports. Among USB C hubs, it seems only the multi port models draw all the attention, those devices with multiple ...

USB-IF establishes new Certified USB Type-C® Cable Logos to display cable power capabilities in watts, clearly indicating support for 60W or 240W as defined by the USB Power Delivery 3.1 Specification ...

Four USB bus-powered data acquisition devices are the first to feature the vendor’s high-performance multifunction M Series capabilities, including MCal, a design for calibration at every input range ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) was originally created to replace legacy parallel and serial ports on PCs, for example, mouse and keyboard connections, printer parallel cables, outboard modem serial ...

For more help with cables, check out Glenn Fleishman’s new book, Take Control of Untangling Connections. It answers common questions and aids in troubleshooting problems. You’ll learn how to recognize ...

It’s been a few years since USB-C first hit the scene. And while we still love how reversible it is and how powerful it’s become, we’re also more aware of the potential pitfalls around this ...