Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to connect devices to a host computer. USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve plug and play capabilities by allowing hot swapping; that is, by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer or turning off the device. Other convenient features include providing power to low-consumption devices, eliminating the need for an external power supply; and allowing many devices to be used without requiring manufacturer-specific device drivers to be installed.
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SUMIT Interconnect Spec Revamps Small Form Factor Landscape
Designers of high-performance embedded systems need to incorporate growing numbers and types of I/O in smaller and smaller off-the-shelf and semi-custom boards, while keeping theirRead More...
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USB Video Card Provides H.264 Compression
USB is finally finding its way in embedded military applications. Serving such needs, Sensoray’s Model 2253 is a compact USB audio/video codec. The board’s small size (1.5- x2.75- in.)Read More...
USB and the PC Usurp Military Test Platforms
Advances in serial fabric interconnects and embedded computing technologies have had a profound effect on the test and instrumentation market. Not too long ago complex militaryRead More...
USB and PCI Express Revolutionize Military Test
Fading fast are the days when complex military electronics systems required large racks of boards to implement test platforms for them. Advances in serial fabric interconnects andRead More...
Small Form Factor Realm Churns out Boards and Standards
Small embedded computers—in both standard and non-standard form factors—are in high demand for military applications that are extremely space- or weight-constrained or whereRead More...
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BGA Adapters Adapt 0.50 mm Devices to 1.00 mm Boards Keeping up with and mitigating the impact of component obsolescence is a constant challenge in the military industry. ICs oftenRead More...
Rugged Stand-Alone Box System Roundup
Rugged System Features Military Connectors The stand-alone rugged box trend has touched nearly every corner of the military embedded computer market. ADLINK Technology, for its part,Read More...
Chassis Duo Does High-Performance USB Data Acquisition
Chassis Duo Does High-Performance USB Data Acquisition Testing complex military systems used to require large racks of instrumentation boards. Today, the same functionality can beRead More...
StackableUSB Carrier Boards Support SUMIT Spec
The SUMIT connector interface ranks as one of the most innovative approaches to maximized small form factor board space. Micro/sys has added to the growing line of StackableUSBRead More...
Ethernet Ascends as 1553 Gets Boxed In
The great dilemma with military I/O technology is accommodating the needs of legacy interface schemes while meeting the performance needs of next-generation computing and electronicRead More...
Type II Compact COM Express Has Dual Core CPU
A new (95 mm x 95 mm) Type II Compact COM Express is based on Intel Atom processor N450 (single core), D410 (single core) and D510 (dual core). Called the PCOM-B215VG from AmericanRead More...
Desktop Military Training Solution Leverages USB
CH Products family of High Fidelity Controllers is now being used in key military training applications. The CH Reaper Ground Control Simulator (RGCS) Console is a one for one, USBRead More...
USB Expansion Modules Are Designed for SUMIT Boards
The SUMIT specification is one the more important innovations to emerge from the small form factor board community in many years. The SUMIT interface provides a variety of signalingRead More...
Small Form Factor Boards Roundup
COM Express Sports 2 GHz i7 Processor Gone are the days of a long gap between when a mainstream processor emerged and when it made its way into the military embedded board realm.Read More...
