It's taken up until the USB 3.1 standard in 2014 to create a flippable USB connector - that's 18 years since the first USB standard was finalised. The developer behind USB, Ajay Bhatt, has talked ...

With revision 3.x, USB design and test has moved from the purely digital to requiring a combination of digital and RF design techniques. As well as the connector and cable physical design, designers ...

We’ve known for awhile that the next version of USB will copy Apple’s Lightning connector with a reversible design. Now the next-gen connector is ready for production, which means you’ll start seeing ...

The Porsche Design USB Key gives you a little bit of Euro design in your pocket. LaCie looks to go for the iconic minimalist design ID with the Porsche Design USB Key. It's a relatively tiny 0.15 by 2 ...

The original Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard Type-A connector was designed to plug in one way, and one way only, due to the price sensitivity of PC makers. In a recent interview with NPR, via The ...

Doug Dyment, Computer Access Technology CorpAll peripherals connect to the Universal Serial Bus through hubs. How you design a USB hub depends on the purpose you want it to serve. The Universal Serial ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a proven connectivity system. However, there are still design challenges in producing a USB hardware interface. Prime among these are face layout, power, and ...

A new USB plug is coming and the impact is a bit of a mixed bag. The good news is that the new USB plug will be reversible so you won't have to fiddle around with it like you do today. The bad news is ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Whoever the dude was that put those plugs on Christmas lights that let you daisy chain sets was a genius. He should have won some sort of Nobel Prize. A ...