FTDI-gate wasn’t great for anybody, and now with hardware hobbyists and technological tinkerers moving away from the most popular USB to serial adapter, some other chip has to fill the void. The ...

Designing an application with universal serial bus (USB) communications enables a system to be able to communicate with a wide variety of USB host devices and provides a convenient power option ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As technology has advanced, the types of ports on computers have also changed for the better. However, that doesn't mean devices with older ...

MicroPython is a wonderful Python interpreter that runs on many higher-end microcontrollers, from ESP8266 to STM32 to the RP2040. MicroPython lets you build devices quickly, and its latest release, ...

In Part I of this article, I briefly mentioned the generic USB driver in the context of getting a USB device to communicate through it easily, with no custom kernel programming. Unfortunately, I ...

This document is an application note describing use of the USB peripheral communications device class driver (PCDC) with the USB basic firmware of Renesas USB MCU and USB ASSP.The program described ...

Universal serial bus (USB) interfaces are becoming ever more prevalent in the design of portable communication products, including mobile phones. These interfaces not only offer a means of importing ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) started out as a data interface, but it didn’t take long before progressing to powering devices. Initially, its maximum output was only 2.5 W; now, it can deliver up to ...

On the USB-connected systems, I get a lot of 'vetoed power requests' and such and it is not uncommon to get the 'lost communication' messages either. The USB is just tricky. Go with serial if you can ...

The use of Android-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs), tablets, and other products has been growing tremendously since 2008, with Android devices occupying 70% of the mobile market today. Similarly, ...