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Showing posts with label USB News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USB News. Show all posts

Dec 9, 2008

Super Speed USB Logo and Cable Details - USB 3.0

 USB 3.0 uses different cable. But the connectors remains same. USB 3.0 cable carries 6 signals. The SuperSpeed USB carries 4 different signals, and can provide upto 50 percent more power for unconfigured or suspended devices, and 80 percent more power for configured devices.

USB 3.0 will support data rates as high as 5.0 Gb/sec— which is 10 times faster than USB 2.0 (High Speed USB). 

PC and USB based Relay and Control Products

http://www.j-works.com/ is manufacturer of PC and USB based  Relay.  DPDT,  SPDT, Temperature, Thermocouple, I/O, Digital, FPGA, Counter, WDT, Encoder, USB Switch, Analog, Opto IO, Monitor, USB IO, USB DIO, USB ADC, USB DAC, USB Measurement and Control Products.

They have whole portfolio of USB Opto I/O Modules, USB WatchDog Timers Modules, USB Relay modules, USB Digital I/O (DIO) modules, USB Analog Measurement modules, USB AC Monitor Modules, USB Counter  Modules, and USBTemperature modules.

They recently released their J-Works JSB291-03 USB controlled SPDT 20 Amp relay module now and it is in full production.

Wow, this is one company that is fully into control systems and USB.

Nov 25, 2008

Agilent Technologies Announces USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Physical Layer Compliance Test Application

Agilent Technologies Inc today announced Super Speed USB 3.0 comprehensive test equipment. This solution will mainly help in testing and making USB devices compliant with USB-IF requirements.

Agilent demonstrated their solution at the First USB 3.0 Developers Conference in San Jose, CA. 

The Super Speed USB or USB 3.0 can deliver upto 10 times speeds as compared with USB 2.0 and makes power usage more efficient. SuperSpeed USB will be necessary for data-storage devices transferring more than 25 Gbps.

-- Infiniium DSO/DSA91304A 13-GHz oscilloscope for transmitter testing;
-- Agilent USB 3.0 transmitter compliance test application;
-- Agilent USB 3.0 test fixtures;
-- J-BERT N4903A, a high-performance serial BERT with complete jitter tolerance test for characterizing USB 3.0 SuperSpeed serial communication links;
-- Agilent ADS simulation software for creating and analyzing USB 3.0 channels;
-- Agilent VNA/PNA network analyzer N5230C-245 for measuring and analyzing USB 3.0 channels.
Additional information about Agilent's USB compliance test solution is available at www.agilent.com/find/N5416A.
For other USB Analyzers that can be used with USB 2.0 click here.