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

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

USB Type-C is the newly introduced and powerful interconnect standard for USB. When paired with the new Power Delivery (PD) specification, Type-C offers enhancements to the existing USB 3.1 ...

C, and USB Type-B ports all provide data transfers and power delivery, though the latter is much less common on modern ...

A USB hub supplies data and power to downstream USB ports. It also allows the host to manage the power of the devices connected to its downstream ports using software. The distribution and management ...

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 ...

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group, a group of companies including Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments has finalised a specification for USB Power Delivery which will ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Since its early days, USB has been positioned as an external bus standard for fast data communications. When observing ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Taipei, Taiwan -- December 14, 2010-- Genesys Logic Inc. (OTC: 6104), the leader in mixed-signal and high-speed I/O technologies, announced that its USB 3.0 to SATA 3Gb/s bridge controller, GL3310, ...

Locate USB Controllers: In the Device Manager, scroll down and expand the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" category. Access USB Port Properties: Right-click on an entry named "USB Root Hub," ...