More about USB (289)

1-03-2009 | Modern computers no longer come with parallel or serial ports fitted. Although these ports see declining use in practice, to designers, a po...

1-03-2009 | Analogue and digital signals can be measured easily using an E-blocks ECIO module. With the right drivers it becomes a simple matter to read...

1-02-2009 | Curve tracers have been a staple in Elektor since 1979. This practical project from 2009 measures and records characteristic curves of NPN/P...

1-11-2008 | When it comes to matters of memory, microcontrollers tend to be rather poorly endowed. An external USB memory stick is the ideal remedy, off...

1-11-2008 | We live in a colourful environment these days. Everything is in colour: TV, advertising billboards, mobile phone displays and LEDs. Philips...

1-10-2008 | Despite the fact that the CAN protocol is a serial protocol, it can’t just be connected to (the serial port of) a computer. The all-round US...

1-09-2008 | Like it or not, Ball & Beam is a compulsory item on the Electronics Engineering curriculum, specifically for classes on PID (proportional-in...

1-07-2008 | In the old days it was very simple to use the parallel port of a standard PC and program just about any type of AVR microcontroller with it....

1-07-2008 | This project lets you conveniently connect any computer with USB ports directly to a simple, traditional connector — the 9-pin RS-232 (anyon...

1-07-2008 | When turning a computer on and off, various peripherals (such as printers, screen, scanner, etc.) often have to be turned on and off as well...