Icron provides USB 2.0 over standard power lines
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Icron Technologies Corporation is using Panasonic technology to provide the world’s first USB 2.0 over power line solution.
The solution combines Icron’s ExtremeUSB technology with Panasonic’s HD-PLC power line communications devices to extend USB 2.0 over standard power lines.
This allows standard USB devices, including keyboards and printers, to be remotely connected over AC outlets in [...]
O2 launches 3G USB modem
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O2 has launched a wireless USB modem supplied by Sierra Wireless - the Sierra Wireless AirCard 875U - on the O2 network in the UK.
The modem is aimed at laptop users who require high-speed data on the move. It provides 3G and HSDPA broadband speeds over suitably equipped mobile networks. In the UK, 3G [...]
MMCA’s new memory card spec plugs into USB
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The MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) has approved a new card specification that plugs straight into USB ports. The specification could make memory card readers obsolete.
The MiCARD specification will be used in consumer devices such as digital cameras and cell phones with the MMC interface.
Because the new card allows the transfer of data by slotting [...]
Chipidea claims lowest power USB PHY
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Chipidea has developed a USB physical layer architecture using 1.8V IO devices which it believes provides the lowest power consumption for system-on-chip (SoC) designs in the 65nm and 45nm process technologies.
The USB IP supports designs with a power consumption of approximately 70mW.
The 1.8V platform provides a new IO device choice with the advantages of analogue [...]