Abstract:
A link layer to physical layer (PHY) serial interface is disclosed. In one aspect, a system on a chip (SoC) integrated circuit (IC) includes a link layer circuit, and a remote IC includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) PHY circuit. A bus having four or fewer wires connects the two ICs. A link bridge communicates with the link layer circuit and serializes USB Transceiver Macrocell Interface (UTMI) signaling received from the link layer circuit as high speed (HS) USB messages for transmission to the remote IC. The link bridge also receives HS messages from the USB PHY circuit on the remote IC. The link bridge deserializes the HS messages to extract UTMI signaling and passes the extracted UTMI signaling to the link layer circuit.
Abstract:
A device for securing USB or Firewire port interconnections includes a microcontroller comprising a processor; a first connector/lead in communication with the microcontroller and configured to be coupled with a USB or Firewire external device; and a second connector/lead in communication with the microcontroller and configured to be coupled with a protected host. An optional user interface communicates with the microcontroller. When the microcontroller detects that the external device is coupled to the first connector/lead, the processor is configured to display a prompt on the user interface for a user to initiate inputs prior to the external device being allowed to connect with the protected host; or is configured to automatically prevent the external device from being connected with the protected host if the external device is on a blacklist of devices known to have device handlers in the protected host at a BIOS level, without modifying the protected host.
Abstract:
A connection equipment (IJB 200) to be connected to a control system (205) via a cable (206) and a field device (201) via a terminal port (306), comprising: a processor (300) configured to determine the terminal port corresponding to the field device reference included in a communication signal received from the control system and to instruct a transmitter/receiver (304) to transmit the communication signal to the terminal port determined, and an isolator (305B) configured to electrically isolate the communication signal to be transmitted to the field device via the terminal port and the electric power signal to be provided to the field device via the terminal port, from the other terminal ports.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for serial data transmission between a basic module (1) and an expansion module (2, 3). In order to allow improved data transmission for a data packet between a basic module (1) and an expansion module (2, 3), it is proposed that the basic module (1) and the first expansion module (2) each comprise a first system interface (11, 21) that has four pins (7) as a serial peripheral interface and two pins (8) as a UART interface or as an I 2 C interface, wherein the data transmission between the basic module (1) and the first expansion module (2) is cyclic data transmission via the serial peripheral interface and acyclic data transmission via the UART interface or I 2 C interface, wherein the interchange of a data packet from the basic module (1) to the first expansion module (2) involves the basic module (1) using at least one control bit in the cyclic data transmission with the first expansion module (2) to indicate to the first expansion module (2) that the acyclic data transmission is used to transmit a data packet to the first expansion module (2), and then transmitting the data packet to the first expansion module (2) using the acyclic data transmission.
Abstract:
An interface for low power, high bandwidth communications between units in a device in provided herein. The interface comprises a USB 3.0 system interface and a SuperSpeed inter-chip (SSIC) protocol adaptor configured to facilitate communications between the USB 3.0 system interface and an M-PHY interface, wherein the SSIC is configured to issue remote register access protocol (RRAP) commands through a local M-PHY to a remote M-PHY in a low speed burst mode.
Abstract:
The method relates to a Universal Plug and Play AV system, which comprises server device (13), a display device (15) and a control device (14) including a control point (2) for controlling the server device and the display device via Universal Plug and Play AV actions. The method comprises the steps of arranging an unmount icon (21, 22) in the display (17) of the control device (14), unmounting the storage device (11, 12) in case said unmount icon (21, 22) is operated, and providing a feedback on the display device (15) and/or the control device (14) after said unmount action was performed on the server device (13).
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for charging a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device according to an optimal charging mode. The apparatus includes a charging module (301) that is configured to obtain a descriptor from the USB device (330) upon detection of the USB device on a USB bus (320). The charging module (301) includes one or more descriptor entries disposed in a memory (303) and a controller (302). The one or more descriptor entries include descriptor data, for matching the descriptor to a specific descriptor entry, and charging data, that specifies the optimal charging mode for the USB device (330). The controller (302) is coupled to the memory (303), and is configured to match the descriptor to the specific descriptor entry, and is configured to initiate the optimal charging mode on the USB bus (320) according to the charging data.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to the management of a configuration of a first device. The first device includes a control unit and an interface unit managing a communication interface. The communication interface comprises at least one resistive line having a resistance value. The resistance value allows the interface unit to identify a configuration for at least one second device adapted to be linked to the first device via the communication interface. The interface unit: /a/ detects a change of the resistance value on the resistive line corresponding to a configuration of said second device; /b/ processes said change of the resistance value to adapt the configuration of the first device according to the configuration of said second device.
Abstract:
To allow a code scanner to be set by sending a menu command from PC to a code scanner using an interface of USB-HID. HID host and the code scanner are connected to each other through an interface of USB-HID. On the assumption of this, the HID host creates send data D3 based on plural pieces of status information (information containing ON or OFF status of Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock) and sends the created send data D3 to the code scanner. This enables the code scanner to receive various kinds of setting by the send data D3 which is sent from the HID host even if the interface is USB-HID.