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Protect USB Ports From Nefarious “USB Killers"

On April 11, 2018 in All, Circuit Protection, Computing, Memory, Power by Paul Pickering

USB ports supply both data communications and charging power to portable and wearable devices, so it’s become more and more critical to protect ports against abuse. Fortunately, there are design techniques that reduce power surge risks to USB ports.

Tagged With: Electrostatic discharge, ESD, Galvanic isolation, Optocoupler, Power surge, USB killer, USB PD, USB Type-C

Using Logic to Understand Programmable Logic Devices

On January 26, 2018 in All, Automation, Dev Tools, Industrial, Memory, Power by Paul Golata

Like human minds, computing devices require logic to process information. Programmable logic devices (PLDs) follow a specific set of instructions to control, compute, store, manage, and manipulate electronic information. Several categories of PLDs exist, providing design flexibility.

Tagged With: application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), application-specific standard parts (ASSPs), complex programmable logic devices, CPLD, field-programmable gate arrays, FPGA, gate array programmable SoC, gate array SoC, Intel® MAX®, PLD, Programmable Logic Devices, programmable SoC, SoC, SoC FPGA, system-on-chip

Never Forget Again: The Rise of Portable Data Storage

On February 22, 2017 in Memory by Lynnette Reese

Depending on how you define it, portable data storage dates back to the dawn of time.

Tagged With: cloud, Portable data, SD Card, storage, USB Flash

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