Universal Serial Bus (USB)

Developed by Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC and Philips.

Pinout (Normal)

Series-A:

Series-B:

Series "A" plugs are used towards the host system and series "B" plugs are used towards the USB device.

Pinout (Mini)

Mini-A:

  5 4 3 2 1
 ___________
|_˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙_|
  \       /   (at the cable)
   \_____/

Mini-B:

  5 4 3 2 1
 ___________
| . . . . . |
 \         /   (at the cable)
 |_________|

Pinout (USB 3.0)

Connectors are backwards compatible with USB 1.1/2.0. The original 4 pins are still there. Expected transfer rate 4.7Gb/s.

Technical specs

Features

• True Plug'n'Play.
• Hot plug and unplug
• Low cost
• Easy of use
• 127 physical devices
• Low cost cables and connectors

Bandwidth

• High speed: 480 Mbps speed (in USB 2.0 and above)
• Full speed: 12 Mbps speed (requires shielded cable)
• Low speed: 1.5 Mbps speed (non-shielded cable)

Definitions

USB Host = The computer, only one host per USB system.
USB Device = A hub or a Function.

Power usage:

Bus-powered hubs: Draw Max 100 mA at power up and 500 mA normally.
Self-powered hubs: Draw Max 100 mA, must supply 500 mA to each port.
Low power, bus-powered functions: Draw Max 100 mA.
High power, bus-powered functions: Self-powered hubs: Draw Max 100 mA, must supply 500 mA to each port.
Self-powered functions: Draw Max 100 mA.
Suspended device: Max 0.5 mA

Voltage

• Supplied voltage by a host or a powered hub ports is between 4.75 V and 5.25 V.
• Maximum voltage drop for bus-powered hubs is 0.35 V from it's host or hub to the hubs output port.
• All hubs and functions must be able to send configuration data at 4.4 V, but only low-power functions need to be working at this voltage.
• Normal operational voltage for functions is minimum 4.75 V.

Shielding

Shield should only be connected to Ground at the host. No device should connect Shield to Ground.

Cable

Shielded

• Data: 28 AWG twisted
• Power: 28 AWG - 20 AWG non-twisted

Non-shielded

• Data: 28 AWG non-twisted
• Power: 28 AWG - 20 AWG non-twisted

Cable colors

Contributions

• Joakim Ögren
• Tomas Ögren

Sources

• USB FAQ at USB Implementers Forum
• USB Specification v2.0 at USB Implementers Forum
• USB 3.0 revealed

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