Kingston Digital announced the DataTraveler6000 (DT6000) USB Flash drive, which protects sensitive data with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 Validation and 100-percent encryption.
For financial service organizations and government agencies that need the strongest data protection in mobile storage devices, the DT6000 meets data-at-rest regulations and is the most secure USB Flash drive available on the market. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Sep 24,2011
OP-SB84 is an expansion board for USB 2.0 communications, inserting into a slot of battery drive portable communication analyzer, “LE-8200″.
It can automatically detect the speed of target device (480Mbps/12Mbps/1.5Mbps) and display USB packets on the LCD at real time and record the data on the 100Mbyte capture memory at the same time.
It can record not only USB packets, but also bus events such as resets and suspends with time stamp information. A dedicated branch circuit on the measuring board minimizes the effect to the target line.
There is a log filter to capture specific events and a display filter to shorten the analysis time. A powerful trigger function makes it possible to have auto-stop function and to input/output the external signals to the other devices. VBUS measurement function records voltage, current, power consumption at min of 1ms cycle. It is a useful tool to solve the power shortage trouble of USB Bus Power products.
- Measures USB2.0 data by the analyzer without using a PC.
- Dedicated branch circuit minimizes the effect on the communications of the target devices.
- High resolution of time stamp at 16.67ns.
- Filters the specific address/ endpoint/ IN transaction, excepting IN-DATA.
- Detects errors and specific data (max.8byte). Trigger function can be used to output/input the external signal.
- VBUS Measurement function can measure Voltage, Current, Power consumption of USB Bus power at max. 1ms cycle.
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Sep 21,2011
iTwin, creator of the award-winning iTwin USB device that enables users to privately access, share and edit their files and media from anywhere in the world, is excited to announce compatibility with Mac OS X (Lion and Snow Leopard). Now both PC and Mac users can effortlessly share files via iTwin, a device that fits into the palm of a hand.
iTwin is a revolutionary Plug’N’Play USB device that allows two online computers to share military-grade encrypted data from anywhere in the world. Comprising two identical parts, iTwin can be activated on any computer with an internet connection, and files from that computer can be shared anywhere the matching half, or “twin” goes.
Other iTwin benefits include:
- State of the Art Security – iTwin uses hardware-based two-factor authentication and military grade Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256 bit encryption to protect all data communication. When two halves of the iTwin are paired, the owner is sent a Remote Disable Code via email, which can be used in the event one half of the iTwin is lost or stolen.
- No Storage Limit – Files reside on the shared computers, not the iTwin device itself, so capacity is only limited to the size of each shared computer’s hard drive (and any connected drives). There are also no monthly storage fees, as compared with cloud storage and remote access software.
- Ease of Use – Simply Plug’n’Play, no setup or configuration is necessary. Just connect two computers (Mac or PC) with internet access and iTwin enables file transfer anywhere in the world. As new features and enhancements are rolled out, free updates are installed automatically. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Sep 19,2011
Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s first device to integrate four types of USB 2.0 chip protection in a single package.
The TPD4S014 provides a high level of protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) and is the industry’s smallest USB protection device for all four USB channels, measuring only 2 mm x 2 mm.
Should the device junction temperature exceed 150 degrees Celsius, the switch turns off to the power rail, thus protecting against over-temperature conditions.
To protect the power rail from a moving voltage line, the load switch in the TPD4S014 immediately opens, preventing under- or over-voltage if the power supply rail drops lower than 2.8 V or higher than 6.15 V. To download a data sheet or order samples see: www.ti.com/tpd4s014-pr.
Designers can implement the TPD4S014 in many design configurations that require a small footprint, such as cell phones, e-books, portable media players and digital cameras, tablets, embedded computing, portable navigation, portable land surveying, and portable test and measurement. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: USB World
- Filed under: USB News
- Date: Sep 13,2011
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) SATA3 bridge system-on-chip ([SoC], part number µPD720230) that enables data transfer between a USB 3.0 host system and a Serial ATA (SATA) device in external USB storage equipment.
The new SoC is the world’s first USB 3.0 bridge SoC that supports the UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol), significantly speeding up data throughput for large volumes of data.
USB 3.0 achieves data transfer speeds more than 10 times faster than the previous version of the standard, USB 2.0—currently the mainstream data transfer technology, and therefore easily supports the growing need for increased data-recording media capacities. Renesas has led the industry by releasing the µPD720200 USB 3.0 host controller in May 2009 and began mass production in June that same year. Since then, the company’s lineup of USB 3.0 host controllers has been adopted by customers worldwide. Total shipments of these products already have exceeded 40 million units since May 2010, and Renesas has ramped up production of its USB 3.0 host controllers to 6 million units per month. During this period, the company also released in December 2009 a UASP driver that achieves high-speed data transfers for storage devices by improving the performance limit of the BOT (Bulk-Only Transfer) standard used by USB 2.0, making it possible for external storage devices to take advantage of the increased speed offered by the new USB 3.0 standard. Read the rest of this entry »