Mixing Business and Pleasure is Easier than Ever

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping its high capacity 32GB DataTraveler 150 (DT150) USB Flash drive. The DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston’s entire line of DataTraveler(R) USB drives and allows users to conveniently combine work-related content and personal digital content on the same drive with plenty of room to spare. Users can now transport and share entire libraries of music, photos, large business documents, and even video without ever having to change USB drives or search other portable storage devices containing specific content.

“The new DataTraveler 150 has broken through storage barriers by allowing users to store all their digital files — business or personal — all under one roof,” said Mark Akoubian, Flash business manager, Kingston(R). “As file sizes increase especially with content such as music and photos, the need for small form factor storage drives with high capacities will continue to go up. The DT 150 certainly addresses those needs today.”

Kingston’s DataTraveler 150 is fully compatible with Windows Vista, XP and Windows 2000 as well as Mac OS X 10.3 (and above) and Linux 2.6 (and above). As with all Kingston USB drive products, the DT 150 carries a fully guaranteed five-year warranty and 24/7 tech support.

DataTraveler 150 Product Features and Specifications:

  • Capacities*: 32GB
  • Dimensions: 3.06″ x 0.9″ x 0.47″ (77.9mm x 22mm x 12.05mm)
  • Operating Temperature: 32 degrees F to 140 degrees F (0 degrees C to 60 degrees C)
  • Storage Temperature: -4 degrees F to 185 degrees F (-20 degrees C to 85 degrees C)
  • Simple: Just plug into a USB port
  • Convenient: Pocket-sized for easy transportability
  • Guaranteed: Five-year warranty
  • Compatible Operating Systems: Windows Vista(R) (Windows ReadyBoost(TM) not supported), Windows XP (SP1, SP2), Windows 2000 (SP4), Mac OS X v.10.3.x and higher, Linux v.2.6.x and higher

*Please note: Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. For more information, please consult Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.

  Kingston DataTraveler 150
  Part Number                   MSRP (Available in U.S. only)
  DT150/32GB                    $ 139.00

For more information on Kingston or its products visit the Web site at: http://www.kingston.com/.

Source: Kingston Technology Company, Inc.


Pico USB Flash Drive

Teeniest flash drive around

Geeks, who have been around for long enough, remember their first hard-drives. Some remember their first gigabyte, others remember forty megabytes while even some remember luggage-sized 5 meg drives. It continually shocks us when newer and smaller storage is made available, and we get all giggly when it happens.

No exception, this little drive is the smallest we’ve ever seen. Barely bigger than the tip of your pinky, and less than 4mm thick, it’s positively small. The polished chrome finish is certainly shiny, but at 8 gigabytes, it’s redonkulously teeny!

Store four full length ripped movies, five days worth of music, more than four-thousand 5 megapixel photos, or eighty-meters worth of shelved books. Sure, it’s so small you could easily lose it, so we’ve included a chain to help keep it around.

Teeniest flash drive

Details

  • Smallest size yet largest capacity USB flash drive around
  • 8 gigs, yet the size of your fingertip
  • 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm
  • Polished Chrome finish
  • Shock and water resistant
  • 200x speed, 30MB/second
  • Mac, Windows, and Linux compatible

Price: $49.99 Buy here: ThinkGeek.com


Icron Strengthens USB Extension Patent Portfolio

  • Author: USB World
  • Filed under: USB News
  • Date: Oct 6,2008

Newly Acquired Patent Increases Icron’s USB Patent Portfolio to 19

Icron Technologies Corporation (TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB(R), announced that it has acquired, from the original third party inventor, an early unassigned USB extension patent that further strengthens its existing patent portfolio on USB extension solutions. Icron’s USB patent portfolio now numbers 19 issued or pending patents.

The purchased patent titled “Extender apparatus for USB connection of computer units”, US Patent 6308215, issued in October 2001, is the earliest patent that deals with specific implementations of extending USB across a pair of wires. It complements Icron’s existing patents that extend USB at a protocol level over any media. The invention described in this patent enables USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 peripherals to be connected to a host over a pair of wires and is found in many applications today, particularly in the USB 1.1 active cable extension market.

With over 2.6 billion USB-enabled devices shipping in 2007 alone, USB continues to be the most recognized and successful interface for device connectivity in the PC, CE and mobile device market. “As Icron continues to enter new markets, and implement virtual USB solutions over more and more platforms, we will continue to expand our patent portfolio to protect our intellectual property in implementing USB in new innovative ways,” commented Robert Eisses, President and CEO for Icron. “Icron continues its unparalleled leadership in the USB bridging and extension market with the addition of this patent and with the expansion of our USB 2.0 bridging product line including USB over Cat 5, wireless, powerline, and fibre at distances of up to 40km.”

Icron believes that there are a number of USB extension implementations on the market today that are covered by this patent, and will be looking for opportunities to license the patent to companies where appropriate.

Source: Icron Technologies Corporation


AC to USB Power Adapter

Add a USB Port Anywhere

With the predominance of USB goodies these days it’s almost becoming critical to be within arms reach of a USB port at all times. This handy AC to USB power adapter provides a valuable service by spreading USB ports to other areas of your home or office. Simply plug this handy adapter into any standard AC outlet and jack in your USB device. You can charge cellphones or iPods and power your USB snowbot. Anything that can run or charge off of USB is fair game.

ac_to_usb

Product Features and Specs

  • Charge and power your USB devices without a computer
  • Intelligent IC chip inside recognizes a fully charged battery and automatically switches to a saver mode to prevent overcharging and short circuit
  • While plugged into an AC outlet, your device powers and charges simultaneously
  • Works with any kind of USB device that needs power
  • Small and compact size; easy to carry anywhere
  • LED indicates charging status: Red for Charging, Green for Charging Complete
  • Input Voltage: 90 – 240V
  • Output Voltage: 5.2V
  • Output Current: 500mA

Price: $9.99 Buy here: ThinkGeek.com


LeCroy Corporation, a leading supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, announces its Voyager verification system, the world’s first protocol analyzer for USB 3.0, also known as SuperSpeed USB. Using custom front-end circuitry developed in conjunction with LeCroy’s 5 Gbps PCI-Express platform, the Voyager analyzer provides simultaneous protocol capture of both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 signaling. Available with an integrated exerciser option, this sixth generation verification platform is LeCroy’s complete solution for testing USB devices, systems and software.

The USB 3.0 specification development was announced in September 2007 offering ten times the speed of USB 2.0 and backward compatibility with legacy devices. It features physical layer characteristics similar to PCI Express 2.0, including 5 GHz signaling, that relies on link training to synchronize communication between devices. Aggressive power management represents an additional challenge for 3.0 validation teams as they contend with devices that frequently enter and exit low-power states.

To provide accurate data capture at 5 GHz, the analyzer must follow each link state transition and achieve bit lock in less than 1 µs (when moving from idle to the active state). Any delay in signal lock can cause the analyzer to miss data. “Our USB 3.0 analyzer benefits from the expertise LeCroy has developed with its industry leading high-speed serial data test platforms”, stated Carmine Napolitano, General Manager, LeCroy’s Protocol Solutions Group. “The Voyager front-end circuitry seamlessly recovers from electrical idle, and shows all bus and power state transitions for the link under test.”

“We are pleased to see LeCroy’s long-time commitment to providing USB verification tools continue with support for USB 3.0,” stated Jeff Ravencraft, USB 3.0 Promoter Group Chair. “Test tools like the LeCroy Voyager system, will help developers bring USB 3.0 products to market quickly, while ensuring backward compatibility with USB 2.0.”

The Voyager analyzer uses the de facto standard CATC Trace display to illustrate USB 3.0 protocol and includes many enhancements to accelerate testing of USB 3.0 links. Advanced triggering, hardware filtering, and Spec View are all designed to help developers quickly understand and verify early USB 3.0 protocol behavior. The new Link Tracker™ view shows raw 10-bit or hex symbols from upstream and downstream links time aligned in a column format. Invaluable in debugging SuperSpeed traffic, it provides precise timing context for analyzing link power management transitions.

An integrated traffic generation option capable of transmitting both USB 2.0 and 3.0 packets allows test teams to emulate host or device behaviors with low-level control of headers, payloads, link training and timing. In addition to error injection and compliance verification, the exerciser provides early adopters with a USB 3.0 link to start bring-up testing well before commercial hosts are available.

The Voyager system features native 3.0 connectors that bifurcate USB 2.0 and 3.0 electrical signals to provide loss-less capture of traffic from both links simultaneously. With 4 GB of recording memory, both USB and Gbe links to the host PC, and support for external clock input, the Voyager is positioned as the all-encompassing test platform for USB development.

The Voyager platform is available with dual USB 2.0 and 3.0 capabilities, or as a USB 2.0 only solution that is field upgradeable to support USB 3.0. “The Voyager is the obvious choice for USB developers targeting 3.0 or even considering SuperSpeed testing in the future”, said Mike Micheletti, Product Marketing Manager, LeCroy Protocol Solutions Group. “It includes best-in-class 2.0 analysis features and it’s the only future-proof platform that’s easily upgradeable to support the emerging SuperSpeed USB standard.”

LeCroy’s Voyager USB protocol verification platform will begin shipment in September 2008. For additional information, contact LeCroy at 1-800-4LeCroy (1-800-453-2769) or visit the LeCroy web site (www.lecroy.com).





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