USB 3.0 Cable Defined

By Theodore Snalilial


USB or universal serial bus is the term used to refer to the cables, connectors and communications protocols utilized in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices. This invention has been created in the 1990s and since then has been very useful and helpful in so many ways.

The USB is popularly seen as a connector for keyboards, mouse, digital cameras, printers, portable media devices, disc drivers to the computer so that there would be communication between the two and electricity would also be supplied.

Looking back at the first release of the USB, you'll realize that it has went through much changes and the latest of which is the USB 3.0. This USB 3.0 cable or connector is known as the Super Speed USB due to its fast speed of 5Gbps or 625MB/sec which is far better than the USB 2.0's speed of 450Mbps. Other than the high speed, USB 3.0 cable also permits 80% higher power use for electronic devices and gadgets. Additionally, it includes an enhanced version of the USB-B connector called Powered-B, which allows USB accessories to seep electricity from other devices and hosts from about 100miliamps to 900 milliamps.

This quality has become possible because device polling has been replaced with the new interrupt-driven protocol which helps non-active device have their power preserved by the host controller as it searches for active data traffic. As replacement, the gadgets will just send a signal to the host when the data transfer will already start. This attribute also allows for the compatibility with USB 2.0 authorized gadgets. One more thing about the SuperSpeed USB is that it uses a popular method of host-to-host communication using a crossover USB A to USB A cable. Another great thing about the USB 3.0 cable is can be readily used since portable devices can immediately act as a USB device, thus producing better feature set and usage with other USB gadgets. USB 3.0 cable can work this way because of the two lanes that it uses wherein one is for data transmission and the other handles receiving data.

All of these are just some of the great features of the USB 3.0 cables and connectors. Also, your computer or electronic device can also enjoy this with the use of the USB 30 extension cable.




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