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Everything about USB hardware
Communication connector using the USB protocol
The initial versions of the USB standard specified connectors that were easy to use and would have long life spans; revisions of the standard added smaller connectors useful for compact portable devices. Higher-speed development of the USB standard gave rise to another family of connectors to permit additional data links. All versions of USB specify cable properties. Version 3.x cables, marketed as SuperSpeed, added a data link; namely, in 2008, USB 3.0 added a full-duplex lane, and in 2014, the USB-C specification added a second full-duplex lane. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: USB hardwareA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: USB-Bound File Encryption Vault: A Hardware-Enforced Security Framework for Portable Data ProtectionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Upgrading and repairing PCsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Interdiction in practice—Hardware Trojan against a high-security USB flash driveCited 32 times
- Go sideways: USB On-The-GoA closely related topic
- Go sideways: USB-CA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Interdiction in practice—Hardware Trojan against a high-security USB flash drive
Compromise through USB-based Hardware Trojan Horse device
USB-Watch: a Generalized Hardware-Assisted Insider Threat Detection Framework
Embedded Hardware Circuit and Software Development of USB based Hardware Accelerator
Software development and hardware means of hidden usb-keylogger devices identification
TPUTrap: Hardware-Based USB Man-in-the-Middle Attack on Coral Edge TPU
DEVELOPING A HARDWARE METHOD FOR PROTECTING USB DRIVES
DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION OF HIDDEN USB-KEYLOGGER DEVICES
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Upgrading and repairing PCsScott Mueller, Mark Edward Soper · 1988
Linux device driversAlessandro Rubini, Jonathan Corbet · 1998
Absolute beginner's guide to computer basicsMichael Miller · 2003
Retro Gaming HacksChris Kohler · 2005
Raspberry Pi CookbookSimon Monk · 2014
Practical ArduinoJonathan Oxer · 2009
Understanding Computers Today and TomorrowDeborah Morley · 2003
Introduction to engineeringLina J. Karam · 2008
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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