USB Hacking 101 – Everything you Need to Know

USB Hacking 101 - Everything you Need to Know

Thousands of products utilize a computer’s Universal Serial Bus, or USB Ports. USB ports emit about 5v DC which is enough to light up a few LEDs and power a simple circuit. If you cut a USB Cable, you can easily have a steady 5v source for circuitry projects. This eleven chapter article (book), appropriately titled USB in a Nutshell, will teach you downright everything. The picture above was built by a USB lunatic who just got downright tired of never having enough USB Ports. He actually built a block of 31 USB Ports the other 15 ports are on the other side. Anyways, the USB Book I mentioned above covers the following topics:

  • Terms and Abbreviations
  • Architectural Overview
  • USB Data Flow Model
  • Mechanical and Electrical
  • USB Device Frame Work
  • Hub Specification & More.

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