The Universal Serial Bus, which we all know by its acronym USB, is by far the most important standard for connecting peripheral devices such as printers, smartphones, keyboards or external storage devices. It was born almost 25 years ago – in 1996 the first USB specification 1.0 was released, at that time an incredible revolution. At last it was possible to exchange data between two devices via a serial interface.
Today, USB interfaces have become an integral part of everyday life. Basically, they are used for any device that can communicate with the computer in any form. The latest interface is called USB-C and was released in 2014. We want to give you a short overview of what makes USB-C so exciting and how all the fun is connected to USB 3.0, USB 3.1 and USB 3.2.
What happened so far – the predecessors of the USB-C type
For a better understanding of the new interface, we must first take a look at the predecessors USB-A and USB-B. Caution: We are only talking about the USB...
