In this case, someone (not me) somehow managed to totally demolish the mini USB port in their new Motorola cell phone. Surface mount repairs can be challenging without some serious tools ...

This isn’t a USB HID keyboard, instead it uses a USB-to-serial chip and appears to the host computer as a serial device. The keys themselves are simple momentary action switches, perhaps a ...

Also known as an RS-232 port, serial ports provide very slow speeds and have been superseded by USB on desktop computers. USB-to-serial adapters are available for old peripherals. DB (D-Sub ...

Keyboards and mice used PS/2 ports, gamepads had their own port that doubled as the ... The 1996 launch of Universal Serial Bus (commonly USB for short) got the ball rolling on this, but 1998's ...

USB (Universal Serial Bus) cables are everywhere, with the type-C gaining . If you’ve ever needed to fast charge anything, from smartphones to tablets, to cameras and even newer laptops ...

After many, many years of competing I/O standards, the introduction of USB (short for Universal Serial Bus ... to have charging built into the same port. In more recent years, USB has gotten ...

Mini PCs. They’re like regular ... triple USB-C ports (all speedy), USB-C, mic and audio-out, and what looks like a truly ancient serial COM port. This gadget is more for the IT fleet kind ...