Revisiting the Wikipedia USB article. Wow, this is by far one of the most important articles on Wikipedia. It’s also very important that I can read the most up-to-date version of this article to know what’s going on with the latest USB technology in the market. Like the difference between Mini-A, Mini-B, Micro-A, and Micro-B USB connectors.
By the way, the industry decided that Micro USB would be the gold standard for charging all mobile devices. Well, as of 2016. Yeah, in earlier eras, they previously used Mini USB, but now Mini USB is seen as clearly to big and thick to be able to easily fit within modern slim mobile devices.
Oh yeay, another important thing in the USB article was the photographs of the USB power meters. Yeah, that could be useful for assessing whether the power supply of a USB device is working properly.
20161227/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB 20161227/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_decoration 20161227/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoweredUSB
Wow, PoweredUSB? An early non-standard proprietary extension of the USB standard for transferring larger amounts of power to connected devices, very popular on NCR point-of-sale terminals. It is being largely supplanted by the modern USB charging specifications.
The USB decorations article turned out to not be that interesting, unfortunately. I was hoping for a more assorted coverage of the various different kinds of USB decorations that exist.
Just as a side-note, the Nokia Pop-Port was not well liked, as it was of a poor mechanical and electrical design.
20161227/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Pop-Port
Hey, let’s take a look at the USB adapters article. It was an awful article. Largely incomplete, and much is missing from a full understanding of the specification and such. USB and serial ports are not synonyms in any remote sense. USB is a bus, but serial communication is point-to-point.
20161227/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_adapter