Re: USB "Standard"



On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:33:56 -0400, Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

metspitzer wrote:
I don't have any fancy extra USB devices for my computer, but my niece
and nephew have all of them. They sometimes come over to visit.

My nephew has an Ipod. He forgets his adapter sometimes. My niece
has a phone that will take pictures, and she also has a camera. Is
there some kind of USB cable I can get to be able to interface with
these things?

USB is supposed to be the "standard" but apparently that is only for
one end. How many different types of USB connections are there?

This article covers the connector options.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb

Paul

I don't see a 4-pin mini-USB connector in that article.

See http://pinouts.ru/Devices/mini-USB_pinout.shtml

Here are some actual 4-pin and 5-pin mini-USB cables:
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XH3362
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XH3363

- Franc Zabkar
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