Enhancing Laboratory Experience To Students By Introducing Usb Connectivity Into Lab Environment Using Ftdi

With over 4 billion devices using Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectivity, USB has become a de-facto standard for connecting peripherals. For a large variety of electronic devices such as cameras, USB flash memory, PC, PDAs, set top boxes, mobile phones and consumer electronics, USB has provided a seamless hot swappable connectivity solution where USB devices can be added or removed while the computer is operating. This ease of use comes with an elaborate USB specification, device firmware programming, HOST drivers, HOST APIs, standard and custom driver integration, Windows Hardware Quality Labs testing (WHQL) certification, USB compliance testing, and logo certification. For development of any USB based application, a developer must have advanced technical skills in above mentioned USB topics. These are complex topics and a few education/training classes are available. Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus and Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) Ltd. are partnering to provide venues for both education and training classes for ASU students and FTDI customers respectively. The classes will aim to provide adequate understanding of emerging technologies.