How does a FireWire IEEE-1394 connection work?
The designers of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) had several particular goals in mind when they created the USB standard: • Low implementation cost, so that USB could be used in cheap peripherals like mice and game controllers • Low cabling cost • Lots of devices on the bus • Good speed characteristics for things like printers The idea was to create a system that would replace all of the different ports on computers (parallel ports, serial ports, special mouse and keyboard ports, etc.) with a single standard. USB achieved all of these goals very effectively, and there will come a day in the not-too-distant future when computers will have nothing but a set of USB connectors on the back. FireWire, originally created by Apple and later standardized as IEEE-1394, actually preceded USB and had similar goals. The difference is that IEEE-1394 was originally intended for devices working with lots more data — things like camcorders, DVD players and digital audio equipment. IEEE-1394 and USB sha
The designers of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) had several particular goals in mind when they created the USB standard: • Low implementation cost, so that USB could be used in cheap peripherals like mice and game controllers • Low cabling cost • Lots of devices on the bus • Good speed characteristics for things like printers The idea was to create a system that would replace all of the different ports on computers (parallel ports, serial ports, special mouse and keyboard ports, etc.) with a single standard. USB achieved all of these goals very effectively, and there will come a day in the not-too-distant future when computers will have nothing but a set of USB connectors on the back. FireWire, originally created by Apple and later standardized as IEEE-1394, actually preceded USB and had similar goals. The difference is that IEEE-1394 was originally intended for devices working with lots more data — things like camcorders, DVD players and digital audio equipment. IEEE-1394 and USB sha
