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Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.arch.embedded
Subject Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support
Date 2016-06-16 04:59 +0000
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On 2016-06-15, Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:24:22 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards
>>
>>> IOW, in those days, then they saw a product described as "full
>>> speed", did they think they were getting a 480Mbps product or a
>>> 12Mbps product ?

They thought they were getting the fastest speed available.

>>Yup.  Great scam. Truly a triumph of marketing over the forces of
>>truth and honesty.  There are, what, 4 different speeds of USB? And
>>"full speed" is second slowest?
>
> Arguably they should have picked better names for low-speed
> (1.5mbps) and full-speed (12mbps) for USB 1.0,

Well, I would have chosen "1.5 meg" and "12 meg".  But that's just me
be silly.

> but given that the names existed, and were in very widespread use
> when USB 2.0 became a thing, what could you do?

I know: I shouldn't attribute to malice that which can be explained by
stupidity and incomptetence. It's just a happy coincidence that the
stupid mistake turned out so that it fooled 99% of the population into
thinking old, slow junk was top-of-the line gear.

--
Grant

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Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 00:00 +0200
  Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-06-06 18:11 -0500
    Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 09:04 +0200
      Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 05:49 -0700
        Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 22:59 +0200
      Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-07 18:39 +0000
        Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Espo <spam@spam.com> - 2016-06-14 21:39 +1000
          Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-14 18:09 +0000
            Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-14 16:18 -0400
              Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support raimond.dragomir@gmail.com - 2016-06-15 04:19 -0700
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-15 12:57 +0000
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-06-15 13:24 +0000
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support raimond.dragomir@gmail.com - 2016-06-15 07:28 -0700
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-15 17:46 -0500
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-06-16 04:59 +0000
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-16 11:27 -0500
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2016-06-17 09:14 +1000
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-16 20:13 -0400
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-16 22:57 -0500
                Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-15 10:48 -0400
          Re: Low-cost low-pin count MCU with USB Host support pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2016-06-15 08:39 +0200

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