Штекерные компьютерные кабели, концентраторы и соединители USB тип B

Bring Devices Together With USB Type B Male-to-Male Cables

USB, which stands for Universal Serial Bus, is a universal interface standard that lets you connect together different devices and peripherals like a television to an antenna or a computer to ethernet. Type B male cable connectors will only work with certain devices, but once you connect the devices together, you can transfer data between them.

What is USB type B?

Type B was originally released alongside the standard type A interface in 1996. The original USB connector has four electronic pins and a square shape. Due to its physical differences, however, it is incompatible with other types of USB ports unless the cable specifically has a type B connector on one end and a different type on the other end. Type B male connectors are commonly used in scanners, printers, and certain external storage devices. The male-to-male cable is designed to connect to a USB port at both ends, rather than a plug on one end and a port on the other. If you have an external hard drive with a type B port, then you can connect it to a printer or a computer with another type B port.

What data transfer rate does a type B cable provide?

There are two main factors that determine the data transfer rate of a given cable signal. The first is the construction of the coaxial cable itself. That will depend on which manufacturer you purchase it from. The second factor is the actual speed of the USB port. New USB standards are released from time to time, and the data bandwidth speeds are improved with each version. There is three main version of the USB standard. The signal speeds are listed in megabits per second. These figures represent the maximum data transfer rate. The actual performance may be lower, depending on the real-world conditions in which the coaxial cable operates.

  • USB 1.0: The original USB version features data transfer speeds of up to 12Mbps.
  • USB 2.0: Released in 2000, USB 2.0 has a maximum rate of 460Mbps.
  • USB 3.0: Released in 2008, USB 3.0 features speeds up to 5Gbps. Subsequent revisions in 2013 and 2017 raised the rate to 10Gbps and 20Gbps, respectively.
Are different USB versions compatible with each other?

That depends on the version of the USB port. The type B 3.0 port was changed to be physically different from past versions. It will still accept USB 2.0 connectors, but due to the physical differences, a USB 3.0 plug or connector will not work on older ports. Even when different versions are compatible, the cable will often operate only at the speed of the slowest port. In general, you should try to make sure that the cable and port match. If the USB cable is incompatible, then you can use an adapter to bridge the difference.

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