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Hardware and systems issues
Published in Francis Rumsey, Desktop Audio Technology, 2003
SCSI is a high-speed parallel interface found on many computer systems, originally allowing up to seven peripheral devices to be connected to a host on a single bus. Such peripheral devices include all forms of mass storage media, CD drives, scanners, printers and network ports. It is specified in ANSI X3.131 (1986). SCSI-2 can be both faster and wider than SCSI-1, allowing for higher speed data transfer (SCSI-1 interfaces were limited to speeds of around 4–5 Mbyte s−1, and were only 8 bits wide, whereas SCSI-2 can run at over 10 Mbyte s−1 and may be 16 or even 32 bits wide). SCSI has grown through a number of improvements and revisions, the latest being Ultra160 SCSI, capable of addressing 16 devices at a maximum data rate of 160 Mbyte s−1.
™ MCU memory system
Published in Ying Bai, Microcontroller Engineering with MSP432, 2016
Basically, the Peripheral Driver Library provides a set of high-level API interfaces to enable users to access and interface all related peripheral devices to build their applications. This set of API interfaces is a collection of source code (.c) files and related header (.h) files used to support users to develop and build their application projects by calling those API interface functions. This library is compatible with most popular IDEs), such as CCS, ARM®/Keil® MDK, IAR, and GNU.
Using computer software packages to assist engineering activities
Published in David Salmon, Penny Powdrill, Mechanical Engineering Level 2 NVQ, 2012
Peripherals that are readily available include the keyboard and mouse, the VDU, the printer, scanners and plotters, and modems. As the hardware needs to be powered by electricity, it is essential to maintain this equipment in safe working order.
History of personal computers in Japan
Published in International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 2020
In general, when peripheral devices are connected to the system bus, it is necessary to install driver software to handle the peripheral devices. Since the memory containing such a program can be connected to the slot of the MSX, the necessary software is accommodated in the cartridge of the hardware of the peripheral device. Therefore, merely inserting a cartridge of a peripheral device, such as a modem, into the slot, a driver software and an application software are simultaneously incorporated into the system. Hence, we could eliminate so-called installation work. Such a complete ‘plug and play’ function is an important one to allow children, who were the MSX main users, to use the system without any special computer skill.