The Universal Serial Web
summary
Browser code opens real USB devices via the WebUSB API and the talk shows concrete demos: an Arduino is controlled from the browser using Johnny-Five in the browser after a browserified serial-port shim, an Android tablet is accessed and a photo pulled using Web ADB.js, and a barcode+RFID checkout prototype prints due slips — though the receipt printer broke on the flight so that demo is only video. Notes on HID exclusion, security prompts, HTTPS requirement, and Chrome-only support round out the specifics.
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chapters (34)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:33Who am I
- 1:55What I do
- 2:33USB
- 3:09History of USB
- 7:28Electrical engineering behind USB
- 8:04USB schematics
- 9:22USB as plugandplay
- 11:08USB as notification
- 11:51WEP USB
- 12:09Security
- 12:47University Style Lectures
- 12:58Connecting to USB Devices
- 13:58Configuration Descriptors
- 16:11Interface Descriptor
- 18:08Interrupt Transfers
- 19:45Control Transfers
- 20:43Isochronous Transfers
- 23:07Arduino
- 23:33Arduino demo
- 26:01Browserify
- 27:47Control Transfer Methods
- 30:40Android Tablet
- 33:53Android Debug Bridge
- 34:16Web ADB Jazz
- 35:15Security Measures
- 37:39Gameboy Printer
- 38:30Live Demo
- 39:22Printing Text
- 40:55Public Library
- 45:33HID Devices
- 49:18Web Bluetooth
- 50:03Web USB
- 50:59Questions
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