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USB only Monitor from Samsung

Posted by Eric Huang on June 2, 2010

Samsung demonstrated a USB only monitor at the Society for Information Display conference last week in Oregon.  The screen uses a forked USB 2.0 connector to provide the power necessary.  This is only possible because this is an edge-lit LED display.

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The pictures and the full article are from TechOn here and in the link below

Also, at Everything USB, the author speculates that with USB 3.0 you could maybe use a single USB 3.0 port. I’ve run the math below and my commentary is at the end of this blog entry.

Current Voltage Power per port Comment
USB 2.0 500mA 5V 2.5W
USB 3.0 900mA 5V 4.5W
USB 3.0 with modified power like on Gigabyte motherboard 2700mA 5V 13.5 W One modified USB 3.0 port will work like those find on Gigabyte motherboards

 

I should point out that some USB 2.0 devices pull more than the legal 500mA from a Host, and when they do, they violate the specification.

The interesting thing that TechOn reports that the display requires 6.3 W.  You can see from the calculations above, that 2 USB 2.0 ports will only generate about 5 W.  This means that either the actual average power requirement is much lower than 5W, or there is some power savings scheme on the screen when running on USB.   My hope is that displays would run at even lower power and could run off off a single USB 3.0 port.

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This post is filed under USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB Video.
 
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Covering the latest trends and topics in USB IP.

Eric started working on USB in 1995, starting with the world’s first BIOS that supported USB Keyboards and Mice while at Award Software. After a departure into embedded systems software for real-time operating systems, he returned to USB IP cores and software at inSilicon, one of the leading suppliers of USB IP. In 2002, inSilicon was acquired by Synopsys and he’s been here since. He also served as Chairman of the USB On-The-Go Working Group for the USB Implementers Forum from 2004-2006.

Eric received an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and an M.S. in Engineering from University of California Irvine, and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Minnesota. and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering in the State of California


Michael (Mick) Posner joined Synopsys in 1994 and is currently Director of Product Marketing for Synopsys' DesignWare USB Solutions. Previously, he was the Director of Product Marketing for Physical (FPGA-based) Prototyping and has held various product marketing, technical marketing manager and application consultant positions at Synopsys. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Brighton, England.
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