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Online USB Architecture Training Sep 29 - Oct 1 2008

USB, Universal Serial Bus, has become the interface-of-choice for connecting peripherals to desktop computers and, increasingly, workstations and servers. It offers a flexible, localized serial I/O bus that allows connection of a dizzying number of external devices in many different topology configurations. This three-day USB Architecture course focuses on version 2.0 of the USB specification including the USB protocol, signaling environment, electrical specifications and the hardware/software interaction required to configure and access USB devices. Live Demos of frame and traffic types and packet field formats are shown in the class via a CATC protocol analyzer.

Course Objectives

• Explain the architecture of USB and its components


• Understand the operation of USB low-, full-, and high-speed devices and protocols


• Describe the electrical and signaling requirements for 1.5, 12, and 480 Mbps operation


• Describe USB Hubs, power management, and split transactions


• Learn USB configuration requirements


• Explore USB transaction types and device classes

Workshops / Demos

Demos will show and analyze previously captured data. Workshops will allow participants to capture and analyze data for various USB peripherals. Examples include:

• Device recognition


• Bus enumeration


• Data traffic for the different transfer types


• Transfers, transactions, and packets


• Packet sequencing


• High-speed bus traffic


• Split transactions

Who Should Attend?

The course is intended for hardware, software, and validation engineers who will be involved with the design, troubleshooting, and/or validating USB based products. In addition, the course is beneficial to systems designers and managers responsible for integration of USB based devices. Attendees are expected to have a good understanding of PC hardware and software architecture found in Dashcourses’ PC Architecture Overview course. An understanding of serial communications techniques is also highly recommended.

This course will be conducted using Dashcourses’ new Virtual Learning Environment classroom. We designed this industry-leading facility to provide you with a training environment that is not only economical, it is as effective and interactive as having a real live instructor standing right next to you.

Date/Time: Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2008
Location: Your computer
More Information and to Register: http://www.dashcourses.com/public-courses.html

Free USB Technology Training This Week

A free online USB Technology Training course is being offered via Dashcourses’ Test Drive Program July 30, 2008 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT

Dashcourses' Test Drive Program introduces you to technology for free. All you need to do is register for the session. Registration is open to everyone on a first come, first serve basis.

Get Hands On Experience Using Dashcourses’ Virtual Classroom

Dashcourses' virtual learning environment classroom is a state-of-the-art learning system which provides remote desktop sharing, corporate firewall connectivity, and remote hands-on access to dedicated classroom computers in order to give you real hands-on experience with the technologies you are learning about without having to install any software on your PC.

Interact Live With Instructors

All Test Drive sessions are run with experts and provide interaction via interactive chat and Q&A features which allow students to ask questions and get an instantaneous response

Date/Time: July 30, 2008 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Location: Your computer
More Information and to Register: http://www.dashcourses.com/contests/dashconnect.html

Free USB Technology Training

A free online USB Technology Training course is being offered via Dashcourses’ Test Drive Program July 30, 2008 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT

Dashcourses' Test Drive Program introduces you to technology for free. All you need to do is register for the session. Registration is open to everyone on a first come, first serve basis.

Get Hands On Experience Using Dashcourses’ Virtual Classroom

Dashcourses' virtual learning environment classroom is a state-of-the-art learning system which provides remote desktop sharing, corporate firewall connectivity, and remote hands-on access to dedicated classroom computers in order to give you real hands-on experience with the technologies you are learning about without having to install any software on your PC.

Interact Live With Instructors

All Test Drive sessions are run with experts and provide interaction via interactive chat and Q&A features which allow students to ask questions and get an instantaneous response

Date/Time: July 30, 2008 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Location: Your computer
More Information and to Register: http://www.dashcourses.com/contests/dashconnect.html

Online USB Architecture Training

USB, Universal Serial Bus, has become the interface-of-choice for connecting peripherals to desktop computers and, increasingly, workstations and servers. It offers a flexible, localized serial I/O bus that allows connection of a dizzying number of external devices in many different topology configurations. This three-day USB Architecture course focuses on version 2.0 of the USB specification including the USB protocol, signaling environment, electrical specifications and the hardware/software interaction required to configure and access USB devices. Live Demos of frame and traffic types and packet field formats are shown in the class via a CATC protocol analyzer.

Course Objectives

• Explain the architecture of USB and its components


• Understand the operation of USB low-, full-, and high-speed devices and protocols


• Describe the electrical and signaling requirements for 1.5, 12, and 480 Mbps operation


• Describe USB Hubs, power management, and split transactions


• Learn USB configuration requirements


• Explore USB transaction types and device classes

Workshops / Demos

Demos will show and analyze previously captured data. Workshops will allow participants to capture and analyze data for various USB peripherals. Examples include:

• Device recognition


• Bus enumeration


• Data traffic for the different transfer types


• Transfers, transactions, and packets


• Packet sequencing


• High-speed bus traffic


• Split transactions

Who Should Attend?

The course is intended for hardware, software, and validation engineers who will be involved with the design, troubleshooting, and/or validating USB based products. In addition, the course is beneficial to systems designers and managers responsible for integration of USB based devices. Attendees are expected to have a good understanding of PC hardware and software architecture found in Dashcourses’ PC Architecture Overview course. An understanding of serial communications techniques is also highly recommended.

This course will be conducted using Dashcourses’ new Virtual Learning Environment classroom. We designed this industry-leading facility to provide you with a training environment that is not only economical, it is as effective and interactive as having a real live instructor standing right next to you.

Date/Time: Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2008
Location: Your computer
More Information and to Register: http://www.dashcourses.com/public-courses.html

Free USB Technology Training

USB – The Future of Peripheral Connectivity

USB, Universal Serial Bus, has become the interface-of-choice for connecting peripherals to desktop computers and, increasingly, workstations and servers. With vendor interoperability established It offers a flexible, localized serial I/O bus that allows connection of a dizzying number of external devices in many different topology configurations.

This presentation will introduce key components of the technology including topologies, speeds, transfers types, and protocol components. The concepts of plug and play and user ease will be discussed. Comparisons will be made with similar technologies and where they are appropriate based on design requirements. The future of USB will also be addressed.

When we are done, you should have an understanding of the basics of the USB technology as well as key areas of the specification necessary for your applications should you consider or actually design with USBThis seminar describes an excellent overview of Java EE Application and how to develop Java EE applications using Eclipse IDE. The presentation will show how to develop, assemble, deploy, and test Java EE applications. You will do an hour hands-on exercise to build a simple prototype web enterprise application and test the application.

This Free USB Technology Course is one in a series of Test-Drive courses offered by Dashcourses. This course will be conducted using Dashcourses’ new Virtual Learning Environment classroom. We designed this industry-leading facility to provide you with a training environment that is not only economical, it is as effective and interactive as having a real live instructor standing right next to you.

Date/Time: July 30, 2008 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Location: Your computer
More Information and to Register: http://www.dashcourses.com/contests/dashconnect.html