New Aleratec Site Search

It’s now easier than ever to find exactly what you want at the Aleratec site.

In our quest for continuous improvement of the Aleratec shopping experience we have implemented a new, enhanced search engine within the www.aleratec.com web site. This highly efficient, easy-to-use search box now features:

• Add items directly to your shopping cart from the search results page.  (Gets you to check out quicker for a frustration free shopping experience.)

• View your results as a grid or a list.

• Filter results by category or select a price range.

• Search for items site-wide or within a specific category, such as “Hard Disk Drive” or “LightScribe Publisher.”

• You can even sort search results by relevance or price.

Let’s walk through a typical search scenario: Read more »

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USB 3.0 Connectors

The USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard has come a long way since its development in the 1990s, and the types of USB connectors have expanded as the standard has evolved.  The USB standard defines cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for communication between computers and peripherals and for power supply.  USB has effectively replaced a variety of earlier interfaces, such as serial and parallel ports, as well as separate power chargers for portable devices.

The original USB specification only defined Standard-A and Standard-B plugs and receptacles.  As the specification has been revised over the years, many more connector types have been included as you will see in our survey of connectors for the USB 2.0 Standard and how they have been modified in the most recent USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Standard.

Here are the connectors defined in the latest versions of the USB Standard: Read more »

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