Hi All,
It is known already that adding a new feature to a new laptop generation (or to any other universal product) should be approved first by a certain world’s authority. This prerequisite is important to achieve a better standardization in the world. So, even if the addition of a profitable new feature/function could be implemented in a laptop, the project may have to be cancelled by the direction of its company due to some actual world’s regulations.
My humble proposed protocol here is related to the USB port. As we all know, it has 2 supply pins and 2 data pins.
To use the actual USB port properly, a programmer has to be aware first of many procedures/headers of the USB protocol.
So I wonder if it is possible to let the same 2 data pins of a USB receptacle have also their own interface (in parallel with the USB one) so that they can be directly controlled by a PC program; much like the case of the MCU I/O pins for example. Such simple protocol interface will help even a novice in programming in creating, rather quickly (short learning time), projects which needs in/out data transfer at a rather low speed (if compared to the very high one of USB.3).
If someday a laptop will have this feature, its user will have the choice to create his own optimum protocol (in term of simplicity and/or speed) for his project; mainly if the data transfer is between the laptop and an external controller board, he built.
But, truth be said, I, being 70 years old, doubt that adding a feature which lets a PC user be freer could be approved by any world’s authority
Anyway, I hope that dreaming is not a crime
Regards,
Kerim
It is known already that adding a new feature to a new laptop generation (or to any other universal product) should be approved first by a certain world’s authority. This prerequisite is important to achieve a better standardization in the world. So, even if the addition of a profitable new feature/function could be implemented in a laptop, the project may have to be cancelled by the direction of its company due to some actual world’s regulations.
My humble proposed protocol here is related to the USB port. As we all know, it has 2 supply pins and 2 data pins.
To use the actual USB port properly, a programmer has to be aware first of many procedures/headers of the USB protocol.
So I wonder if it is possible to let the same 2 data pins of a USB receptacle have also their own interface (in parallel with the USB one) so that they can be directly controlled by a PC program; much like the case of the MCU I/O pins for example. Such simple protocol interface will help even a novice in programming in creating, rather quickly (short learning time), projects which needs in/out data transfer at a rather low speed (if compared to the very high one of USB.3).
If someday a laptop will have this feature, its user will have the choice to create his own optimum protocol (in term of simplicity and/or speed) for his project; mainly if the data transfer is between the laptop and an external controller board, he built.
But, truth be said, I, being 70 years old, doubt that adding a feature which lets a PC user be freer could be approved by any world’s authority
Anyway, I hope that dreaming is not a crime
Regards,
Kerim