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Introduction to Wireless USB (WUSB)
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Articles Last Updated: August 20, 2008
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Usage Examples

Now we will show you some real examples of WUSB usage. As mentioned, if your PC doesn’t have native WUSB support, you will need to buy and install a WUSB dongle, device shown on Figure 1.

Wireless USB (WUSB)
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Figure 1: Adding WUSB support to a laptop using a WUSB dongle.

The same thing goes for regular USB peripherals; you need to “convert” them into WUSB using a WUSB hub, like the one on Figure 2 from IOGEAR. The good thing about a hub is that you can connect several USB peripherals to them at the same time, saving the cost of additional antennas for each individual product. In this example we have a printer connected to the WUSB hub, so the connection between the PC and the printer is made without the use of wires.

Wireless USB (WUSB)
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Figure 2: WUSB hub.

WUSB allows you to connect your PC to your video monitor without the use of wires, which is a terrific application. ASUS has announced an LCD monitor with native WUSB connectivity, as shown on Figure 3. You can connect any kind of monitor using a WUSB adaptor, shown on Figure 4.

Wireless USB (WUSB)
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Figure 3: ASUS LCD monitor with native WUSB connectivity.

Wireless USB (WUSB)
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Figure 4: Adaptor for allowing video monitors to be connected to the PC using WUSB.

On Figure 5 we have another example, this time an external sound card with native WUSB support. By the way, we saw a demo of this sound card in conjunction with the wireless monitor from Figure 3 and audio and video were always in synch.

Wireless USB (WUSB)
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Figure 5: External sound card with native WUSB support.

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