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A related trend that will emerge is wireless peer-to-peer connectivity between most everyday electronic devices. Today, consumers have been trained not to expect to connect one device directly to another with either a cable or via wireless. Of course, peripherals connect to PCs via cables such as US...

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Published inElectronics Weekly no. 2227; p. 36
Main Author Bowles, Mark
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Croydon Metropolis International Group Ltd 08.02.2006
Emap Limited
Subjects
Consumers
Controllers
Functions
Microcontroller
Microcontrollers
Radio
Service introduction
Trends
Wireless networks
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:A related trend that will emerge is wireless peer-to-peer connectivity between most everyday electronic devices. Today, consumers have been trained not to expect to connect one device directly to another with either a cable or via wireless. Of course, peripherals connect to PCs via cables such as USB, but those are generally oneway communications. Because of new wireless technologies such as wireless USB, wireless 1394 and Bluetooth, peer-to-peer connections between devices will become readily available.
ISSN:0013-5224