While it’s clear that Ethernet and Wi-Fi will dominate home networks for years to come, what we’ll be using for the backbone – to carry video from point to point – isn’t. Several technologies might ...

The 1394 (FireWire) audio-video standard has long been popular in computer and consumer electronics applications. I’ve worked on IEEE-1394 since 1992, and almost all of that time was spent focused on ...

Body:The IEEE 1394 serial bus standard provides a networked digital interface solution for consumer electronics (CE) devices and personal computers, though both types of devices are not required in ...

The 1394 Trade Association (www.1394ta.org) plans to release a new 1394 specification later this summer that will extend the original IDB-1394 Automotive Specification to include automotive grade ...

To realize the total speed and flexibility offered by the 1394 bus, designers must master working at the PHY and Link layers. Convergence, or the merging of applications, features, and functions, has ...