LHS Episode #218: USB Deep Dive

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Segment 1 (Main Topic)

• USB Deep Dive

• Using device by-id  (/dev/serial/by-id/) (e.g. usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_A501VZB7-if00-port0)

• Using device by-path (/dev/serial/by-path/) (e.g. pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.2.1:1.0-port0)

• Creating a specially named device (e.g.  /dev/ic703)

• Command Line Tools

• dmesg

• lsusb

• udevadm  (info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0 | grep ‘{serial}’

• ls

• lshw

• inxi

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

• E-mail from Ian, KM4IK

• E-mail from Steve, KD0IJP

• Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/60 (QRZnow)

• YouTube comment from Steve Haney

• Hamvention 2018 GoFundMe

• Additional Info: https://gofundme.com/lhs-at-hamvention-2018 (GoFundMe)

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