FireWire is a serial bus interface developed by Apple in 1995. FiewWire is used for high speed data transfer. Upto 63 firewire devices can be connected to a single connector (using adapter cards). FireWire is used to increase the performance (speed) of the other devices.
The data transfer rate is 400 MB per second. Firewire is similar to USB which allows "Plug and Play". Firewire allows two types of communication: Asynchronous and Isochronous for data transfer. Isochronous a type of communication used where continuous, constant, uninterrupted bandwidth is needed. Security can be provided for the data through firewire. It uses Data Strobe encoding scheme for encoding the data. Direct Memory Access (DMA) is possible with the firewire.
Versions:
- FireWire 400
- FireWire 800
Devices:
Many devices can be connected to the firewire. Some of the compatible devices are:
- PCI host controller
- Camcorder
- Digital Camera
- Scanner
- Printer
- Hard disk (external)
- Network cables
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Other firewire devices
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows
- Macintosh
- Linux
- NetBSD
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