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Philippe DALLEMAGNE: Doctor of Science - R&D Project Manager - Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM)
INTRODUCTION
Firewire is the name used in the late 1980s by Apple, its original designer, to designate the serial, digital, high-speed communication bus defined by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard and its derivatives. Firewire has thus become the name used by manufacturers of consumer products. Initially designed for multimedia applications, Firewire is now used for a number of other applications, particularly in the industrial sector. In fact, its high performance, architecture and communication model make it potentially usable for many applications in a wide variety of fields.
Despite this, Firewire initially had to battle for many years against older data buses such as Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), before finally gaining a firm foothold. Firewire also faced stiff competition from the USB bus (see the article "Universal Serial Bus USB"
This document deals with the original IEEE 1394 standard. However, the accompanying extensions or standards are detailed in the sections where they present notable differences or significant improvements. The term Firewire will be used in this document to designate the collection of IEEE 1394 standards (IEEE 1394, IEEE 1394a, IEEE 1394b, etc.).
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Standardization
- IEEE standard for a high performance serial bus - IEEE 1394-1995 -
- IEEE Standard For A High Performance Serial Bus. Amendment 1 - IEEE 1394a-2000 -
- IEEE Standard For A High Performance Serial Bus. Amendment 2 - IEEE 1394b-2002 -
- IEEE Standard For A High Performance Serial Bus. Amendment 3 - IEEE 1394C-2006 -
- IEEE Standard For A High Performance Serial Bus Bridges - IEEE 1394.1-2004 - ...
Organizations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1394 Trade Association
Fieldbus providers
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Aerotech
FAST SA
Soft Servo Systems
...Connector manufacturers
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Molex
Bulgin
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