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ADB to USB

ADB to USB adapter

Older Macintosh computers used the Apple Desktop Bus protocol to communicate with keyboards and mice. It is a one-wire, bidirectional multi-drop protocol.

adb2usb arduino sketch for the Teensy 2.0

ADB is self clocking on the falling edge -- a Zero is a low of 65 ns and high of 35 ns, and a One is a low of 35 ns followed by a high of 65 ns -- for a total of 100 microseconds per bit.

Teensy 2014 Mac Retrocomputing USB Devices

Last update: November 8, 2020