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4 years ago
No USB On-The-Go (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go) or Wireless USB (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_USB)?
USB is a triumph of marketeers over engineers. All these things are called USB because USB sells (see also: Bluetooth).
I don't know anything about wireless USB but USB OTG is called USB because it is USB. It's not some totally unrelated protocol.
I thought OTG was just changing up where the host controller is sitting in the USB relationship? So you can have a device that acts like a client when hooked to a computer, or a master when hooked to a thumb drive/webcam/etc...?
Yeah it just allows you to use a B port as a host (if supported). It's still the USB protocol.
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Bluetooth Smart aka. Bluetooth Low Energy aka. Wibree aka. not actually bluetooth