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USB communications

The micro:bit has an on-board USB communications stack, that is built into the firmware of the interface chip. This stack provides the ability to drag and drop files onto the MICROBIT drive in order to load code into the application processor. It also allows serial data to be streamed to and from the micro:bit application processor over USB to an external host computer, and supports the CMSIS-DAP specification for host debugging of application programs.

Specifications

Item details
Connector USB micro, MCR-B-S-RA-SMT-CS5-TR
USB version 2.0 Full Speed device
Speed 12Mbit/sec
USB classes supported Mass Storage Class (MSC)
Communications Device Class (CDC)
CMSIS-DAP HID & WinUSB
WebUSB CMSIS-DAP HID
More Info DAPLink