USB Thumb Drive Teaching Element

This lesson, from the Technological Education Pathways Partnership (TEPP), examines the internal workings of USB drives. A PowerPoint presentation lays out the makeup of basic USB thumb drive devices, as well as some standards and applications, and a Word document guides students through a teardown lab to examine these components in person. A PDF document describes a particular flash memory technology that can be found in some USB thumb drives. This activity is intended for a digital electronics and microcontrollers courses.