USB

USB has a host that sends requests to devices (devices only respond when asked something). Some devices are dual role devices (DRD) (previously called On-The-Go (OTG) devices), and can dynamically negotiate whether they're the host or the device.

Each device can have one ore more interfaces, which each have one or more endpoints. Each endpoint has a hardcoded direction (host-to-device or device-to-host). There are a few types of endpoint (the type is decided during interface configuration):

• Control endpoints are for configuration and control requests
• Bulk endpoints are for bulk transfers
• Isochronous endpoints are for periodic transfers with a reserved bandwidth
• Int endpoints are for transfers triggered by interruptions

The interfaces and endpoints a device has are described by descriptors reported by the device during configuration.

Every device has a special endpoint called ep0. It's an in+out control endpoint, and is used to configure the other endpoints.