When using a breakout board, the Commander core can be connected to a PC directly via USB or through a USB hub, allowing for multiple units to connect and communicate at once. Nippon Pulse suggest that all USB cables should have noise suppression chokes, also known as ferrite beads, to avoid communication loss or interruption.

When designing your own PCB, please follow the layout guidelines as outlined by the USB 2.0 specifications. D+/D- traces should be the same length, maintain a nominally 90Ω differential impedance, and have a continuous ground plane directly beneath the D+/D- traces and extend at least five times the spacing width to either side of the D+/D- traces.


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