 Working concept of PEN Drive

                      Prepared by-
     
Kunal Bhardwaj
   Definition of a Pen Drive :

• A pen drive, or a USB flash drive, is a portable

data-storage device that includes flash memory
with an integrated Universal Series Bus (USB)
interface.

• The pen drives are used in a wide range in the world

they have easily replaced CDs, Floppy Disk due to
their huge data storing capacity and faster data
transferring speed.
• Pen drives and USB flash drives are connected to USB
(Universal Serial Bus) Port which is available on 
computer motherboards they are used without any additional
power supply they receive the power directly from the USB port
itself and hence are playing a dominant role in the PC world.
  Description :
 A pen drive, or a USB flash drive, is a portable data-storage device.
 Pen drives, USB Flash drives, thumb drives come in huge data storage
capacity from 2 GB to 128 GB.
 The USB Memory Stick comes with different inbuilt features embedded in
itself such as a built-in camera, built-in audio, and video playing
applications.
 The USB Memory Stick and USB flash drives are Plug and play devices i.e.
they do not require any additional drives or software and hardware or
application to run them they are easily connected to USB 1.0 and USB 2.0
of desktops, laptops, palmtops, and even in small mobile devices which
makes their approach more incredible and vast.
 Nowadays USB Memory Stick is also used in the form
of bootable medium they are widely used in installing an 
operating system where no optical drives are present, they are
used in read, write, delete, and updating data inside these devices.
   Pen Drives Architecture :

 The pen drives consist of a small printed circuit board typically in a

plastic or metal body, they use a technology
name EEPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory) for
read, write, and erasing data It is highly durable solid stage storage.
 This Flash memory which saves data and data output is controlled
by a crystal oscillator that has 12 MHz clock signals.
   Working of PEN Drive :
 When a pen drive is connected to a USB port, it activates. Otherwise, it
lies dormant. The USB port gives the pen drive access to information on a
specific computer. Because most pen drives are formatted using FAT or
FAT 32 File systems, they are compatible with almost any USB host/port
on a computer.
 Data is read, transmitted or rewritten from a pen drive to a computer (or
vice versa) after it is properly connected and manipulated through a
program. For example, after an iPod is connected to a computer, music
can be downloaded to it or extracted from it by the owner. This is usually
completed through programs like iTunes. Programs such as this are able
to interface with pen drives in order to exchange information.
  Advantages of Pen Drives and USB Flash
Drives :
• Pendrive comes in huge data storing capacity from 64 MB to 128 Gb.
• They consist of a compact design which makes them portable.
• They are used as bootable mediums.
• They have a faster data transferring rate compared to
other Computer devices.
• They can hold or store data with almost permanent memory and
also called secondary storage devices.
• Pen drives or USB Flash drives come in a variety of sizes and can be
kept in a pocket for easy transportation.
• They are not damaged due to scratches like CDs and DVDs.
  Disadvantages of Pen Drives and USB
Flash Drives :

• Pendrives | USB Flash drives are so small that they can be

easily misplaced.
• They are the primary source for spreading Computer
viruses and can easily infect another computer if comes in
contact if not taken proper precautions such as Scanning
with good Antivirus.
• Don’t have high storage capacity like hard disk
 Some Famous Manufacturer of
Pen Drives :

 Transcend
 Kingston
 SanDisk
 I-Ball
 Sony
 HP
Thank You