The Apex-ICE Universal Serial Bus (USB) emulator designed for Analog Device's DSPs provides a simple and efficient method of connecting the DSP emulator to laptop and desktop PCs via an external USB port found on modern PCs. The Apex-ICE features include a handheld style unit, small diameter cable 5 meters long, Windows 98/2000, support for Analog Device's ADSP-2106x and ADSP-211xx SHARC DSPs, and CE Mark compliance.