Accessory ID recognition by power cycling

摘要

Various embodiments are described herein for a peripheral device (260) and a method of identifying the peripheral device (260) via power cycling. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining characteristic information about the peripheral device (260), encoding the characteristic information in a power signal (450,460,470) at the peripheral device (260) and sending the power signal (450,460,470) to an electronic device (100) that is operably connected (274) with the peripheral device (260). The electronic device (100) can then take action such as adjusting its settings or applications based on the characteristic information of the peripheral device (260).