Universal Serial Bus (USB) extensions for instrumentation; computer hardware; computer software, namely drivers, software for connection and synchronous operation of a deterministic USB, software for management of a universal serial bus, software for interfacing with client applications, and software for running original equipment computer modules based on synchronous USB operation; computer hardware and software for providing synchronous data acquisition, synchronous control, synchronous monitoring of transducers (in the nature of but not limited to pressure, temperature, motion, strain gauges) and instrumentation, including but not limited to applications in industry, laboratory, scientific, biomedical, telecommunication, automotive and automation applications; kits containing computer hardware and software for developing a synchronous universal serial bus; USB bus, test and measurement instrumentation in this class; industrial monitoring instrumentation and telecommunications instrumentation in this class