USB Complete: The Developer's Guide (Complete Guides Series) - Softcover

Axelson, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931448086 ISBN 13: 9781931448086

Publisher: Lakeview Research, U.S., 2009

Synopsis

This updated edition of the best-selling developer's guide to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface covers all aspects of project development, including hardware design, device firmware, and host application software. Topics include how to choose a device controller chip, how to write device firmware for USB communications, how to cut development time by using USB device classes, and how to write software to access devices that perform vendor-specific functions. Also discussed are hardware interfacing, using bus power, wireless technologies, and USB On-The-Go. The book presents example code for accessing USB devices using Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET. The example code shows how to detect device arrival and removal and how to transfer vendor-defined data using the human interface device class and Microsoft's WinUSB driver. Also covered is how to write device firmware to communicate with the USB host. The Fourth Edition covers USB 3.0 and SuperSpeed and has new information on controller chips, USB classes, power use, and Microsoft's WinUSB driver. The author's website has program code, articles, and other information of interest to USB developers. (www.Lvr.com)

About this title

About the Author

Jan Axelson is the author of seven books about computers and electronic technology, includingEmbedded Ethernet and Internet Complete, Serial Port Complete, andUSB Mass Storage. Her articles have appeared in Circuit Cellar, EDN, Embedded Systems Programming, and Nuts & Volts. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lakeview Research, U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1931448086
• ISBN 13: 9781931448086
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 504