USB Design by Example: A Practical Guide to Building I/O Devices

Hyde, John

ISBN 10: 0471370487 / ISBN 13: 9780471370482

Published by Wiley, 1999

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Title: USB Design by Example: A Practical Guide to ...

Publisher: Wiley

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: paperback

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

A complete, how–to guide to designing USB devices

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a new standard specification for PC peripherals that provides a uniform approach to developing products that work together seamlessly through a single, one–size–fits–all plug and port connection. Virtually all new PCs, and the iMac, now ship with USB ports. Written by an Intel insider, this practical, step–by–step guide uses fully documented examples to get developers up to speed on everything they need to know to design and program USB devices–from schematics and codes to prototypes. The book is specially formatted to serve as both a step–by–step manual for creating specific devices, and a complete reference to understanding and using the USB.

CD–ROM contains all the source code for the examples in the book, color versions of selected diagrams, photographs, and a link to the USB specification site.

Review:

USB Design by Example by John Hyde is aimed at those who must develop USB hardware devices as well as drivers and software applications to use them. It begins with an overview of USB, its electrical and other features, its limitations and implementations in current PCs.

It covers USB device enumeration and the operating system software that supports it. Then you're off to get an overview of the various USB development tools you'll need and there's a discussion on using bond-out microcontrollers (with debugging features) for USB device development.

The bulk of the book is given over to discussions of real world USB development examples, hence the title. These include switches, controllers, sound, light, sensors, IrDA (infra red connections), video, analog to digital and much more. Near the end of the book you even get a complete DSLUSB modem reference design.

Despite its highly technical subject matter, USB Design By Exampleis accessible to any electronics hobbyist or a PC programmer with some electronics background. It's both highly informative and surprisingly approachable. Anyone looking to develop USB devices commercially or who needs to create one off USB I/O devices for use in a research or bespoke application is unlikely to find a better source book. --Steve Patient