USB Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom USB Peripherals

by Jan Axelson

Now in its fourth edition, this developer's guide to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface covers all aspects of project development, such as hardware design, device firmware, and host application software. Topics include how to choose a device controller chip, cut development time by using USB classes, and write software to access devices that perform vendor-specific functions. Example codes are provided using Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET for performing tasks such as detecting device arrival and removal and transferring vendor-defined data using the human interface device class. This newest edition has updated information on controller chips, USB classes, power use, and Microsoft’s WinUSB driver.

Genres: Computers, Reference

572 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Janet Louise Axelson is an American author and conservationist. She writes and publishes technical literature and documentation under the pen name Jan Axelson. Much of her work relates to computer interfaces and protocols, including USB, Ethernet, serial, and parallel ports. Her books are published by her company Lakeview Research, LLC, which is based in Madison, Wisconsin. She has also written articles for Nuts and Volts, and the Wisconsin State Journal.
Axelson is the president of Friends of Cherokee Marsh, a volunteer conservation organization based in Madison, Wisconsin that protects and restores the Cherokee Marsh wetland area, an ecologically significant part of the Yahara River watershed.

Reviews

[Kaspars Laizans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Windows driver part might be a bit dated, but standard is generally still relevant and basics are explained reasonably well.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

So this is the definitive guide to doing anything technical with USB. The author does a good job with a very hard subject...but it's not 'light reading' by any means.