USB Embedded Hosts: The Developer’s Guide

by Jan Axelson

USB isn't just for mainstream PCs anymore. With hardware and firmware support, small embedded systems can use the same devices available to conventional desktop and notebook PCs. Data loggers can store data on USB drives. Robotic arms can receive input from USB keyboards. Sales terminals can print receipts on USB printers. USB cameras, speakers, mics, network bridges, virtual serial ports, Bluetooth adapters, and more can be available to the embedded systems you create. This book will show you how.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

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.