Usb Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom Usb Peripherals

by Jan Axelson

Every Windows 98 and Windows 2000 computer contains Universal Serial Bus ports for connecting to a variety of peripherals. This guide takes the pain out of designing for this popular interface with specific, detailed examples that show how to develop USB devices and the applications that communicate with them. How the USB communicates with the PC, deciding if a project should use a USB interface, choosing a USB controller chip for peripheral design, and determining code which USB peripherals need to communicate with Windows applications are covered in detail. Reflecting the changes in the newly released USB 2.0 standard, this book also includes a complete project that shows how to develop a custom USB peripheral from start to finish.

Genres: Computers, Reference

Unbound

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.