The Bargain Nexus - Usb Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom Usb Peripherals

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.64
EAN: 9780965081931
ISBN: 0965081931
Label: Lakeview Research
Manufacturer: Lakeview Research
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 398
Publication Date: 1999-12
Publisher: Lakeview Research
Studio: Lakeview Research

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Summary: USB bible
Comment: These book is USB bible.
Can only strong recomend. If you are workinh with USB, you must buy these book. Period.

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Summary: USB Complete - Third Edition
Comment: Anyone who is new to USB interface and products should read this book first. I bought an USB evaluation board to get an understanding of USB.
When it would not interface with our product the way I thought, I was very disappointed. After reading this book, I realized there are major differences with the USB microprocessors. I then was able to purchase AN USB evaluation board with an appropriate microprocessor that would interface with our equipment.

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Summary: Great starting point
Comment: This book is highly recommended considering it's depth and range of content. It offers lots of practical information and is easy to read. The website that supports this book is also very helpful. If you are interested in USB, this is the first book to read.

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Summary: Buy this book first if your interested in USB
Comment: This is very good introductory book on USB for embedded devices. It provides a good overview including a brief comparison of USB with other devices. Admittedly the term complete is a bit of an overstatement; if your going to program own Window's drivers you're going to need a lot more information than is provided here. However, for small-run embedded developers and hobbyist this book is ideal. It is up-to-date and provides a the information you need to consider before jumping into USB development. One of the other reviewers complained that this book spends a lot of time on third-party products. However, for those of us that are grudgingly porting hardware from RS232 to USB this very helpful and very important. Yes all of this information is on the web; but much of it is misleading. For example; a lot of people start with and HID (human interface device) as it does not require a special Windows driver. The online documentation for our developement system gave the data transfer rate as 1.5Mega baud. However, reading this book you find that your likely only to get a fraction of this speed and the guaranteed transfer rate is only 800 bytes per second which is positively glacial.

The USB interface is very complex. One of the major issues is that anything you develop will likely require drivers for both the PC and the device. In choosing a vendor is probably more dependent on the quality of the drivers and the quality of the documentation of the drivers than on the hardware itself.

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Summary: A little scattered, but much LESS THAN THE USB SPEC
Comment: This is probably a harware designer's book. If you ever plan on designing or undestanding USB hardware, this is definitely (no matter what cost), the book for you. Jan Axelson has written for many EE mags, and knows what she is talking about. The book may be getting dated, as a few of the chips she descibes are obsolete, but who cares - the data is relevant. Very well done, and very readable.

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In USB Complete, Jan Axelson once again reveals the programming secrets for a popular interface. The topic this time is the new Universal Serial Bus (USB), which was designed from the ground up to provide a single, easy-to-use interface for multiple peripherals. But this ease of use has come at the cost of greater complexity for the developers who design USB peripherals and write the program code that communicates with them.

Jan takes the pain out of designing for USB by showing how to write applications that communicate with USB devices using Visual Basic (or any programming language that can call Win32 API functions). There's no need to write low-level device drivers; you can use the drivers included with Windows 98/2000.

Unlike other books that only rehash specifications and manufacturers' marketing materials, this book has original examples, hands-on guidance, and practical tips that developers can put to use right away. USB Complete is an independent guide that isn't obligated to promote one manufacturer's products.

This book will help you decide whether or not USB is the right choice for a peripheral. You'll find tips on selecting the controller chip that matches your design's needs and enables you to get your peripheral up and running quickly. An example project shows how to develop a custom USB peripheral from start to finish, including device firmware and application programming .

As in her previous best-selling Serial Port Complete and Parallel Port Complete, Jan's simple, direct style and attention to detail help make a complex topic understandable.