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

By John Hyde

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471370487
• ISBN13: 9780471370482
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great examples for USB design

USB Design by Example is an excellent approach to using USB - designs by example. I have tried several of the examples in both VB and VC++, and both are superb. On the embedded side, the explanations are both thorough and understandable. I had a question about one of the example programs, so I emailed John, expecting an auto-response or hearing back in a week or so. He responded in ten minutes with the solution. This is...

Excellent USB

This book is excellent. If you want to start USB desing hardware and software you can use this book with pleasure. It contains a CD with a lot useful software.

Excellent if your new to USB

I read 3 other books about USB and none of them explained USB better than this book does. This book details a lot of points that others seem to take for granted. If your into hardware and don't want to go into driver design and want to get something going quick this is the book to read. The CD-rom is excellent too, it has a lot of tools and examples that you will need to get started, even sample programs to get you...

A good introduction to developing USB peripherals

John begins with a clear and concise explanation of what you need to know about how USB works. Then he starts teaching by example, including source code and circuits. The buttons and lights example has all of the essentials for reading and writing to USB devices, including Visual-Basic source code and EZ-USB assembly code for the peripheral. Many of the examples use Windows' HID drivers, so you don't need to write or...

WOW - USB IS AMAZING!

I got this book since I thought it would help me with my senior project of connecting an A/D convertor to a PC using USB. It did this and A LOT more. The book explained in a step-by-step fashion exactly what I needed to do and why. Like the previous reviewer I did not appreciate all of the capabilities that USB has to offer and the range of solutions that are possible. But after reading this book in detail I now know that...