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USB-Related Links

General USB Forums:

  • USB Implementer's Forum - News, information, and technical support for USB peripheral developers
  • USB News - News and information related to USB
  • USB Stuff - An online catalog where you can purchase the latest USB peripherals in the market

Microsoft Sites to Visit:

  • Microsoft Developer's Network - MSDN, the Microsoft Developer Network, is Microsoft's broad program for providing developers with the tools, technologies, education, information, events, and other technical material they need. Members have access to the MSDN Library, MSDN News, and SDK and DDK updates.
  • Microsoft Hardware Development Support - The information on this web site is provided to help independent hardware vendors (IHVs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) plan for changes and new features in future versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows NT operating systems.
  • Microsoft Driver Development Support - Microsoft's Dr. Iver provides thorough technical articles geared toward new device driver technologies for Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 98. Currently, this usually means the Win32 Driver Model (WDM), but will also include more global pains that might ail many of you.

Sources for USB Books:

  • AnnaBooks - A good source of information for books and workshops for USB.
    A new USB book just came out called USB Peripheral Design with recommendations from USB-IF, Microsoft, Lucent, Philips, Phoenix and Electronic Design Magazine. Check it out: Developing USB PC Peripherals  by Wooi Ming Tan ISBN 0-929392-38-8..
  • Mindshare - Training classes as well as books on USB.

Windows Driver Training Resources

USB Design Resources

  • Keil Software
    Keil provides useful examples and application notes on utilizing EZ-USB
  • Award Software (a Division of Phoenix Technologies)        
    Host controller driver stacks for embedded systems and NT 4.0. Class Drivers for embedded systems and Windows. Class drivers are available for keyboards, mice, hubs, monitors and printers.

  • Phoenix Technologies
    Phoenix has developed custom drivers for customers for the following classes; audio, mass storage, and streaming video for both Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems. They also have a product called Plugworks which reduces number of questions by users with dialog boxes that help identify and diagnose the user’s connection problems. They also have to provide utility software for peripherals.

  • Moore Computer Consultants, Inc.
    MCCI® is a computer systems engineering company with 20 employees, specializing in the development of high performance firmware, system software, hardware and silicon for OEM electronics manufacturer.
    This link is a description of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) development packages offered by MCCI to designers of electronic equipment.
  • American Megatrends Inc.
    AMI offers its customers the tightest coupling between BIOS and hardware. In addition, they perform USB Development for keyboard, printer, and communications firmware.

  • Parallel Software
    Parallel moved into the Mac OS early and established itself as a leader in MacIntosh USB development. They have experience with EZ-USB and can provide drivers for USB to serial adapters, USB to Ethernet adapters, Mass storage (bulk only transport specifications of the Mass Storage Class Driver) and scanners. Their USB to serial adapter provides robust, hot-plugging, and printer port emulation.

  • Lusher Technologies        
    A full service product development company with experience in USB, PCB design, production, analog and digital design, embedded systems and more.

  • CATC        
    Makers of USB bus analyzers, USB traffic generators, and host production testers.

  • FuturePlus
    The FuturePlus card for the HP logic analyzer is great if you're already a HP analyzer user, but it's limited to the analyzer trace depth (4K words on ours).

  • Genoa
    Genoa provides a low cost solution with an analyzer that hooks to a PC using an ISA card. so it's not as portable as the CATC products.

  • CM Research        
    Product development consultants.

  • Logicmeca
    Logicmeca is a complete design house with several engineers who can perform a complete turnkey design. They provide services in hardware, firmware and driver development for any USB peripheral. They develop designs using HDL simulation with FPGA and ASIC conversion.  They have solid background in a variety of imaging, video and audio fields including VGA, sound card TV tuner card design, video capture design, scanners and fingerprint recognition. They have significant experience with EZ-USB having developed a multitude of USB peripherals. Logicmeca offers easy access to the Asian markets being based in Korea.

  • Perigee, LLC
    Perigee, LLC. is an engineering design and product development company. They are an expert in EZ-USB development and have a broad experience in all facets of product development including software development, digital logic design, and system integration. Perigee serves clients in many different markets, and has an excellent track record of delivering quality work on time and on budget. Their growing experience with USB and the EZ-USB product family includes complete end-to-end software development: device firmware, I/O drivers (PC and Macintosh), API's, and application software. They also provide hardware design services and can serve as a PCB supplier. They are flexible and responsive, and can deal well with short design cycles and tight schedule requirements
   
   

 

 

 

 


 

 



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