• USB Complete: The Developer's Guide (Complete Guides series) | | | |
• USB Mass Storage: Designing and Programming Devices and Embedded Hosts | | | |
• Virtual Serial Port Cookbook | | | |
• Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete | | | |
• Parallel Port Complete: Programming, Interfacing, & Using the PC's Parallel Printer Port | | | |

Very good book for factory test engineer
Review written by: Yoshinao Takada From Tokyo, Japan
I used to make test systems of electronic components with GPIO, GPIB, and air cylinders. But we could test only very simple components. We are required to test pretty complex components including I2C I/F these days. We searched for suitable solution. I found that PC serial ports control micro controllers which control DUTs via I2C and such systems can easily be implementd by reading this book. Using new PC without serial port, we can use same system by adding USB virtual COM port. I thank the author for giving me recent knowledge about serial port links.

Good Book If you Still use Serial Ports
Review written by: rwizard From USA
This has been a well regarded book for many years. For good or ill, serial ports are pretty much on the way out for most of us. That is really too bad, because USB introduces a level of complexity that is pointless and cumbersome for a great many applications. But that is what happens when you let Bill Gates run everything. Anyway, if you still use serial, this is a handy reference.

excellent
Review written by: Maria Valero Morales From
es un excelente libro, presenta la información necesaria para iniciarse en el dominio de la transmisión serial

Very good general overview of Serial Ports and other types of communication...
Review written by: Joe From
I was really eager to get this book because I thought it would include a lot of technical info about communicating with different devices. The book ended up being a general overview of different forms of communication. Many sections were 5 or 6 pages long about different types.

This book is very good for people who just want a general and basic knowledge of different forms of communication. I guess I was looking for how to interface Zigbee modules to different AVR micro controllers and how to send different types of data via USB, it was not deep or specific enough for me.

Very good book!
Review written by: nameWhat? From South Carolina, USA
I was suprised to see that the code in this book was written in VC# and VB. It's hard to find books written with VB code in it. If you know one language and not the other it's a great opportunity to learn a new language.

The beginning of this book takes a considerable amount of time explaining the basics of communication. This book does not cover the how's and why's of building circuits - so you will have to either already know electronics or take an electronics class.

The chapters in the second half of the book are thorough. The author has included more than enough information to get you up and running.

If you know VC# or VB and have an intermediate knowledge of circuit building then this book is for you. This book is very informative, covers many different types of networks and is easy to understand.