USB Mass Storage Designing and Programming Devices and Embedded Hosts

This developer's guide is for designers and programmers of mass-storage devices that use the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. Developer's will learn how to choose storage media, interface the media to a microcontroller or other CPU, and write device firmware to access the media and perform USB communications. Included are comparisons of popular storage-media options to help users choose a media type for a project. The types described include hard drives and flash-memory cards such as the MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD) Card, and CompactFlash card. Also covered is how to develop an embedded host that can access USB mass-storage devices.

Jan Axelson is the author of seven books about computers and electronics technology, including USB Complete, Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete, and Serial Port Complete. Her articles have appeared in Embedded Systems Programming, EDN, Circuit Cellar, Nuts & Volts, and Popular Electronics. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.