Jan Axelson's
Lakeview Research

The developer's resource for computer interfacing, especially USB, mass storage, serial (COM) ports, Ethernet and Internet communications for embedded systems, and parallel port.

News

Serial Port CompleteSerial Port Complete Second Edition is now available. Order from Amazon.com and other sources.

Access COM-port devices in .NET with my Visual Basic 2005 .NET and Visual C# terminal emulator applications.

My recent magazine articles

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Resources

For each of my books, I have a resource page devoted to the book's topic and a web page for the book itself. Each resource page has information, tools, and every link I know of that relates to the topic at hand. The book's web page has details about what's in the book, how to get it, a link for downloading the book's program code, and a corrections list.

USB

USB CompleteUSB Central. For developers of peripherals and software for the Universal Serial Bus

USB Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom USB Peripherals.

Serial Ports

Serial Port CompleteSerial Port Central. For developers who are using serial links and networks, especially for monitoring and control applications

Serial Port Complete: COM Ports, USB Virtual COM Ports, and Ports for Embedded Systems.

Mass Storage

USB Mass StorageMass Storage Page. For developers of USB mass-storage devices, devices that interface to flash-memory cards (MultiMediaCard, SD Card, CompactFlash), and embedded USB mass-storage hosts.

USB Mass Storage: Designing and Programming Devices and Embedded Hosts.

Embedded Ethernet and Internet

Embedded Ethernet and Internet CompleteEmbedded Ethernet and Internet Central. For developers of devices that communicate on Ethernet networks or on the Internet.

Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete: Designing and Programming Small Devices for Networking.

Parallel Port

Parallel Port CompleteParallel Port Central. For developers who are using the PC's parallel port, including ECP, EPP, bidirectional, and IEEE-1284 modes (and other I/O ports too). Includes inpout DLLs and other tools for port I/O.

Parallel Port Complete: Programming, Interfacing, and Using the PC's Parallel Printer Port.

Microcontrollers

The Microcontroller Idea Book8052-Basic Microcontrollers. For users of the 8052-Basic and similar 8051-family microcontrollers

The Microcontroller Idea Book. Circuits, Programs, & Applications featuring the 8052-BASIC Microcontroller.

Printed Circuit Boards

Making Printed Circuit BoardsMaking Printed Circuit Boards. Links to information and tools for making PC boards

Making Printed Circuit Boards: with projects and experiments

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Lakeview Research LLC
5310 Chinook Ln.
Madison, WI 53704
608-241-5824
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Jan Axelson