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USB One Minute Course

Create a USB Virtual COM Port
Circuit Cellar (August 2008)

Access Serial Ports With PICBASIC
Nuts & Volts (May 2008)

Access Serial Ports With Visual Basic .NET
Nuts & Volts (April 2008)

USB for Projects on a Budget
Nuts & Volts (April 2007)

Access Flash Drives with a Microcontroller
Nuts & Volts (February 2007)

Network Security for Small Systems
Circuit Cellar (November 2004)

Pick the Network Protocol that's Right for your Device
Nuts & Volts (May 2004)

Control Your Devices from a Web Page
Nuts & Volts (March 2004)

Computer Interfaces for Robotics
Servo (February 2004)

USB Debug Tips
Embedded Systems Programming (April 2002)

No Power Supply Required: Powering USB Devices from the Bus
Circuit Cellar (Jan. 2002 print issue.

Boarding the Universal Serial Bus: Pick the Solution that Fits your Project
Nuts & Volts (Sept. 2001)

Inside USB 2.0: What the New Spec Means for Developers
EDN (April 12, 2001)

USB Quick Start (using the USBSimm)
Nuts & Volts (November 2000)

HIDs Up (programming tips for HID-class devices)
Embedded Systems Programming (ESP) (October 2000)

USB Chip Choices (how to select the right USB controller chip for your project) (PDF)
Circuit Cellar (July 2000)

Put USB in Your Projects
Nuts & Volts (March 2000)

Designing RS-485 Circuits
Circuit Cellar( June 1999)

Using Serial EEPROMS (includes a guide to Microwire, SPI, and I2C) (PDF)
Circuit Cellar (July and August, 1997)
The example application from the article: seeprom.zip (25k)

Quick & Easy Real-world Control for PCs
(using Visual Basic and Delphi to communicate with external devices)
Nuts & Volts (May 1997)
The example application from the article: pcio.zip (23k).

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