ABSTRACT

The computer bus is the foundation of the modern computer. Without busses, a computer would just be a bundle of components. As more and more equipment becomes interface driven-either through controllers or directly to and from PCs-the question of which bus to use becomes increasingly important.

Computer Busses has been designed to help answe

chapter 1|48 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|36 pages

BUSSES, INTERRUPTS AND PC SYSTEMS

chapter 3|18 pages

INTERFACING STANDARDS

chapter 4|18 pages

PCI BUS

chapter 5|18 pages

MOTHERBOARD DESIGN

chapter 6|18 pages

IDE AND MASS STORAGE

chapter 7|16 pages

SCSl

chapter 8|8 pages

PCMCIA

chapter 9|10 pages

USB AND FIREWIRE

chapter 10|12 pages

GAMES PORT, KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

chapter 11|14 pages

AGP

chapter 12|6 pages

FIBRE CHANNEL

chapter 13|24 pages

RS-232

chapter 14|6 pages

RS-422, RS-423 AND RS-485

chapter 15|18 pages

MODEMS

chapter 16|18 pages

PARALLEL PORT

chapter 17|12 pages

ENHANCED PARALLEL PORT

chapter 18|12 pages

MODBUS

chapter 19|12 pages

FIELDBUS

chapter 20|8 pages

WORLDFIP

chapter 21|12 pages

CAN BUS

chapter 22|10 pages

IEEE-488, VME AND VXI

chapter 23|30 pages

TCP/IP

chapter 24|34 pages

TCP AND UDP

chapter 25|16 pages

NETWORKS

chapter 26|32 pages

ETHERNET

chapter 27|12 pages

RS-232 PROGRAMMING USING VISUAL BASIC

chapter 28|10 pages

INTERRUPT-DRIVEN RS-232