Written as a follow up to the author's successful Applied PC Interfacing, Graphics and Interrupts this book covers all the different aspects of computer systems from low-level hardware (such as processors and interface devices) to high-level software (such as Win32 programming). Clearly written with easy-to-understand examples and end-of chapter exercises PC Interfacing, Communications and Windows Programming is the book for you if you have every wondered: * How do I communicate using the serial port? * How do I communicate using the parallel port? * How do I write interrupt-driven software? * How do I communicate over a network? * How do I program in Microsoft Windows? * What is the best bus for connection to this peripheral (serial or parallel)? * How do I program using Win32? * How do I create a menu? * Which is better for my application, C++ or Visual Basic? * What devices does a PC use?Divided into 8 sections, Hardware, Interfaces, RS-232/Parallel port, Windows Programming, Windows Interfacing (Windows NT/95), Win32 Programming, Networking and Java, PC Interfacing, Communications and Windows Programming is shows why covers the intersection of hardware and software engineering.
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author's successful Applied PC Interfacing, Graphics and Interrupts this book covers all the different aspects of computer systems from low-level hardware (such as processors and interface devices) to high-level software (such as Win32 programming). Clearly written with easy-to-understand examples and end-of chapter exercises PC Interfacing, Communications and Windows Programming is the book for you if you have every wondered:
* How do I communicate using the serial port?
* How do I communicate using the parallel port?
* How do I write interrupt-driven software?
* How do I communicate over a network?
* How do I program in Microsoft Windows?
* What is the best bus for connection to this peripheral (serial or parallel)?
* How do I program using Win32?
* How do I create a menu?
* Which is better for my application, C++ or Visual Basic?
* What devices does a PC use?
Divided into 8 sections, Hardware, Interfaces, RS-232/Parallel port, Windows Programming, Windows Interfacing (Windows NT/95), Win32 Programming, Networking and Java, PC Interfacing, Communications and Windows Programming is shows why covers the intersection of hardware and software engineering. Key Features
* Includes worked examples and case studies
* State of the art software used when discussing software interfacing
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About the Author
William Buchanan is a Senior Lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh. He acts as a consultant for British Gas, among other companies, and he is a founding partner of Real-Time Technologies, Ltd.
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Bill is a Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, and a Fellow of the BCS and the IET. He currently leads the Centre for Distributed Computing, Networks, and Security, and works in the areas of security, next generation user interfaces, Web-based infrastructures, e-Crime, intrusion detection systems, digital forensics, e-Health, mobile computing, agent-based systems, and simulation. Bill has one of the most extensive academic sites in the World, and is involved in many areas of novel research and teaching in computing. He has published over 27 academic books, and over 150 academic publications, along with several awards for excellence in knowledge transfer, and for teaching, such as winning at the I ♥ my Tutor Awards (Student voted), Edinburgh Napier University, 2011, and two recent innovation and enterprise awards for an e-Health Platform with the IET and the BCS. Presently he is working with a range of industrial/domain partners, including with the Scottish Police, health care professionals and the FSA. As part of the drive to create a World-leading in frastructure for security and cybercrime, he leads the Scottish Centre of Excellence for Security and Cybercrime which brings together a wide range of collaborators, including most of the universities in Scotland, the Scottish Police, the public sector, and a range of SMEs and large organisations. Current work includes initiatives on creating an e-Forensics Cloud across Scotland, and in organising a large-scale Symposium to engage a large number of stakeholders within Scotland, in order to focus on creating a World-leading infrastructure. He has a long track record in commercialisation activities, including being a co-founder of Inquisitive System, which has progressed from PhD work to a university spin-out, though the Scottish Enterprise funded Proof-of-Concept scheme. This spin-out has also involved patenting novel security software in three territories around the World. His current work includes collaboration of TSB Grants with Microsoft plc on a £2million project which aims to improve the care of the elderly using Trusted Cloud-based services, and with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on a next generation Health Care platform.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Technically helpful book mangles English,
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This review is from: Advanced PC Interfacing (Paperback)
William Buchanan's PC Interfacing, Communications and Windows Programming fills a niche in the technical world; however, I found it distracting to read because it so often mangles the English language. Subject and predicate sometimes disagree in number ("There are four areas of memory called segments, each of which are 16 bits . . ."). The author seems afraid to write a simple sentence, often choosing instead to join independent thoughts with a comma, creating run-on sentences. The book also shows signs of being spell checked by computer, in that misspellings that happen to form other words are missed ("register/memory. Specifies a memory of register operand . . ." instead of ". . . Specifies a memory OR register operand . . . ") In short, this book suffers from the appearance of being written hurriedly, no copy editing supplied by the publisher, Addison-Wesley.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good introduction to Win 32 programming,
By Miguel Santos (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Advanced PC Interfacing (Paperback)
I would like Buchanan's approach, straigth to the point and have a very good presentation of Win 32 programming;however, the book would have been better if the serial com chapters were explained in C++(it can be Visual C++ or Borland C++ builder) rather than Visual Basic. The author spent too much chapters explaining how Visual Basic works; it may be better if he can put this info as an appendix or refer the reader to another book in Visual Basic.
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