PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

MindShare Inc. (Author), Don Anderson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201409917 | ISBN-13: 978-0201409918 | Publication Date: October 5, 1995 | Edition: 2

PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards, Second Edition describes PC card hardware and software interfaces and their relationships to overall system design. Developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) and the Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (JEIDA), the PC Card Standard defines a standard hardware and software interface for small removable 16-bit cards. The PC Card Standard also defines a new 32-bit PC Card called CardBus. For more information on this standard, see CardBus System Architecture (Addison-Wesley, 1996). PCMCIA expert Don Anderson provides a comprehensive treatment of the interface.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"The realization of full compatibility and interoperability with PC card technology is built on a thorough understanding of PC card architecture. PCMCIA System Architecture explains this architecture with a systematic approach that is clear and concise"

Michael J. Homic
Engineering Manager, Peripheral Systems Development, Dell Computer Corporation

PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards, Second Edition describes PC card hardware and software interfaces and their relationships to overall system design. Developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) and the Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (JEIDA), the PC Card Standard defines a standard hardware and software interface for small removable 16-bit cards. The PC Card Standard also defines a new 32-bit PC Card called CardBus. For more information on this standard, see CardBus System Architecture (Addison-Wesley, 1996). PCMCIA expert Don Anderson provides a comprehensive treatment of the interface including:

• socket interface

• card information structure

• host adapter requirements

• card electrical interface

• bus cycle control

• address translation

• low voltage support

• translation of card interrupts

• card event notification

• DMA socket interface

• enabling and configuring PC cards

• card and socket services

This book also examines an adapter implementation using Cirrus Logic CL-PD6722.

If you design or test software or hardware that involves 16-bit PC cards, PCMCIA System Architecture is an essential, time-saving tool.

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About the Author

MindShare, Inc. is one of the leading technical training companies in the hardware industry, providing innovative courses for dozens of companies, including Intel, IBM, and Compaq.

Don Anderson is the author of many MindShare books. He passes on his wealth of experience in digital electronics and computer design by training engineers, programmers, and technicians for MindShare.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (October 5, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201409917
• ISBN-13: 978-0201409918
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,425,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag, August 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Mindshare does bus protocols and the like really well. Unfortunately, the pccard stuff heavily depends on the Card Information Structure, special storage on the card where configuration info is held. Rather than explaining all the CIS fields, the book refers to the standard itself - this means that one cannot use the book to analyze CIS data. The book is OK to understand the general pccard concept, but insufficient to read/hack code to control pccard hardware.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars well presented, badly edited, incoherent content, May 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This book is really nicely presented, the chapter headings are promising. Shame about the content. I don't think this book was ever edited, many of the tables and figures don't match the text. Exactly the same diagram turns up in almost every chapter, each time with a different title. Much of the information refers to 2.1 or 2.x (sometimes 1.1 in passsing) versions of the PCMCIA standard without being clear as to what the differences are or what is being refered to. Much of the information is repeated at seemingly random intervals, the chapters are very structured but the content doesn't match the structure. It is as if the whole book was the result of a giant cut-and-paste exercise without ever being read though afterwards. If Mindshares courses are like this book then I would imagine they have a lot of confused students. I won't buy any more books in the series based on my experience of this book even though the content should be what is needed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, January 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Great book! This is the third book I've purchased on PCMCIA, and the first book that's actually been helpful. It has a good overview of hardware, programming the CIS, and the PC software interface. You may however want to complement this book with a copy of the PC Card standard and maybe Kipisz's Software Developers Handbook (although I find the latter lacking). Anderson gives several example designs that help demonstrate the various nuances of the different PC Card capabilities such as SRAM, Flash, serial communications, and multifunction I/O. Buy this book first!