USB Bus Driver (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

The universal serial bus (USB) bus driver connects a USB hub to a Windows Embedded Compact device. Windows Embedded Compact loads this driver if the peripheral device interconnect (PCI) bus enumerator detects a USB hub. You use the USB bus driver when you want to support connecting your Windows Embedded Compact device a USB hub. The USB bus driver in Windows Embedded Compact exposes the USB driver interface functions listed in the Universal Serial Bus Specification.

For more information about USB host drivers, see the following topics.

  • USB Host Client Drivers
    Enable communication over USB between a client device, such as a mass storage device or printer, and a host computer.
  • USB Host Controller Drivers
    Convert data between the format that the host computer uses and the format that the USB host controller uses.

To add this feature to your OS, see USB Host Driver Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables.

For reference information, see USB Host Controller Driver Reference.

Sample application code is available at Public\Common\OAK\Drivers\USB\USBD.

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USB Host Drivers