Directory of Buses Resources

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An electrical connection which allows two or more wires or lines to be connected together. Typically, all circuit cards receive the same information that is put on the Bus. Only the card the information is "addressed" to will use that data. This is convenient so that a circuit card may be plugged in "anywhere on the Bus." All computers and most telephone systems use buses of some type. Computer buses are typically open. Telephone system buses are typically closed.

Subcategories

• AGP
• EIDE
• EISA
• Fibre Channel
• HIPPI
• I2C
• I2O
• IEEE 1394
• ISA
• MCA
• PCI
• PCI Express
• PCMCIA
• RS-232
• SCSI
• USB
• VME

Resources in This Category

• ATA-ATAPI.com

  http://www.ata-atapi.com/
  Offers information about ATA and ATAPI devices. Also provides drivers and historical information.

• Beyond Logic

  http://www.beyondlogic.org/
  Includes detailed information on USP, serial ports (RS-232), parallel ports (SPP/ECP/EPP/IEEE1284) and device drivers.

• Bus-net

  http://www.bus-net.com/index_busnet.htm
  The online publication for designers and builders of bus/board-based systems.

• Computer Architecture : What is a Bus?

  http://members.tripod.com/~newwave_2/index.htm
  The basic computer bus is explained and information is provided regarding ISA, PCI, MCA, EISA, VESA, and VL-Bus architecture.

• Free Online Dictionary of Computing

  http://foldoc.org/Bus
  Explains what a bus is and is hyperlinked to additional information.

• Instrument Control Fundamentals: Hardware and Bus Technologies

  http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/15
  Set of tutorials and concept documents providing information on all the instrument control hardware and bus technologies.

• Leroy's Engineering Web Site

  http://www.interfacebus.com/
  Containing detailed interface bus standards and engineering design information.

• PC/104 Supplier Link Page

  http://www.pc104.com/
  Provides links to many PC/104 embedded computing vendors with descriptions of the company's offerings.

• Technical Committee T13 AT Attachment

  http://www.t13.org/
  Responsible for all interface standards relating to the popular AT Attachment (ATA) storage interface utilized as the disk drive interface on most personal and mobile computers today.

• The Hardware Book

  http://www.hardwarebook.info/
  Provides circuits, pinouts, cable and adapter descriptions plus other technical information.

• The I/O Bus

  http://sophia.dtp.fmph.uniba.sk/pchardware/bus.html
  This article covers bus, its history and status, PCI, EISA, MCA, bus mastering, plug and play, and the bleeding edge. From Introduction to PC Hardware.

• Theregister.co.uk

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/07/the_open_pc_is_dead/
  The fight for an open hardware platform is very real, and the power has swung from the PC leaders to the entertainment industry.

 

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