LabView USB

LabView and USB

Has support for USB Measurement Instruments

like Oscilloscopes,etc.,

Can help prototype USB device drivers

Can you help to learn about the USB protocol

Overview of USB
Universal

Serial Bus

Designed

to standardize connection of
peripherals to PC

Almost

replaced Serial Port , Parallel

Port ,PS/2 port,etc.,

USB 2.0 pinout

USB 3.0 pinout

List of USB peripherals

Keyboard
Mouse
Storage

Devices

Printers
Scanners
Webcams
Internet

dongles

etc.,

And

the list is endless

History of USB

Companies behind USB development

Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and

Nortel

Development start year : 1994

Entry of USB hardware into market : May

1996

USB Version History

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Release name

Release date

Maximum transfer rate

USB 0.8

December 1994

USB 0.9

April 1995

USB 0.99

August 1995

USB 1.0 Release

Candidate

November 1995

USB 1.0

January 1996

Low Speed (1.5 Mbit/s),

Full Speed (12 Mbit/s)

USB 1.1

August 1998

Low Speed (1.5 Mbit/s),

Full Speed (12 Mbit/s)

USB 2.0

April 2000

High Speed (480 Mbit/s)

USB 3.0

November 2008

SuperSpeed (5 Gbit/s)

USB 3.1

July 2013

SuperSpeed+ (10Gbit/s)

USB roles

USB host

More responsibility in establishing communication

Complex hardware and software

Eg:PC

USB device

Simple,Eg:USB Mouse,USB keyboard,USB Mass Storage

device,etc.,

USB OTG (On The Go)

Can act as device and host. Eg: Recent Android mobile

phones

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Types of Transfers

Control transfers

Interrupt transfers

Bulk transfers

USB Mouse ,USB keyboard,etc.,

USB Mass Storage devices , USB
printers,etc.,

Isochronous transfers

All USB based video/audio devices

USB speakers ,USB webcams,etc.,

Identifying a USB Device

Vendor ID (VID) - 16-bit integer

Product ID (PID) - 16-bit integer

Generally written in hexadecimal

Examples for VIDs & PIDs

Sandisk Cruzer Blade

0x0781(VID) and 0x5567(PID)

Sandisk Cruzer Ultra

0x0781(VID) and 0x556B (PID)

Dell USB Entry Level Keyboard

0x413C (VID) and 0x2107(PID)

Dell Multimedia Pro Keyboard

0x413C (VID) and 0x2011(PID)

Endpoints

Communication in USB happens via

Endpoints

Types of Endpoints

Control Endpoints

Interrupt Endpoints

Bulk Endpoints

Isochronous Endpoints

Every device should have a control endpoint

(EP0)

Control Endpoint 0 is bi-directional

A device can have upto 31 Endpoints

All Endpoints except Control Endpoint is

unidirectional

Endpoint Addresses

0x00

(Bidirectional Control Endpoint)

0x01-0x0F (OUT Endpoints)

0x81-0x8F (IN Endpoints)

OUT stands for Data flow from Host to Device

IN stands for Data flow from Device to Host

USB Keyboard LEDs

The LEDs CAPS LOCK ,NUM LOCK ,SCROLL LOCK

can be controlled by means of initiating a CONTROL
Transfer (OUT)

Control transfer consists of

Setup Packet

Data Packet

Setup Packet for controlling LEDs

bmRequest - 0x21

bRequest

0x09

wValue

0x0200

wIndex

- 0x0000

wLength

- 0x0001

Data packet
DATA

SCROLL
LOCK

CAPS
LOCK

NUM LOCK

0x00

0x01

0x02

0x03

0x04

0x05

0x06

0x07

0-OFF
1-ON

Labview can perform the

following USB
transfers.
Control transfers

Interrupt transfers

Bulk transfers

Isochronous transfers are not

supported in LABVIEW

LabView Block diagram- Control

Keyboard LEDs

LabView Front panel- Control

Keyboard LEDs

References

National Instruments-USB Instrument

Control Tutorial

http://www.ni.com/tutorial/4478/en/

USB Implementers Forum

http://www.usb.org/