Hi

Does Microsoft Windows has USB device driver that we can define USB interfaces
and endpoints to let our PC become an USB device ?

Can we add an USB device port , how can I do that request ?

Thank for your teaching.

Re: Does Windows has built-in device driver ? by Maxim

Maxim
Fri Jul 04 03:34:39 CDT 2008

No, and I suspect the host controller hardware is also incapable of this.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
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"Kid" <Kid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99493D23-FF30-43CC-AB05-A5848EAB328E@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Does Microsoft Windows has USB device driver that we can define USB
interfaces
> and endpoints to let our PC become an USB device ?
>
> Can we add an USB device port , how can I do that request ?
>
> Thank for your teaching.


Re: Does Windows has built-in device driver ? by Tim

Tim
Sat Jul 05 23:34:17 CDT 2008

Kid <Kid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>Does Microsoft Windows has USB device driver that we can define USB interfaces
> and endpoints to let our PC become an USB device ?
>
>Can we add an USB device port , how can I do that request ?

Allow me to confirm what Maxim said. USB is a one-way bus, and the host
controller in your PC can only act as a host.

Some embedded computers have a host port and a device port, and there is a
version of USB called USB On-The-Go that lets a single port change
directions, but again that's only supported in some embedded computers.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

Re: Does Windows has built-in device driver ? by Ray

Ray
Mon Jul 07 12:28:26 CDT 2008

That said, there are cables out there with USB controllers in them the
pretend to be USB devices to both sides of the cable and enable
network-like and other functionalities that somewhat mimic what the user
is asking.

If the OP really wants something like this, his best bet is probably to
look at one of the many programmable USB chips out there and write
firmware for it to do what he wants. I believe there are a couple of
them that can be configured to be multiple USB devices but, if not, a
pair of USB chips connected with I2C or something would do the trick.

Tim Roberts wrote:
> Kid <Kid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Does Microsoft Windows has USB device driver that we can define USB interfaces
>> and endpoints to let our PC become an USB device ?
>>
>> Can we add an USB device port , how can I do that request ?
>
> Allow me to confirm what Maxim said. USB is a one-way bus, and the host
> controller in your PC can only act as a host.
>
> Some embedded computers have a host port and a device port, and there is a
> version of USB called USB On-The-Go that lets a single port change
> directions, but again that's only supported in some embedded computers.


--
Ray