Top "Device-driver" questions

A device driver is a specialized software component (usually considered "system software") which allows a system to interact with a particular type or class of hardware device, such as a keyboard, serial port, disk drive, video display, memory controller, or other peripheral.

Why won't eclipse detect my android device?

I am using the Alcatel One Touch 918N as my device in running my code from eclipse. The device seems …

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dpinst / DifX won't install signed driver silently

When installing a signed driver (i.e. with a properly signed .CAB) on Windows 7 through DpInst, unless it's a WHQL-signed …

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How Devfs and dev file system differ

I read about devfs(known as device file system ) to facilitate device driver programming as mentioned in linux device drivers …

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From where platform device gets it name

I am reading about the Linux Device model which is built around buses,devices and drivers .I am able to …

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what happens when you plug in a new USB device?

I have an embedded device with a USB connection. When the user plugs the device into their PC (Windows, OSX), …

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USB for embedded devices - designing a device driver/protocol stack

I have been tasked to write a device driver for an embedded device which will communicate with the micro controller …

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Paged pool memory or Nonpaged pool memory ?? (windows driver development)

I am newbie in windows driver development. I just want to know , a global variable in a driver will use …

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Raw access to HID devices in OS X

What is the simplest way to get raw access to HID devices on OS X? I've been looking through the …

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java application reads data from card reader

If someone wants to write a java application that interacts with a physical device, specifically a reader (e.g. as …

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Installing a device driver programmatically

i need to install a device driver (INF file) through c#. I used the function UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices. However, it returns me …

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