ChibiOS/os/hal/dox/usb.dox

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/*
ChibiOS/RT - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 Giovanni Di Sirio.
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/**
* @defgroup USB USB Driver
* @brief Generic USB Driver.
* @details This module implements a generic USB driver.
* @pre In order to use the USB driver the @p HAL_USE_USB option
* must be enabled in @p halconf.h.
*
* @section usb_1 Driver State Machine
* The driver implements a state machine internally, not all the driver
* functionalities can be used in any moment, any transition not explicitly
* shown in the following diagram has to be considered an error and shall
* be captured by an assertion (if enabled).
* @if LATEX_PDF
* @else
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*
* @section usb_2 USB Operations
* The USB driver is quite complex and USB is complex in itself, it is
* recommended to study the USB specification before trying to use the
* driver.
*
* @subsection usb_2_1 USB Implementation
* The USB driver abstracts the inner details of the underlying USB hardware.
* The driver works asynchronously and communicates with the application
* using callbacks. The application is responsible of the descriptors and
* strings required by the USB device class to be implemented and of the
* handling of the specific messages sent over the endpoint zero. Standard
* messages are handled internally to the driver. The application can use
* hooks in order to handle custom messages or override the handling of the
* default handling of standard messages.
*
* @subsection usb_2_2 USB Endpoints
* USB endpoints are the objects that the application uses to exchange
* data with the host. There are two kind of endpoints:
* - <b>IN</b> endpoints are used by the application to transmit data to
* the host.
* - <b>OUT</b> endpoints are used by the application to receive data from
* the host.
* .
* In ChibiOS/RT the endpoints can be configured in two distinct ways:
* - <b>Packet Mode</b>. In this mode the driver invokes a callback each
* time a packet has been received or transmitted. This mode is especially
* suited for those applications handling continuous streams of data.
* - <b>Transaction Mode</b>. In this mode the driver invokes a callback
* only after a large, potentially multi-packet, transfer has been
* completed, a callback is invoked only at the end of the transfer.
* .
* .
* @subsection usb_2_3 USB Callbacks
* The USB driver uses callbacks in order to interact with the application.
* There are several kind of callbacks to be handled:
* - Driver-wide events callback. As example errors, suspend event, reset
* event etc.
* - Messages hook callback. This hook allows the application to implement
* handling of custom messages or to override the default handling of
* standard messages.
* - Descriptor requested callback. When the driver endpoint zero handler
* needs to serve a descriptor to the host it queries the application
* using this callback.
* - Start of Frame callback. This callback is invoked each time a SOF
* packet is received.
* - Endpoint callbacks. Each endpoint informs the application about I/O
* conditions using those callbacks.
* .
*
* @ingroup IO
*/