Keeping Up to Speed With Connectivity

Anna Trett of Oxford Semiconductor looks at where connectivity standards are going and how designers can keep up with the pace of change using proven, economical, bridging solutions.
http://www.oxsemi.com/articles/art001.html

ATA-ATAPI.com

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

Technical Committee T13 AT Attachment

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.
http://www.t13.org/

Computer Architecture : What is a Bus?

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

Beyond Logic

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

The I/O Bus

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.
http://sophia.dtp.fmph.uniba.sk/pchardware/bus.html

Free Online Dictionary of Computing

Explains what a bus is and is hyperlinked to additional information.
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=Bus&action=Search

NetPanel

Interface and bus glossary.
http://www.netpanel.com/features/computer/bus.htm

Guide to ATA/ATAPI Documentation

Intended for developers of IDE/ATAPI OS drivers.
http://www.stanford.edu/~csapuntz/ide.html

Theregister.co.uk

The fight for an open hardware platform is very real, and the power has swung from the PC leaders to the entertainment industry.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/17419.html

Bus-net

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

PC/104 Supplier Link Page

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

Leroy's Engineering Web Site

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

The Hardware Book

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