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Re:USB Made Simple (2008) by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @08:34AM (#37913971)
I love a good book to build a solid foundation for understanding, and understand that you can't rewrite the fundamentals every release, but does it matter that this book was published in 2012? I expect it doesn't cover all the highly relevant IoT features added in 4.2 and 5.0 and on...
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Re:USB Made Simple (2008) by fusslo on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @09:21AM (#37914604)
The book doesn't cover things added after it was published, correct
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Re:USB Made Simple (2008) by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:16AM (#37915437)
Of course, I don't expect it to!

But in the past 6 years of your career, I expect you've studied those things a lot more than I have. Do you think that the book is still a good starting point for someone looking to progress beyond dumping confusing vendor binaries in off-the-shelf Bluetooth modules that seem to be energy hogs, to miniaturize and integrate custom firmware and onboard antennas on my PCBs?

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Re:USB Made Simple (2008) by fusslo on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:56AM (#37916126)
yes, I highly recommend Heydon's book, even in 2023. The tech stack including l2cap, connection establishment, advertising, connection parameters, security, GAP, GATT, are all still relevant.
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