Hi

I have several years of programming experience, though little contact with VB itself. I have been asked by an acquaintance to research the feasibility of a project.

He is designing an electronic product which he would like to connect via USB to a PC. The connection is only designed to send packets of information between the two. The device will receive instructions from the PC which it will then process and act upon. The PC will receive results back from the device and then carry out some actions - eg populate a database, refresh the screen, generate weblinks based on some rules etc.

I'm in the very early stages of investigating this. What I would like to know is:

1. Is VB a good choice for communicating through USB? Can it be done?

2. Assuming it is, what options are there for doing this? Does VB have built-in functionality? Is it platform dependent? May it involve creating drivers?

3. What particular avenues do you recommend that I read up and learn more about?


I appreciate any advice, and thank you in advance.

Regards

Rich