How to Program a Device Driver for windows

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My job profile is to test the products which works with USB protocol and SD protocol in windows platform. I have some testing frame work that is being written using c programming language and i will access the API of that testing framework using python programming language. But some time i would like alter the windows communications with the products. So i have decided to develop my own device driver for the products with the above mentioned protocols in windows platform. But i only have the knowledge of C programming language. So is it possible for me to learn the device driver development in windows and if it is possible please show me a way for it. Thanks in advance

Posted 13-Jan-15 3:42am

sreekrishnan550

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13T04:07:00

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This MS article should be a good starting point
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff554690(v=vs.85).aspx[^]

or this http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?article=20[^]

Posted 13-Jan-15 4:07am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Jan-15 11:58am

Good links, a 5.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13T05:57:00

You will need WDK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDK[^],
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/wdk/default.mspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh852365.aspx[^].

And also a good deal of knowledge. Some drivers require work in the kernel mode and understanding the detail of CPU's protected mode programming.

—SA