Re: [libusb] Need a simple working libusb code for keyboard input

[Hans P. S. <hp...@bi...>]

On 11/08/13 02:45, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Tim Roberts <ti...@pr...> wrote:
>> Jian Lu wrote:
>>> I'm a student working on libusb. I'm using the libusb 0.1, the old
>>> version.
>>
>> There's really no reason to do that at this point.  The newer version is
>> much better.  However, if you're working with a HID device (keyboard),
>> you might be happier with libhid.
>>
>
> Hopefully this will not confuse the OP. There are multiple cross-platform
> library related to HID.
>
> Older libhid (no updates for several years) which relies on libusb-0.1:
> http://libhid.alioth.debian.org/
>
>
> Another libhid for Mac OS X and Windows only:
> https://github.com/bfoz/libhid
>
> HIDAPI, the new and popular library for HID device (USB and Bluetooth)
> http://www.signal11.us/oss/hidapi/
> https://github.com/signal11/hidapi
>
> I think you meant to say HIDAPI, right?
>

https://wiki.freebsd.org/uhidd

--HPS