Re: [pyusb-users] Best device for pyusb experimentation?

[Michelle R. <mic...@gm...>]

I recently purchased a USB PIC18F87J50 PIM - which demo project would you
recommend for a beginner mainly interested in data transfer?

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 9:13 AM Xiaofan Chen <xia...@gm...> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Michelle Ran <mic...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently been experimenting with pyusb to try and learn how to
> transfer
> > data over USB, mainly using various USB devices I have lying around
> (flash
> > drive, mouse, Ethernet, etc.) However, I've been struggling to make
> progress
> > because I'm unfamiliar with USB and how these devices work - I often get
> > errors like access denied (even when running with sudo), invalid endpoint
> > address, etc.
> >
> > That brings me to my question - what would be the simplest device to
> > experiment with, that at least supports writing from the host?
>
> It is better to use a USB MCU device which you have access to the
> firmware source code and can change the firmware. Many USB MCU boards
> will fit the bill, from ST, Microchip/AVR, NXP/Freescale, etc.
>
> Depending on which MCU you are familiar with, then you can choose
> from them. For example, I am mainly using an old USB PIC18F87J50 PIM
> since I can build the FW since Microchip provides the USB stack which
> provide quite some examples. I also have a few STM32 discovery kit which
> I use less since I am less familiar with the FW side.
>
>
>
> --
> Xiaofan
>
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