hidapi 0.7.99.post20

A Cython interface to the hidapi from https://github.com/signal11/hidapi

Contents

• Description

• Software Dependencies

• License

• Install

• Build from source

Description

A Cython interface to HIDAPI library.

This has been tested with:

• TREZOR Hardware Wallet

• the PIC18F4550 on the development board from CCS with their example program

• the Fine Offset WH3081 Weather Station

It works on Linux, Windows and macOS.

Software Dependencies

• Python

• Cython

• hidraw or libusb+libudev on Linux

License

cython-hidapi may be used by one of three licenses as outlined in LICENSE.txt

Install

$ sudo apt-get install python-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev
$ sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools
$ sudo pip install hidapi

For other download options visit the PyPi page.

Build from source

1. Download cython-hidapi archive:

   $ git clone https://github.com/trezor/cython-hidapi.git
   $ cd cython-hidapi

2. Initialize hidapi submodule:

   $ git submodule update --init

3. Build cython-hidapi extension module:

   $ python setup.py build

   To use hidraw API instead of libusb add –without-libusb option:

   $ python setup.py build --without-libusb

4. Install cython-hidapi module into your Python distribution:

   $ sudo python setup.py install

5. Test install:

   $ python
   >>> import hid
   >>>

6. Try example script:

   $ python try.py