Reading from USB devices

[Lowell Gilbert]

Andrew Falanga <af300wsm at gmail.com> writes:

> I'd like to read data from a USB device that is not a thumb drive.
> How would I do this?  For instance, it's an oximeter for reading
> biometrics.  What libraries exist for reading things like VID/PID, and
> most importantly, reading the data from the device?

Start with usb(4).  HID devices tend to be easier to deal with than
others, but I doubt your instruments are in that category.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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