Open danawoodman opened 6 years ago
Yes, you should be able to use something like node-hid to read data events from the USB stack .
@HipsterBrown thanks! Does node-hid support the tessel platform?
Yes, we have compiled binaries for the native dependencies of node-hid version 0.5.4 to work on Tessel's architecture (mipsel).
I can push compiled binaries for the latest release of node-hid
(v0.7.2) sometime this week.
@HipsterBrown thanks, does that mean I have to wait to use node-hid until that binary is released?
@danawoodman No. If you install version 0.5.4 (npm install node-hid@v0.5.4
) then you can use it now. Otherwise, yes, you will need to wait.
I installed that version and setup their "hello world":
const HID = require('node-hid')
const devices = HID.devices()
console.log('DEVICES:', devices)
Getting this with a keyboard connected:
node: can't resolve symbol 'libiconv_open'
If I unplug the keyboard I get and empty array (which makes sense)
Any ideas?
@HipsterBrown do you have time to push the v0.7.2
version? Maybe that is the issue?
@danawoodman I've cross compiled v0.7.2 and uploaded it just now
I updated to the newest version but I am still getting:
path.js:7
throw new TypeError('Path must be a string. Received ' + inspect(path));
^
TypeError: Path must be a string. Received undefined
at assertPath (path.js:7:11)
at dirname (path.js:1324:5)
at Function.exports.getRoot (/tmp/remote-script/node_modules/node-hid/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:1:1834)
at exports (/tmp/remote-script/node_modules/node-hid/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:1:1000)
at e (/tmp/remote-script/node_modules/node-hid/nodehid.js:1:101)
at Object.exports.devices (/tmp/remote-script/node_modules/node-hid/nodehid.js:1:1171)
at Function.devices (/tmp/remote-script/src/models/rfid-reader.js:1:198)
at s.initializeRFIDReader (/tmp/remote-script/src/models/doorlock.js:1:358)
at new s (/tmp/remote-script/src/models/doorlock.js:1:259)
at Object.<anonymous> (/tmp/remote-script/src/boot.js:1:63)
With this code:
const hid = require('node-hid')
console.log(hid.devices())
Any suggestions?
Has anyone ever been able to get node-hid
working on a Tessel? This is becoming really frustrating because I bought the Tessel specifically to use a USB RFID reader (the module won't work as it is the wrong frequency). Someone please save my day! 😚
Is it possible to read from a keyboard connected to the USB port?
I would like to use a USB RFID reader that sends data over as a keyboard. Is this possible?