HID stands for Human Interface Device, a type of computer peripheral taking input from a user and sometimes providing feedback, for example keyboard, mouse, joystick, trackball and the like.
Questions tagged [hid]
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Disabling mouse acceleration in Mac OS X
First of all, here's the userland question: Disabling mouse acceleration in Mac OS X @ superuser
To summarize: I want to have linear mouse response on Mac OS X. That is, no acceleration; an adjustable but constant pixels pointer moves / meters…
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How can I capture raw HID input on Linux?
Short version of what I want to accomplish: I have a foot pedal (INFINITY-IN-USB-1, if that's of any interest) that is implemented as a generic HID device, and I would like it to be behave as Ctrl and Alt keys on Linux. I'm looking for something on…
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Is it possible to make a computer behave as a bluetooth HID device?
Is it possible to make a computer behave as a bluetooth HID device? That is, given a local machine with a standard USB keyboard plugged into it, other devices could discover this machine and use it as a bluetooth keyboard.
I'd like to create a linux…
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Set of unambiguous looking letters & numbers for user input
Is there an existing subset of the alphanumerics that is easier to read? In particular, is there a subset that has fewer characters that are visually ambiguous, and by removing (or equating) certain characters we reduce human error?
I know "visually…
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.NET API for HID (USB)?
Is there an API in .NET (C#) for using USB HID (human interface) devices?
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How can you take ownership of a hid device?
What I would like to take ownership of a hid device that may already have been plugged in, consume it's output, while preventing others(X11 or terminal) from consuming it.
If I can help it, I don't want to pretend to be a terminal, but rather to…
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Reading and writing to USB (HID) interrupt endpoints on Mac
I am attempting to communicate with a rather specific USB device and developing both Windows and Mac code to do so.
The device is a USB device with a HID interface (class 3) with two endpoints, an interrupt input and an interrupt output. The…
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What is the best USB library to communicate with USB HID devices on Windows?
The library should;
Be easy to use and few lines of client code should accomplish much
Be as platform independent as possible. (In case of future ports to other platforms)
Have C++ bindings.
Be mature and stable
I would also like to be notified of…
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List of hex keyboard scan codes and USB HID keyboard documentation
Where am I able to find a list of the hex keyboard scan codes for different keyboard layouts?
I'm sending the key codes over a (fake) USB HID keyboard with the bash command echo -ne followed by the escaped hex key scan code and the HID device:
echo…
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Simulate USB/Bluetooth HID device locally in order to inject events?
Is it possible to simulate a USB or Bluetooth device connected to Android?
I would like to make an app which is able to simulate an HID device locally. What I mean by this is: the app should make Android believe that an USB/Bluetooth HID device is…
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Need to intercept HID Keyboard events (and then block them)
I've got a RFID USB device that registers as a HID device (A USB Keyboard more or less).
I'm looking for a way to capture this input, and block/filter it before it hits the normal keyboard event handler (and outputs the 10 digit RFID code to the…
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Roll My Own Windows Joystick HID Driver?
I have a USB Joystick, and I want to write my own HID driver for it. Notably I want to inject delay between when the joystick input is received by Windows and when my application is notified of that input event. I would also like to change the…
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Using Android to Communicate with a USB HID Device
I am new to USB and to Android so please forgive me if I don't explain myself clearly.
I have a USB HID device that I can communicate with in Windows. I am trying to establish communication using an Acer Iconia A500 tablet running Android 3.1.
I am…
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Is there a JavaScript (or other) library to read driver's licenses?
I'm working on a JavaScript project that involves reading credit cards and driver's licenses from a USB magnetic stripe reader in keyboard emulation mode. It turns out getting credit cards working was extremely easy, as they're all in the same…
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Get mouse deltas using Python! (in Linux)
I know that Linux gives out a 9-bit two's complement data out of the /dev/input/mice. I also know that you can get that data via /dev/hidraw0 where hidraw is your USB device giving out raw data from the HID.
I know the data sent is the delta of the…
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