USBHID
USBHID class hierarchy
You can use the USBHID class to turn an Mbed board into an HID (Human Interface Device) that can send and receive messages over USB. For example, you can define your own protocol and communicate between your computer and Mbed with all capabilities of USB communication. To use USBHID, you need a script running on the host side (computer). For example, on a Windows machine, you can use pywinusb. For convenience, there is a Python script attached below that uses pywinusb that can be run on the host computer to send and receive data from the Mbed board.
USBHID class reference
| Public Member Functions | |
| USBHID (bool connect_blocking=true, uint8_t output_report_length=64, uint8_t input_report_length=64, uint16_t vendor_id=0x1234, uint16_t product_id=0x0006, uint16_t product_release=0x0001) | |
| Basic constructor. More... | |
| USBHID (USBPhy *phy, uint8_t output_report_length, uint8_t input_report_length, uint16_t vendor_id, uint16_t product_id, uint16_t product_release) | |
| Fully featured constructor. More... | |
| virtual | ~USBHID () |
| Destroy this object. More... | |
| bool | ready () |
| Check if this class is ready. More... | |
| void | wait_ready () |
| Block until this HID device is in the configured state. More... | |
| bool | send (const HID_REPORT *report) |
| Send a Report. More... | |
| bool | send_nb (const HID_REPORT *report) |
| Send a Report. More... | |
| bool | read (HID_REPORT *report) |
| Read a report: blocking. More... | |
| bool | read_nb (HID_REPORT *report) |
| Read a report: non blocking. More... | |
| void | init () |
| Initialize this instance. More... | |
| void | deinit () |
| Power down this instance. More... | |
| bool | configured () |
| Check if the device is configured. More... | |
| void | connect () |
| Connect a device This method can also be used to resume USB operation when USB power is detected after it was suspended via USBDevice::deinit. More... | |
| void | disconnect () |
| Disconnect a device. More... | |
| void | sof_enable () |
| Enable the start of frame interrupt. More... | |
| void | sof_disable () |
| Disable the start of frame interrupt. More... | |
| bool | endpoint_add (usb_ep_t endpoint, uint32_t max_packet, usb_ep_type_t type, mbed::Callback< void()> callback=NULL) |
| Add an endpoint. More... | |
| template<typename T > | |
| bool | endpoint_add (usb_ep_t endpoint, uint32_t max_packet, usb_ep_type_t type, void(T::*callback)()) |
| Add an endpoint. More... | |
| void | endpoint_remove (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Remove an endpoint. More... | |
| void | endpoint_remove_all () |
| Remove all non-zero endpoints. More... | |
| void | endpoint_stall (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Stall an endpoint. More... | |
| void | endpoint_unstall (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Un-stall an endpoint. More... | |
| uint32_t | endpoint_max_packet_size (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Get the current maximum size for this endpoint. More... | |
| void | endpoint_abort (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Abort the current transfer on this endpoint. More... | |
| bool | read_start (usb_ep_t endpoint, uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t size) |
| start a read on the given endpoint More... | |
| uint32_t | read_finish (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Get the status of a read. More... | |
| bool | write_start (usb_ep_t endpoint, uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t size) |
| Write a data to the given endpoint. More... | |
| uint32_t | write_finish (usb_ep_t endpoint) |
| Get the status of a write. More... | |
| Protected Member Functions | |
| virtual void | callback_state_change (DeviceState new_state) |
| Called when USB changes state. More... | |
| virtual void | callback_request (const setup_packet_t *setup) |
| Called by USBDevice on Endpoint0 request. More... | |
| virtual void | callback_request_xfer_done (const setup_packet_t *setup, bool aborted) |
| Called by USBDevice on data stage completion. More... | |
| virtual void | callback_power (bool powered) |
| Called by USBDevice layer on power state change. More... | |
| virtual void | callback_sof (int frame_number) |
| Called by USBDevice layer on each new USB frame. More... | |
| virtual void | callback_reset () |
| Called by USBDevice layer on bus reset. More... | |
| void | complete_request (RequestResult result, uint8_t *data=NULL, uint32_t size=0) |
| Called to complete the setup stage of a callback request. More... | |
| void | complete_request_xfer_done (bool success) |
| Called to complete the data stage of a callback request. More... | |
| void | complete_set_configuration (bool success) |
| Called to complete a set configuration command. More... | |
| void | complete_set_interface (bool success) |
| Called to complete a set interface command. More... | |
| uint8_t * | find_descriptor (uint8_t descriptor_type, uint8_t index=0) |
| Find a descriptor type inside the configuration descriptor. More... | |
| const usb_ep_table_t * | endpoint_table () |
| Get the endpoint table of this device. More... | |
| virtual void | start_process () |
| Callback called to indicate the USB processing needs to be done. More... | |
| virtual void | lock () |
| Acquire exclusive access to this instance USBDevice. More... | |
| virtual void | unlock () |
| Release exclusive access to this instance USBDevice. More... | |
| virtual void | assert_locked () |
| Assert that the current thread of execution holds the lock. More... | |
USBHID example
main.cpp
#include <stdio.h>
#include "mbed.h"
#include "drivers/USBHID.h"
// Declare a USBHID device
USBHID HID(8, 8, 0x1234, 0x0006, 0x0001, true);
HID_REPORT output_report = {
.length = 8,
.data = {0}
};
HID_REPORT input_report = {
.length = 0,
.data = {0}
};
DigitalOut led_out(LED1);
int main(void)
{
while (1) {
// Fill the report
for (int i = 0; i < output_report.length; i++) {
output_report.data[i] = rand() & UINT8_MAX;
}
// Send the report
HID.send(&output_report);
// Try to read a msg
if (HID.read_nb(&input_report)) {
led_out = !led_out;
for (int i = 0; i < input_report.length; i++) {
printf("%d ", input_report.data[i]);
}
printf("\r\n");
}
}
}
USBHID.py
To use this script, first flash the Mbed board with the code above. Connect the target's USB to the host computer. Then run this script. The script will send 8 bytes of data (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8) to the Mbed board and will read and print the data sent to the host computer by the Mbed board.
from pywinusb import hid
# Whenever the host computer receives data from the
# Mbed board, the received data is printed
def on_data(data):
print(f"Got message {data}")
'''
Gets all HIDs currently connected to host computer,
and sets the first device with string "mbed" in its
vendor name equal to variable mbed. This variable
will be used to send data to the Mbed board.
'''
all_hid_devices = hid.find_all_hid_devices()
mbed_devices = [d for d in all_hid_devices if "mbed" in d.vendor_name]
if mbed_devices is None:
raise ValueError("No HID devices found")
# A buffer of bytes representing the values 1-8
# The first byte is the report ID which must be 0
buffer = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
mbed_devices[0].open()
# Set custom raw data handler
mbed_devices[0].set_raw_data_handler(on_data)
# Send the message to the Mbed board
out_report = mbed_devices[0].find_output_reports()
out_report[0].set_raw_data(buffer)
out_report[0].send()