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Versions in this module

v0

v0.14.1

Oct 23, 2026

v0.14.0

Oct 23, 2026

v0.13.0

Oct 21, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type Descriptor struct

+ Err error

+ Value *T

type DeviceInfo

+ HIDName Descriptor[string]

+ HIDUnique Descriptor[string]

v0.12.2

Oct 18, 2026

v0.12.1

Aug 31, 2026

v0.12.0

Aug 8, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func Enumerate(options ...EnumerateOption) iter.Seq2[*DeviceInfo, error] — darwin/amd64, linux/amd64, windows/amd64

+ func WithContext(ctx context.Context, device ContextReadWriter) io.ReadWriter

+ type ContextReadWriter interface

+ Read func(context.Context, []byte) (int, error)

+ Write func(context.Context, []byte) (int, error)

+ type Device struct — darwin/amd64, linux/amd64, windows/amd64

+ func OpenPath(path string) (*Device, error)

+ func OpenPath(path string, opts ...Option) (*Device, error)

+ func (d *Device) Close() error

+ func (d *Device) GetFeatureReport(report []byte) (int, error)

+ func (d *Device) Read(ctx context.Context, b []byte) (int, error)

+ func (d *Device) Read(ctx context.Context, p []byte) (int, error)

+ func (d *Device) Read(ctx context.Context, p []byte) (n int, err error)

+ func (d *Device) SendFeatureReport(report []byte) error

+ func (d *Device) Write(ctx context.Context, b []byte) (int, error)

+ func (d *Device) Write(ctx context.Context, p []byte) (int, error)

+ func (d *Device) Write(ctx context.Context, p []byte) (n int, err error)

+ type DeviceEvent struct

+ DeviceInfo *DeviceInfo

+ MetadataErr error

+ Type DeviceEventType

+ type DeviceEventType string

+ const DeviceEventConnected

+ const DeviceEventDisconnected

+ type DeviceInfo struct

+ InstanceID string

+ InterfaceNbr int

+ MfrStr string

+ ParentDeviceID string

+ Path string

+ ProductID uint16

+ ProductStr string

+ ReleaseNbr uint16

+ SerialNbr string

+ Usage uint16

+ UsagePage uint16

+ VendorID uint16

+ type DeviceSnapshot struct

+ DeviceInfo *DeviceInfo

+ MetadataErr error

+ type EnumerateOption func(*enumerateOptions)

+ func WithInstanceID(instanceID string) EnumerateOption

+ func WithInterfaceNumber(interfaceNbr int) EnumerateOption

+ func WithManufacturerString(mfrStr string) EnumerateOption

+ func WithParentDeviceID(parentDeviceID string) EnumerateOption

+ func WithPath(path string) EnumerateOption

+ func WithProductID(productID uint16) EnumerateOption

+ func WithProductString(productStr string) EnumerateOption

+ func WithReleaseNumber(releaseNbr uint16) EnumerateOption

+ func WithSerialNumber(serialNbr string) EnumerateOption

+ func WithUsage(usage uint16) EnumerateOption

+ func WithUsagePage(usagePage uint16) EnumerateOption

+ func WithVendorID(vendorID uint16) EnumerateOption

+ type Option func(*Device) — windows/amd64

+ func WithReadTimeout(timeout time.Duration) Option

+ type Snapshot struct

+ Devices []DeviceSnapshot

+ type Watcher interface

+ Close func() error

+ Listen func() <-chan DeviceEvent

+ Snapshot func() Snapshot

+ func Watch() (Watcher, error)