node-hid

Incorporates these fixes:

• https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/pull/543
• https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/pull/542
• https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/pull/535
• https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/pull/534
• https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/pull/533

Changes in v3.0.0:

• Support async usage and keeping the traditional synchronous usage. Thanks to @Julusian for the substantial rewrite work to support this, and for his patience. See #506, #499, #474 for more details.

• device.getDeviceInfo() now returns the same content as provided by HID.devices(). Thx @Julusian! #499

• Use pkg-prebuilds instead of prebuild and prebuild-upload. This means prebuilds are stored in the package for all platforms on npmjs, immediately able to be used, instead of being hosted on Github and pulled down on-demand . Thanks again @Julusian See #507, #490 for details.

• Update to hidapi-0.14.0, which fixes numerous across all the OSes. This update is also in node-hid-v2.2.0

Changes in this release:

• Update hidapi to hidapi-0.14.0 (PR #513 & #509 thx @dsouza95 & @mcuee !)
• Expand getDeviceInfo() to have same info as HID.devices() (PR #499 thx @Julusian!)
• Update prebuild (should fix node-gyp errors when compiling)

node-hid is a thin wrapper over the cross-platform C-library hidapi.

Changes/Fixes in this release:

• Fix Electron 21 not working #486
• Update prebuild and prebuild-install

Node-hid is a thin wrapper over the cross-platform C-library hidapi.
The hidapi used in node-hid has been updated to [email protected], which includes many improvements.

Also, node-hid has been tested in Apple Silicon M1 Macs, and prebuilds are generated for them.

Node-hid now uses N-API instead of NAN to bind to hidapi.
This is due to node-abi's continuing issues with reporting the correct ABI for latest Electron & Node releases.
The benefit is only one binary per OS now.

Updates in this release:

• Support for Electron v10 and Node v14 (#392, #395)
• Preliminary FreeBSD support (#396)
• Cross-compile flag for setting CFLAGS and LDFLAGS when building with node-gyp (#393)
• More fixes for context-aware / Worker thread use (#389, still ongoing but perhaps fixed)
• Fix to allow use before Node v10

Changes/fixes in this release:

• On Windows, device.on('data',...) event handler now allows process exit if device doesn't send data. This is accomplished by changing the underlying hidapi read from hid_read() to a looping hid_read_timeout(). Addresses issue #358 and others.

• Node Buffers can now be used in device.write() and device.sendFeatureReport(). Allows a >10x speed up for certain types of data sends. See PR #357 (thanks @Julusian!)

• Includes updated hidapi that allows Macs to see devices with multiple usages/usagePages (#348)
• Prebuilds now include Node v13 and Electron v6 (#352)

Now uses libusb/hidapi! This should fix several outstanding issues.
Added support for Electron v7.
Up to Node v12 is supported (Node v13 isn't in node-abi yet, so prebuild can't make prebuilt binaries for it)

Linux: Add HID.setDriverType(type) where type can be "libusb" or "hidraw".

All Linux prebuilds have both driver types.

Update to support Node v12
Remove NAN deprecations when building

Update prebuild and bindings to solve Electron/node-abi prebuild issue #293.

Works with Electron v4.0.0 and Node v11.x.
However, prebuilds for Electron v4 had to be removed because prebuild is generating wrong binaries some how.

Small fixes for Node v11.0 and Electron v4.0.0.

Note: Removed Electron prebuilds for Node v11 & Electron v4 because still getting the error:

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found
 Expected in: flat namespace

Update to support Node v10