PyUSB-Dev-Env on Mac with libusb

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Dependencies

• Mac OS X
• pip
• Homebrew
• libusb
• pyusb

Procedure

1. Find VendorID & ProductID on Mac

system_profiler SPUSBDataType

or u may prefer lsusb, if u come from Linux-like system:

brew update && brew tap jlhonora/lsusb && brew install lsusb

lsusb

2. Install libusb libarary via Homebrew

brew install libusb-compat libusb

or you will encounter issue below when u use pyusb

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
    usb.core.find()
  File        "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/usb/core.py", line 1199, in find
    raise ValueError('No backend available')
ValueError: No backend available

3. Setup pyusb via pip

pip install pyusb

4. use pyusb to detect usb(STM32 STlink NUCLEO-F401RE)

   
   
   

   NUCLEO-F401RE

# ipython or bpython
>>> import usb.core
## see idVendor & idProduct via `lsusb`
>>> stm32 = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x0483,idProduct=0x374b)
>>> print  stm32
DEVICE ID 0483:374b on Bus 020 Address 013 =================
 bLength                :   0x12 (18 bytes)
 bDescriptorType        :    0x1 Device
 bcdUSB                 :  0x200 USB 2.0
 bDeviceClass           :   0xef Miscellaneous
 bDeviceSubClass        :    0x2
 bDeviceProtocol        :    0x1
 bMaxPacketSize0        :   0x40 (64 bytes)
 idVendor               : 0x0483
 idProduct              : 0x374b
 bcdDevice              :  0x100 Device 1.0
 iManufacturer          :    0x1 STMicroelectronics
 iProduct               :    0x2 STM32 STLink
 iSerialNumber          :    0x3 066EFF494951785087033631
 bNumConfigurations     :    0x1
  CONFIGURATION 1: 300 mA ==================================
   bLength              :    0x9 (9 bytes)
   bDescriptorType      :    0x2 Configuration
   wTotalLength         :   0x80 (128 bytes)
   bNumInterfaces       :    0x4
   bConfigurationValue  :    0x1
   iConfiguration       :    0x0 
   bmAttributes         :   0x80 Bus Powered
   bMaxPower            :   0x96 (300 mA)
    INTERFACE 0: Vendor Specific ===========================
     bLength            :    0x9 (9 bytes)
     bDescriptorType    :    0x4 Interface
     bInterfaceNumber   :    0x0
     bAlternateSetting  :    0x0
     bNumEndpoints      :    0x3
     bInterfaceClass    :   0xff Vendor Specific
     bInterfaceSubClass :   0xff
     bInterfaceProtocol :   0xff
     iInterface         :    0x4 ST-Link Debug
      ENDPOINT 0x81: Bulk IN ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :   0x81 IN
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :   0x40 (64 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
      ENDPOINT 0x1: Bulk OUT ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :    0x1 OUT
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :   0x40 (64 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
      ENDPOINT 0x82: Bulk IN ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :   0x82 IN
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :   0x30 (48 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
    INTERFACE 1: Mass Storage ==============================
     bLength            :    0x9 (9 bytes)
     bDescriptorType    :    0x4 Interface
     bInterfaceNumber   :    0x1
     bAlternateSetting  :    0x0
     bNumEndpoints      :    0x2
     bInterfaceClass    :    0x8 Mass Storage
     bInterfaceSubClass :    0x6
     bInterfaceProtocol :   0x50
     iInterface         :    0x5 ST-Link mass storage
      ENDPOINT 0x83: Bulk IN ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :   0x83 IN
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :   0x40 (64 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
      ENDPOINT 0x3: Bulk OUT ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :    0x3 OUT
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :   0x40 (64 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
    INTERFACE 2: CDC Communication =========================
     bLength            :    0x9 (9 bytes)
     bDescriptorType    :    0x4 Interface
     bInterfaceNumber   :    0x2
     bAlternateSetting  :    0x0
     bNumEndpoints      :    0x1
     bInterfaceClass    :    0x2 CDC Communication
     bInterfaceSubClass :    0x2
     bInterfaceProtocol :    0x1
     iInterface         :    0x6 Error Accessing String
      ENDPOINT 0x84: Interrupt IN ==========================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :   0x84 IN
       bmAttributes     :    0x3 Interrupt
       wMaxPacketSize   :    0x2 (2 bytes)
       bInterval        :   0xff
    INTERFACE 3: CDC Data ==================================
     bLength            :    0x9 (9 bytes)
     bDescriptorType    :    0x4 Interface
     bInterfaceNumber   :    0x3
     bAlternateSetting  :    0x0
     bNumEndpoints      :    0x2
     bInterfaceClass    :    0xa CDC Data
     bInterfaceSubClass :    0x0
     bInterfaceProtocol :    0x0
     iInterface         :    0x7 Error Accessing String
      ENDPOINT 0x5: Bulk OUT ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :    0x5 OUT
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :    0xe (14 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
      ENDPOINT 0x85: Bulk IN ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :   0x85 IN
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :    0xe (14 bytes)
       bInterval        :    0x0
>>> 

References

• OSX list USB devices (lsusb equivalent)
• Is there an equivalent of lsusb for OS X
• How to set up libusb on Mac OS X?
• How does one get Python to find libusb? pyusb needs it for a backend
• Programming with PyUSB 1.0
• NUCLEO-F401RE