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Title: WebUSB Enabled Custom Driver and A Sample Application
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This project includes:
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1. WebUSB Enabled Custom Driver:
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This enables WebUSB support to the device via the platform capability
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descriptors.
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For a deeper dive into the WebUSB, refer to
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https://github.com/WICG/webusb/blob/gh-pages/explainer.md
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WebUSB API Specification:
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https://wicg.github.io/webusb/
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2. Sample Application:
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A simple echo application to demonstrate the WebUSB enabled custom
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class driver.
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This application receives the data and echoed back to the WebUSB
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based web application (web page) running in the browser at host.
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This application is intended for testing purposes only. For running
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real usecase, implement applications based on the WebUSB API.
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Building and flashing:
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Refer to
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https://www.zephyrproject.org/doc/boards/x86/arduino_101/doc/board.html
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for details on building and flashing the image into an Arduino 101.
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Testing with latest Google Chrome on host
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This sample application requires latest Google Chrome, a web page
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based on WebUSB API to connect to the USB device and http server
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running on localhost to serve the web page.
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WebUSB is a powerful new feature added to the Web and it is available
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only to secure origins. This means the web page/site that used to
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connect to the device must be served over a secure connection (HTTPS).
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For testing and development purposes, there is a flag in Chrome
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(--disable-webusb-security) that disables this CORS-like checks for
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origins and allow any origin to ask the user for permission to connect
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to a device. So, we use this flag to interact with the device through
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http://localhost by starting up http server on host and serving the
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web page.
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Follow below steps to run the demo on host:
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1. Run the latest dev-channel release of Google Chrome on host.
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https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?extra=devchannel
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2. Enable "Experimental Web Platform Features" flag in
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chrome://flags/#enable-experimental-web-platform-features.
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3. Run chrome with the --disable-webusb-security switch to disable
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WebUSB's CORS-like checks for origin device communication.
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4. Implement a web app (web page) using WebUSB API and run
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it on localhost.
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See the sample at https://github.com/nagineni/webusb-serial
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This sample web page demonstrate how to create and use a WebUSB
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interface, as well as demonstrate the communication between browser
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and WebUSB enabled device.
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To host the demo page locally: Clone the repo and start a web server
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in the appropriate directory.
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$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
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5. Connect the board to a host.
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6. Once the device is booted, you should see a notification from
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Chrome: "Go to localhost to connect.". Click on the notification
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to open demo page.
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7. Click on Connect button to connect to the device.
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8. Send some text to the device by clicking on Send button. The demo app
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will receive the same text from the device and display it in the textarea.
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