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What is camlusb?
Camlusb is an Ocaml binding to libusb.
Libusb is a portable
library to access USB devices in user space, available for
various operating systems.
The aim of this project is allowing to call libusb functions from the
Objective Caml programming
language.
Camlusb is been developed using
camlidl
for the interface between C and Ocaml.
Project's goals are:
- To develop a library that is as close as I can to the libusb
interface.
- To develop a second, higher level, interface that makes better
use of the Ocaml possibilities.
At the moment camlusb supports all functions in the 0.1.7 libusb
version, but I could test only few of these. See the
documentation for more info.
A number of higher level functions is also available.
Is it really possible to communicate with hardware on linux
without C?
Yes it is, in fact camlusb is being used in the
gnudap project.
May I help?
Yes, you may :) Just audit the IDL code, checking if the types of all
functions are right - I don't know too much about USB, just learned
what I needed to make my mp3 player work. The IDL file is really
short, and contains only function prototypes, so this is an easy task
that would really prove useful.
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