[pyusb-users] USB Fingerprint Reader

[Jason Edelman]

Hi All,

I'm about to embark on a journey using pyusb and really want to integrate it with a USB based fingerprint reader.

This will be on a machine that all I can install is pyusb (no additional drivers). Is there a recommendation on what make/model/vendor of fingerprint reader should work? I suppose the same question goes for other USB device types too.

Thanks!
Jason



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[Xiaofan Chen]

Post by Jason Edelman
I'm about to embark on a journey using pyusb and
really want to integrate it with a USB based fingerprint reader.
This will be on a machine that all I can install is pyusb
(no additional drivers). Is there a recommendation on what
make/model/vendor of fingerprint reader should work? I
suppose the same question goes for other USB device types too.

In order to use pyusb, you need to have either libusb-1.0
or libusb-0.1 installed in your system. What is the OS?

If it is Linux, does the system already have libusb-1.0
installed? And will the admin help you to install the
proper udev rules to access the USB device as
normal user.

As for which finger print scanner will work, that
depends on whether you have access the protocol
or not. If you do not have access the communication
protocol, it will be a challenge since you need to carry
out reverse engineering work.

This might help. It was written by Daniel Drake, the
original author of libusb-1.0.
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint/
There is also the following.
http://www.ullrich-online.cc/fingerprint/