Example: comms_ftdi_usb_enumerate_example

C++ example source code:

/* +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                     Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT)            |
   |                          https://www.mrpt.org/                         |
   |                                                                        |
   | Copyright (c) 2005-2024, Individual contributors, see AUTHORS file     |
   | See: https://www.mrpt.org/Authors - All rights reserved.               |
   | Released under BSD License. See: https://www.mrpt.org/License          |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ */

#include <mrpt/comms/CInterfaceFTDI.h>
#include <mrpt/system/datetime.h>
#include <mrpt/system/os.h>

#include <chrono>
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

using namespace mrpt;
using namespace mrpt::comms;
using namespace std;

// ------------------------------------------------------
//              Test_EnumerateDevices
// ------------------------------------------------------
void Test_EnumerateDevices()
{
    CInterfaceFTDI usbDevice;

    unsigned long nConectedDevices;

    TFTDIDeviceList lstDevs;

    while (!mrpt::system::os::kbhit())
    {
        // Create list of devices:
        usbDevice.ListAllDevices(lstDevs);

        nConectedDevices = (unsigned long)lstDevs.size();

        cout << "There are " << nConectedDevices << " USB devices - "
             << mrpt::system::dateTimeToString(mrpt::Clock::now()) << endl;

        for (size_t i = 0; i < nConectedDevices; i++)
            cout << lstDevs[i] << endl;

        printf("\nPRESS ANY KEY TO END THE PROGRAM...\n\n");
        cout.flush();
        std::this_thread::sleep_for(500ms);
    };
}

int main()
{
    try
    {
        Test_EnumerateDevices();
        return 0;
    }
    catch (const std::exception& e)
    {
        std::cerr << "MRPT error: " << mrpt::exception_to_str(e) << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        printf("Another exception!!");
        return -1;
    }
}