Example: comms_ftdi_usb_enumerate_example

C++ example source code:

/* +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                     Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT)            |
   |                          https://www.mrpt.org/                         |
   |                                                                        |
   | Copyright (c) 2005-2025, Individual contributors, see AUTHORS file     |
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   | 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;
  }
}