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+** hidapi is a c++ library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices on Linux, Mac and Windows.**
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+For more information go to https://github.com/libusb/hidapi
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+THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS THE hidapi-0.9.0 7da5cc9 SOURCE DISTRIBUTION.