Universal USB Development Kit for Windows 10 and Windows 11
Standard USB devices are normally supported by class drivers included in the Windows operating system. In many cases, a particular USB device cannot be assigned to a device class because it has to fulfill different requirements, or because implementing the class specification in the device firmware is too time-consuming. This makes a custom USB device driver development necessary; a kernel-mode driver which conforms to the Windows Driver Model (WDM).
The development and debugging process of such a kernel-mode driver is very time-consuming, especially if the driver has to support different Windows versions. For this reason, Thesycon has developed the generic USB device driver USBIO. The USBIO software components can be integrated into a final product with product-specific adaptations (e.g. file names, installation paths, copyright messages). The result is a customized version that can be shipped as part of an end user product.
USBIO Features
- Complete USB functionality is supported. The driver is optimized for maximum efficiency.
- USBIO supports USB 2.0 full speed and high speed, and USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 super speed or higher
- The USBIO driver supports all current 32 bit and 64 bit Windows operating systems.
- Supports the USB transfer types Control, Interrupt, Bulk, and Isochronous.
- Provides an interface to USB endpoints (pipes) that is similar to Win32 file I/O interface.
- Provides full support for asynchronous (overlapped) data transfer operations.
- Fully support for hot plug and play. It supports Plug&Play notifications for applications.
- Supports the Windows power management model.
- Optionally the driver supports advanced USB power management including selective suspend (Windows 10 only)
- Provides an interface to USB devices that can be used by any Windows 32/64 bit applications. Multiple applications can use the USBIO driver at the same time.
- Can be used with devices that implement multiple USB configurations. It supports switching between different USB configurations.
- Can be used with devices that implement multiple USB interfaces. In this case a multi-interface driver is required.
- Multiple USB devices can be controlled by USBIO at the same time.
- Provides a Windows programming interface for use in C, C++ and Java programs. A high-level programming interface, the USBIO COM interface, is also available.
- Several source code examples demonstrate usage of the programming interfaces and show how an application controls a USB device.
Customization of the Driver
- The driver will be delivered fully customized for licensee’s product.
- Customization includes USB VID/PID, file names, text strings, etc.
- The driver is signed by using Microsoft Attestation signing.
- Driver Customization Kit add-on: The Driver Customization Kit enables licensee to customize the driver by themselves.
Driver Installer add-on
- Supported scenarios: first-time installation, driver update, removal of driver software
- Interactive mode with graphical user interface
- Silent mode without user interface, enables integration into surrounding software installers
- Supports popup-free installation
WHQL Certification
The driver is conform with current WHQL and Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) requirements. To get a WHQL certification, HLK tests must be executed with licensee's device which can be done by licensee or Thesycon. If you are interested in a WHQL certification, please contact Thesycon for a quotation.
Supported Platforms
- Windows 11 64-bit
- Windows 11 arm64
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Windows 10 32-bit
- Windows Server 2022 64-bit
- Windows Server 2019 64-bit
The USBIO driver is also available for Windows 7, 8, 8.1. Since Microsoft is discontinuing cross signing for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 drivers a WHQL certification is required.
Software made in Germany
Our software is purely designed and implemented by our team in Germany - no outsourcing. Technical support is provided directly by the developers.
Free Demo, Licensing conditions & Prices
Current version: 3.65
To receive a free demo, prices or license agreement, please fill out the contact form.
The free evaluation version of the USBIO driver works for an interval of 60 days without any limitation. After that evaluation period has expired, the driver stops working.
NOTE: The driver described on this page is *not for use by end users*. It will not help solve any problems you may experience with a consumer device such as a webcam, camcorder, card reader, external sound card, etc. Thesycon’s device drivers are software components intended to be used by hardware or software manufacturers to create end products.
USB Vendor and Product ID
For each USB device model an official USB vendor ID (VID) is required. Vendor IDs must be unique and will be assigned by the USB Implementers Forum (www.usb.org). Registration fees will be charged.
Thesycon owns a USB vendor ID and provides a subset of product IDs (PID) to licensees of Thesycon drivers.
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