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Sebastian van de Meer 2ea0813c15 nb2033: Add support for NB-2033-U fingerprint reader
Add a new driver for the NEXT Biometrics NB-2033-U fingerprint reader
(USB ID 298d:2033). The NB-2033-U uses the same sensor die as the
NB-1010-U/NB-2020-U (256x180 @ 385 DPI) but a different USB protocol.

Protocol reverse-engineered from USB captures (usbmon) on Linux.
No proprietary code was used.

Key protocol differences from NB-1010-U:
- Bulk IN on EP 0x81 (not EP 0x83)
- TLV command framing: [CMD][0x00][LEN_LO][LEN_HI][PAYLOAD]
- Enhanced finger detection requires two 0x0D config commands before 0x38
- Image transfer: 180 individual rows of 268 bytes (12 hdr + 256 pixels)
- Init command (0x07) must be sent twice per detection cycle

Tested with fprintd-enroll and fprintd-verify on a Fujitsu notebook with
integrated NB-2033-U reader: enrollment (5/5 stages), verification
(correct finger matches, wrong finger rejected).

Signed-off-by: Sebastian van de Meer <kernel-error@kernel-error.com>
2026-04-04 11:30:09 +02:00
.ci ci: Add ABI check 2019-08-05 20:05:13 +02:00
.gitlab-ci ci: Add PyGObject symbols 2026-02-10 06:33:00 +01:00
data nb2033: Add support for NB-2033-U fingerprint reader 2026-04-04 11:30:09 +02:00
demo scripts/uncrustify: Use 2-spaces indentation for defines too 2025-02-20 15:50:46 +00:00
doc build: Stop using deprecated dep.get_pkgconfig_variable() method 2024-02-20 01:02:00 +01:00
examples examples/clear-storage: Remove local storage for devices without storage 2025-02-20 16:37:11 +01:00
libfprint nb2033: Add support for NB-2033-U fingerprint reader 2026-04-04 11:30:09 +02:00
scripts scripts/uncrustify: Use 2-spaces indentation for defines too 2025-02-20 15:50:46 +00:00
tests tests: Update goodixmoc capture for verify finger-up wait 2026-03-17 17:55:38 +00:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs .git-blame-ignore-revs: Ignore formatting commit and add hint how to use it 2020-12-07 19:01:10 +01:00
.gitignore gitignore: Remove autotools ignores, add _build 2020-02-10 11:41:40 +01:00
.gitlab-ci.yml ci: Make jobs interrumpible 2026-02-10 06:35:26 +01:00
AUTHORS AUTHORS: Update 2012-12-14 13:17:24 +01:00
code-of-conduct.md Add code of conduct document 2019-07-25 12:04:39 +02:00
COPYING upekts relicensing 2007-11-15 09:54:35 +00:00
gcovr.cfg gcovr: Add gcovr project configuration 2025-08-01 01:42:01 +02:00
HACKING.md HACKING: Clarify the intent of the license 2019-08-05 13:37:28 +02:00
INSTALL INSTALL: Update for Meson 2018-05-18 01:16:30 +02:00
MAINTAINERS Add MAINTAINERS file 2020-05-22 15:00:11 +02:00
meson.build nb2033: Add support for NB-2033-U fingerprint reader 2026-04-04 11:30:09 +02:00
meson_options.txt tests: Add support for installed tests 2023-06-28 16:35:16 +02:00
NEWS Release 1.94.10 2026-02-10 03:18:14 +01:00
README.md README: Add contact information 2024-05-03 15:35:11 +02:00
THANKS Thanks to Greg and Martin from AuthenTec 2012-11-29 09:51:55 +01:00

LibFPrint

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History

LibFPrint was originally developed as part of an academic project at the University Of Manchester.

It aimed to hide the differences between consumer fingerprint scanners and provide a single uniform API to application developers.

Goal

The ultimate goal of the FPrint project is to make fingerprint scanners widely and easily usable under common Linux environments.

License

Section 6 of the license states that for compiled works that use this library, such works must include LibFPrint copyright notices alongside the copyright notices for the other parts of the work.

LibFPrint includes code from NIST's NBIS software distribution.

We include Bozorth3 from the US Export Controlled distribution, which we have determined to be fine being shipped in an open source project.

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