Adafruit Tiny-USB-example XIAO HID compiler-error cannot declare variable 'usb_hid' to be of abstract type 'Adafruit_USBD_HID'

Hi everybody,

I have installed the Adafruit TinyUSB-library with all dependencies and then tried to compile this examplecode

#include "Adafruit_TinyUSB.h"

/* This sketch demonstrates USB HID keyboard.
 * - PIN A0-A5 is used to send digit '0' to '5' respectively
 *   (On the RP2040, pins D0-D5 used)
 * - LED will be used as Caplock indicator
 */

// HID report descriptor using TinyUSB's template
// Single Report (no ID) descriptor
uint8_t const desc_hid_report[] =
{
  TUD_HID_REPORT_DESC_KEYBOARD(),
};

Adafruit_USBD_HID usb_hid;

// Array of pins and its keycode
// For keycode definition see BLEHidGeneric.h
#ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_RP2040
uint8_t pins[]    = { D0, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 };
#else
uint8_t pins[]    = { A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 };
#endif
uint8_t hidcode[] = { HID_KEY_0, HID_KEY_1, HID_KEY_2, HID_KEY_3 , HID_KEY_4, HID_KEY_5 };

uint8_t pincount = sizeof(pins)/sizeof(pins[0]);

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup()
{
  usb_hid.setPollInterval(2);
  usb_hid.setReportDescriptor(desc_hid_report, sizeof(desc_hid_report));
  usb_hid.setReportCallback(NULL, hid_report_callback);
  //usb_hid.setStringDescriptor("TinyUSB Keyboard");

  usb_hid.begin();

  // led pin
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);

  // Set up pin as input
  for (uint8_t i=0; i<pincount; i++)
  {
    pinMode(pins[i], INPUT_PULLUP);
  }

  // wait until device mounted
  while( !USBDevice.mounted() ) delay(1);
}


void loop()
{
  // poll gpio once each 2 ms
  delay(2);

//  // Remote wakeup
//  if ( USBDevice.suspended() && btn )
//  {
//    // Wake up host if we are in suspend mode
//    // and REMOTE_WAKEUP feature is enabled by host
//    USBDevice.remoteWakeup();
//  }

  if ( !usb_hid.ready() ) return;

  static bool keyPressedPreviously = false;
  bool anyKeyPressed = false;

  uint8_t count=0;
  uint8_t keycode[6] = { 0 };

  // scan normal key and send report
  for(uint8_t i=0; i < pincount; i++)
  {
    if ( 0 == digitalRead(pins[i]) )
    {
      // if pin is active (low), add its hid code to key report
      keycode[count++] = hidcode[i];

      // 6 is max keycode per report
      if (count == 6)
      {
        usb_hid.keyboardReport(0, 0, keycode);
        delay(2); // delay for report to send out

        // reset report
        count = 0;
        memset(keycode, 0, 6);
      }

      // used later
      anyKeyPressed = true;
      keyPressedPreviously = true;
    }
  }

  // Send any remaining keys (not accumulated up to 6)
  if ( count )
  {
    usb_hid.keyboardReport(0, 0, keycode);
  }

  // Send All-zero report to indicate there is no keys pressed
  // Most of the time, it is, though we don't need to send zero report
  // every loop(), only a key is pressed in previous loop()
  if ( !anyKeyPressed && keyPressedPreviously )
  {
    keyPressedPreviously = false;
    usb_hid.keyboardRelease(0);
  }
}

// Output report callback for LED indicator such as Caplocks
void hid_report_callback(uint8_t report_id, hid_report_type_t report_type, uint8_t const* buffer, uint16_t bufsize)
{
  (void) report_id;
  (void) bufsize;
  // LED indicator is output report with only 1 byte length
  if ( report_type != HID_REPORT_TYPE_OUTPUT ) return;

  // The LED bit map is as follows: (also defined by KEYBOARD_LED_* )
  // Kana (4) | Compose (3) | ScrollLock (2) | CapsLock (1) | Numlock (0)
  uint8_t ledIndicator = buffer[0];

  // turn on LED if caplock is set
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, ledIndicator & KEYBOARD_LED_CAPSLOCK);
}

But it fails with this error-message:

cannot declare variable 'usb_hid' to be of abstract type 'Adafruit_USBD_HID'

Here is the shortened compiler-output

Using library Adafruit_TinyUSB_Library at version 1.0.3 in folder: F:\MyPortable-PRgs\arduino1.8.13\portable\sketchbook\libraries\Adafruit_TinyUSB_Library 

exit status 1
cannot declare variable 'usb_hid' to be of abstract type 'Adafruit_USBD_HID'

I know it would be better to post the whole error-message but the forum-software says no.
If somebody wants it I can attach it as a textfile

Now I’m stumped how to solve this.
Any hints are greatly appreciated
best regards Stefan

Roll the library back to version 0.10.5 … that just worked for me.

Hi StefanL38!
We contacted the Adafruit and they told me there is a major changes in TinyUSB library from v1.0.0 that requires core changes by XIAO BSP. Accroding to the Department of Tech, we will have a change for XIAO BSP later. In these days you could continue to use v0.10.5.

  • If you use v1.0.0 or later, please roll back to v0.10.5.

Have a nice day!

Is there any chance this will get updated or are we stuck with 0.10.5 ?