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The problem has been solved, so I will mark this as answered. I think I would still like more information on WHY though.

The hint came from building the two example projects:

• https://github.com/todbot/electron-hid-toy
• https://github.com/todbot/electron-hid-test

Running the first item, electron-hid-test worked off the bat. Adding electron-builder as a dependency and adding "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps" as a script solved the issue in my project, I don't want electron-builder yet but at least it indicated that node-hid can work with electron given a specific setup.

The second item also worked, but not with:

1. npm install
2. npm rebuild
3. npm start

Instead it was specifically required to add the run command to the rebuild command:

1. npm install
2. npm run rebuild
3. npm start

After that, it works. Any insights as to why this behaves differently?