udev rule also seems ok to me.
Here are the groups I belong to:
ab-work@ubuntu:~$ groups ab-work
ab-work : ab-work adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare
And my /etc/udev/rules.d/46-TI_launchpad.rules udev rule file contents
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0451", ATTRS{idProduct}=="f432", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
(source: http://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/how-to-l ... ith-linux/)
Am I not in plugdev group?
It works with root privileges.