Note: The text below uses an older version of the C++/C# programming environment and phidget drivers. Therefore the examples provided might not directly be compatible with newer verisons of the tools and drivers that you are using. For more information see www.phidgets.com (not supported at TU/e). 

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C++ and C# can be used to create and extend native windows applications.

If you are not planning to extend existing source code, you can also use Java. Nowadays Java is hardly slower than C++ and can also be used to interface to hardware. In addition, at the department of industrial design, Java is the only programming language that is officially supported for programming desktop applications.

• Installation
• Documentation
• Support

Installation [top]

In order to use phidgets you have to install the following software:

• Phidget drivers and PhidgetWebService
  [Last Revision Date: May 26, 2006, Phidget.DLL version 2.0.8, Phidget20.DLL version 1.0.6]
  Installs libraries on your Windows 2000 or XP computer. This includes the COM Library, C API Library, .NET Library, and the PhidgetWebService. Adds a program to your system tray where you can configure you PhidgetWebService and check usefull diagnostic information.
• Phidget library
  At the phidget website, libraries and header files can be downloaded for programming Phidgets in C++ (in combination wiht the COM library)
  When programming in C#, the .NET library can be added to the project, which means that no further files are required.
• Compiler
  At the microsoft website, freeware versions of the C# en C++ Microsoft Visual C++/C# programming environment can be downloaed.

Documentation [top]

See phidget website

Support [top]

C++ and C# are officially not supported at the department of industrial design. However, some experts are available in the domains and the research groups.

 

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