Shared Phidgets Toolkit Overview

Overview of the Shared Phidgets toolkit features:

Completely rewritten library and connector tool
Implemented Phidgets 2.1 driver support: enhanced performance, multi-threaded driver
Plug-in based hardware integration into connector tool
Phidgets implementation is NOT using the COM drivers anymore
Support for all existing Phidgets
Integrated 3rd party hardware devices: GPS device, graphic LCDs, GSM gateway (to send and receive text messages)
New collection of interface skins
New Wizard of Oz simulation framework and simulation skins
New simulation recorder, to record test cases for appliance testing
New infrastructure explorer
New geospatial visualization utility
Development templates for Visual Studio C#
IDE plug-in for Visual Studio: developers can explore the available hardware devices from within the IDE, and automatically create a class framework
Easy to use class framework and tutorials for custom skins
Hardware devices can be excluded from the shared data space