Phidget

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A phidget is a physical representation and/or implementation of a widget.

For example, an on-screen dial widget could be implemented physically by creating a hardware-based widget.

Phidgets are a set of building blocks for low-cost sensing and control from a personal computer. Using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) as the basis for all Phidgets, the complexity is managed behind an Application Programming Interface (API). Applications can be developed in Mac OS X, Linux, Windows CE and Windows operating systems.

Phidgets can be programmed using a variety of software ranging from Java to Microsoft Excel.

Phidgets arose out of a research project in 2001 directed by Saul Greenberg at the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary[1].

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  1. ^ Phidget Project Gallery
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