Software Overview
Phidgets’ philosophy is that you do not have to be an electrical engineer in order to do projects that use devices like sensors, motors, motor controllers, and interface boards. All you need to know is how to program.
We have developed a complete set of Application Programming Interfaces (API) that are supported for many different operating systems, and which can be used through many different programming languages.
| We suggest starting with the Getting Started guide for your device, which can be found in its user guide. This will help you run a basic example to check your hardware and drivers. |
| Have you been there but want more introduction? We have overview pages - with lots of explanatory images - for some of our high-level topics: |
After that, you'll need to dive right in and write code.
From the Getting Started Guide, you'll have already chosen your operating system below, and from the operating system page you'll be directed to choose a language.
So if you're here, you probably want:
- An overview of our language and operating system support (in which case, just scroll down)
- A quick link to our programming overview with lots of code snippets, called the General Phidget Programming Guide
- The API with syntax and function calls for your device - which you can find on the page for your language
- Or, information about your product, which can be found on its product page on our main website or in its user guide.
We try to make our documentation as complete as possible - which means there is a lot of it! Browse around, try the search bar, and if you can't find what you need, please contact us.
