What are Phidgets?

Phidgets are a set of "plug and play" building blocks for low cost USB sensing and control from your PC. All the USB complexity is taken care of by our robust API. Applications can be developed quickly in .NET, Visual Basic, VBA (Microsoft Access and Excel), LabView, Java, Delphi, C, C++ and Python.

Phidgets now has a presence in ColombiaJune 18, 2008

Welcome to Edu-Solutions, a new Phidgets distributor located in Colombia.

Price ReductionsJune 16, 2008

The 1101 - IR Distance Sensor is now $11.00 (previously $21.00); the 1119 - 20Amp Current Sensor has been reduced to $25.00 from $31.00 and the 2008 - IR Distance Sensor Kit is $25.00 instead of $37.00.

Phidgets welcomes a new distributor in PortugalMay 21, 2008

Welcome to InMotion, a new Phidgets distributor located in Portugal.

Price ReductionsMay 20, 2008

The 1051 - PhidgetTemperatureSensor has been reduced from $90.00 to $60.00, the 1107 - Humidity Sensor is now $40.00 from $70.00, and the Mini Joy Stick Sensor is down to $15.00 from $25.00.

New 1127 - Precision Light Sensor replaces the 1105 - Light SensorMay 20, 2008
The 1105 – Light Sensor has been discontinued and is replaced by the new 1127 - Precision Light Sensor which measures human perceptible light level in lux; its measurement range is from 1 lux (Moonlight) to 1000 lux (TV studio lighting) ...Full Press Release
New Humidity/Temperature SensorMay 20, 2008
The new 1125 - Humidity/Temperature Sensor combines a Humidity and a Temperature Sensor into a small board; it gives relative humidity from 5 to 95% and can detect ambient temperatures from –40 to +100 degrees Celsius. ...Full Press Release
Hardware Filtering on 1018’s digital inputsMay 20, 2008
The new version of the 1018 PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 has a Digital Input Hardware Filter to eliminate false triggering from electrical noise. The digital input is filtered by a 2-stage filter, rejecting noise of higher frequency than 1Khz. This filter generally eliminates the need to shield the digital input from inductive and capacitive coupling likely to occur in wiring harnesses’ ...Full Press Release
New Version of the 1014 - PhidgetInterfaceKit 0/0/4May 20, 2008
The new version of the 1014 PhidgetInterfaceKit 0/0/4 has new terminal blocks that accept 12-24 AWG wires. The older terminal blocks accepted 16-26 AWG.
Phidgets welcomes two new distributors May 14, 2008

Welcome to comAlpine, a new Phidgets distributor located in Germany and to sgBOTIC in Singapore.

New Phidgets Programming ManualMay 12, 2008

Have a look at the brand new Phidgets Programming Manual in the Information section. The manual documents the Phidgets software programming model in a language and device unspecific way, providing a general overview of the Phidgets API as a whole.

This should be the first manual to be read for someone beginning to use Phidgets.