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	Phidget analog sensors do not have their own API- they simply output a voltage that is converted to a digital value and accessed through the "~~SensorValue~~" properties and events on the PhidgetInterfaceKit API. It is not possible to programmatically identify which sensor is attached to the Analog Input. To an InterfaceKit, every sensor looks the same. Your application will need to apply formulas from this manual to the SensorValue (~~which~~ ranges from 0 to 1000) to convert it into the units of the quantity being measured.		Phidget analog sensors do not have their own API- they simply output a voltage that is converted to a digital value and accessed through the "Sensor" properties and events on the PhidgetInterfaceKit API. It is not possible to programmatically identify which sensor is attached to the Analog Input. To an InterfaceKit, every sensor looks the same. Your application will need to apply formulas from this manual to the '''SensorValue''' (an integer that ranges from 0 to 1000) to convert it into the units of the quantity being measured. For example, this is how you would use a temperature sensor in a [[Language_-_C_Sharp\|C#]] program:

	See the [[1018 User Guide\|PhidgetInterfaceKit User Guide]] for ~~an overview of its~~ API and a description of our architecture.
			<div class="source">
			<syntaxhighlight lang=csharp>

			// set up the interfacekit object
			InterfaceKit IFK = new InterfaceKit();

			// link the new interfacekit object to the connected board
			IFK.open("localhost", 5001);

			// Get sensorvalue from analog input zero
			int sensorvalue = IFK.sensors[0].Value;

			// Convert sensorvalue into temperature in degrees Celsius
			double roomtemp = Math.Round(((sensorvalue * 0.22222) - 61.11), 1);


			</syntaxhighlight>
			</div>


			See the [[1018 User Guide\|PhidgetInterfaceKit User Guide]] for more information on the API and a description of our architecture.

			For more code samples, find your preferred language on the [[Software_Overview#Language_Support\|Languages]] page.

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Phidget analog sensors do not have their own API- they simply output a voltage that is converted to a digital value and accessed through the "SensorValue" properties and events on the PhidgetInterfaceKit API. It is not possible to programmatically identify which sensor is attached to the Analog Input. To an InterfaceKit, every sensor looks the same. Your application will need to apply formulas from this manual to the SensorValue (which ranges from 0 to 1000) to convert it into the units of the quantity being measured.

See the [[1018 User Guide|PhidgetInterfaceKit User Guide]] for an overview of its API and a description of our architecture.

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