CALGARY, Alberta – January 15, 2008 – Phidgets Inc. announced the Precision Temperature Sensor, which measures ambient temperature from -50°C to +150°C.
Product Specifications
- Temperature Range: -50°C to +150°C
- Typical Error @ 25°C: ±0.5°C
- Typical Error 0°C to 100°C: ±0.75°C
- Maximum Error 0°C to 100°C: ±2°CSoftware Environment“Unlike a lot of our competitor’s products that require their users to write some firmware code in order to use their sensor, we are completely “Plug and Play” says Bernard Rousseau, Director of Marketing.
“With Phidgets, you plug it in and start using it and when it comes to programming, the user, not us, decides which operating system and which computer language he wants to use”, added Rousseau.Users can program Phidgets using a simple yet powerful and well documented Application Programming Interface (API) that is supported under Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Windows CE, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Users can write programs in Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Flash/Flex, Java, Labview, Matlab, ActionScript 3.0, and Cocoa.
Phidgets also provides programming examples for all its products to help programmers write their own programs.
Pricing and Availability
The Precision Temperature Sensor is available now.
The suggested resale price is $15 Canadian.
About Phidgets
Phidgets, Inc. is a technology leader in the design and manufacture of low-cost control and sensing modules connected to personal computers through the USB port.
Phidgets products are ideally suited for fast prototyping.
The privately held company is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
