{"id":153296,"date":"2010-01-08T06:57:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T11:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=12028"},"modified":"2010-01-08T06:57:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T11:57:05","slug":"new-common-sensor-api-by-chainfire-aims-to-support-lg-many-other-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/153296","title":{"rendered":"New common Sensor API by Chainfire aims to support LG, many other smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D12028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D12028\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; display: inline\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sensors.jpg\" \/>Now we know Microsoft should be doing this work, and we suspect strongly it will come bundled in <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=windows-mobile-7\" >Windows Mobile 7<\/a>, but until then we still need a Sensor SDK which can be used by across all Windows Mobile handsets, not just HTC\u2019s.&#160; <a title=\"Koushik Dutta&#39;s awesome C# project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.codeplex.com\/sensorapi\">Koushik Dutta&#8217;s Sensor API<\/a> is of course a good start, but since he has moved to Android the project has not seen much updates, with only some additions to support Samsung. <\/p>\n<p>Chainfire, well known for his driver hacking, aims to start anew with a new API which covers as many OEMs as possible, including HTC, Samsung, LG and Toshiba. Currently the library only covers G-Sensor and <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=digital-compass\" >Digital Compasses<\/a>, but he aims to extend it to other sensors such as proximity sensors also.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the library supports:<\/p>\n<p><strong>GSensor support<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HTC<\/li>\n<li>Samsung SDK 2.x<\/li>\n<li>Samsung SDK 1.x<\/li>\n<li>Samsung &lt; 2009 raw<\/li>\n<li>Samsung &gt;= 2009 raw<\/li>\n<li>E-Ten\/Acer<\/li>\n<li>Toshiba<\/li>\n<li> LG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Compass support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HTC<\/li>\n<li>Samsung SDK 2.x<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Planned light sensor support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HTC<\/li>\n<li>Samsung SDK 2.x<\/li>\n<li>Samsung SDK 1.x<\/li>\n<li>LG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Planned proximity sensor support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HTC<\/li>\n<li>Samsung SDK 2.x<\/li>\n<li>LG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The software has been tested on the following handsets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HTC Touch Diamond<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>HTC Touch Pro<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>HTC Touch HD<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=htc-touch-diamond-2\" >HTC Touch Diamond 2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=htc-touch-pro-2\" >HTC Touch Pro 2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=htc-leo\" >HTC HD2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Omnia I900<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Omnia II I8000<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Omnia II I920<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=samsung-omnia-pro-b7610\" >Samsung Omnia Pro B7610<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Giorgio Armani II B7620<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Acer M900<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Acer F900<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Acer F1 \/ neoTouch S200<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Toshiba TG-01<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LG Expo \/ IQ \/ Monaco<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Uniquely the software works in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/windowsmobile\/archive\/2004\/11\/29\/271991.aspx\" >unattended mode<\/a>, meaning the app can run with minimal power use while it appears to be suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the software at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chainfire.eu\/#\/articles\/59\/SensorLib_a_peek_at_the_future\/\" >Chainfire.eu here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks<\/em> <strong>Frank<\/strong> <em>for the tip.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D12028&amp;linkname=New%20common%20Sensor%20API%20by%20Chainfire%20aims%20to%20support%20LG%2C%20many%20other%20smartphones\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\/Bookmark\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now we know Microsoft should be doing this work, and we suspect strongly it will come bundled in Windows Mobile 7, but until then we still need a Sensor SDK which can be used by across all Windows Mobile handsets, not just HTC\u2019s.&#160; Koushik Dutta&#8217;s Sensor API is of course a good start, but since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}