Gavin Gear's Tech Blog : Windows 7 Sensors Location

Windows 7 Sensor development kit boards are available for order!

GavinGear — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:10:00 GMT

If you've been wanting to get a Windows 7 Sensor development kit, you can now order directly from freescale here:

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=JMBADGE&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&fromSearch=false

This board has the following sensors onboard:

- Ambient light sensor

- 3D accelerometer

- Dual touch strips

WinHEC Session Slides for Sensor and Location Platform Available

GavinGear — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:55:00 GMT

At WinHEC 2008 (Los Angeles) I gave a presentation that gives an overview of the new Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform. This overview includes details about the components included in Windows 7, an overview of the opportunities for innovation with this platform, and other relevant information.

You can download the slide deck here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/6/5E66B27B-988B-4F50-AF3A-C2FF1E62180F/MBL-T523_WH08.pptx

If you're interested in Sensors and Location in Windows 7, check out Jim Travis' blog!

GavinGear — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:25:00 GMT

Jim Travis has been a Microsoft for a long time, and is the tech writer lead who's working on the docs for sensors and location for Windows 7. Jim is a great guy, and a wealth of knowledge about various developer topics.

If you are interested in the new Sensor and Location Platform in Windows 7, you'll want to check out his blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jimtravis/

Using the Windows 7 Sensor Development Kit on a virtual machine

GavinGear — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:22:00 GMT

If you have a Windows 7 Sensor Development Kit, but don't have a machine to dedicate to a Windows 7 pre-Beta install, there's another option. In the blog post linked to below, Christoph Wille explians how to use the Windows 7 Sensor Development kit from a Virtual box image... Pretty cool!

Explained here:

http://chrison.net/Windows7SensorDevelopmentKitInsideVirtualBox.aspx

Shameless self promotion: come see my WinHEC session on Sensors and Location

GavinGear — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:38:00 GMT

In case you're going to be at WinHEC 2008 in LA, I just wanted to extend an invitation to come and be a part of my session on location and sensor hardware for Windows 7. You should also take a moment to check out the other sessions at WinHEC this year, there's going to be a lot going on!

From the WinHEC 2008 site:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/2008/sessions.aspx

Integrating Location and Sensor Hardware with Windows - MBL-T523

In this session, you'll learn how you can engineer your hardware to integrate your location and sensor devices with Windows. Driver development concepts will also be discussed.

Presenter(s):
Gavin Gear

Level: 200

Session Time:
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:00 AM

If you are able to make it, please take a moment to say hello after the talk...

See ya,
Gavin