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Realtime Technologies Ltd Shimmer User Manual

4.2. Software Development

This section provides a brief introduction to the suite of Shimmer Software Development tools,

called the Shimmer Instrument Drivers (Shimmer IDs) and Shimmer Application Programming

Interfaces (Shimmer APIs). The Shimmer IDs and APIs are libraries for software developers that allow

for the rapid integration of the Shimmer platform into software applications being developed in C#,

LabVIEW, MATLAB and Java/Android.

4.2.1. C#

The C# API includes the .NET based source code for the

ShimmerCapture application (see Section 4.1.2). The code is the

basis for an application which allows users to calibrate, display

and save data received from Shimmer devices streaming over

Bluetooth. The code is designed for usability and functionality,

with a number of data capture parameters being configurable.

C# developers can quickly integrate Shimmer devices into their

applications by building on top of the C# API.

4.2.2. JAVA/Android

The Shimmer JAVA/Android API allows for the development of

Android applications that require data to be streamed directly

from Shimmer units to Android devices. The solution permits

Shimmer users to easily interact with Shimmer units to

configure, stream, display and log data on Android devices.

The purpose of this Shimmer API is to reduce the development

time for Shimmer developers on the Android operating

system. The library includes a number of example applications. Built on top of the Android Bluetooth

Library, the driver’s object oriented design allows easy integration with other libraries.

4.2.3. LabVIEW

The ShimmerSensing LabVIEW Instrument Driver Library is a

library of LabVIEW VI’s designed to assist users of the

Shimmer2, Shimmer2r and Shimmer3 platforms in the

development of Shimmer-based applications in LabVIEW. This

Shimmer ID provides all the benefits associated with the

LabVIEW development environment and incorporates a

number of end-user functions specific to the Shimmer platform, as well as example applications.

Extensive support documentation is available along with video demonstrations.

4.2.4. MATLAB

The Shimmer MATLAB Instrument Driver Library is an object oriented

solution for Shimmer data capture in MATLAB. This Shimmer ID allows

Shimmer data to be streamed directly to MATLAB and assists users of

the Shimmer2, Shimmer2r and Shimmer3 platforms in the

development of Shimmer based applications in MATLAB.

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