Phidgets and Handheld device

UMPC comes with at least two USB ports, which allow users to access non-standard interaction technologies such as Phidgets. Phidgets Interface package comes with varieties of USB kits and analog sensors. For example, Interface Kit 8/8/8 allows to connect up to 8 analog sensors and 8 digital sensors and real 8 digital input. ServoMotor Kit, LCD text and RFID kit are other popular USB kits.

One problem with phidgets in particular is that using USB, they must be within a certain distance of a computer; people who are interested in making their home intelligent using Phidgets, that is a rather awkward constraint. However, there are many interesting applications built using Phidgets (Videos). Students in Computer Science Department, Swansea University of Wales do main part of their coursework for CS-M79 module using Phidgets.