sharpVISION™ Digital Camera

3.3. Software Development Kit

Upon the installation of the sharpVISION software package several options are available to the user. These options are easily accessed via the Program menu under the Windows Start button. The programs and associated files are organized under the IDT/sharpVISION folder. This folder includes the example programs and the associated documentation. The software components included in the sharpVISION Software Development Kit are listed below.

Component

Windows

MAC

sharpVISION™ stand-alone image acquisition application

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

SDK modules with example source code in C++.

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

ActiveX Control

Yes

No

 

 

 

TWAIN driver

Yes

No

 

 

 

Plug-in for LabVIEW™

Yes

No

 

 

 

Plug-in for MATLAB™

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

The sharpVISION™ SDK modules provide an API interface to develop applications to operate the camera and access all the camera capabilities using a programming language such as C++ and Java. A C/C++ header file is included in the SDK (sharpAPI.h file in the Include sub-directory). A Visual Basic module is also included in the SDK (sharpAPI.bas file in the Include sub-directory).

Most compiled languages can call functions; you will need to write your own header/import/unit equivalent based on the C header file.

The sharpVISION driver is a DLL that resides in the system32 directory. A Visual C++ 6.0 stub library is provided (SharpDrv.lib in the Lib sub-directory); if you are using Visual C++, link to SharpDrv.lib. Most other compilers can create a stub library for DLLs. The sharpVISION DLL uses Windows standard calling conventions (_stdcall).

The MAC sharpVISION driver is a Framework that resides in the /Library/Frameworks directory. If you are using Apple Project Builder 2.1 or XCode, add the sharpVISION.framework to the project.

For a more detailed description of the SDK please refer to the sharpVISION SDK Reference.

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Sharp DIGITAL CAMERA manual Software Development Kit, Component Windows

DIGITAL CAMERA specifications

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