The Windows Sensor and Location platform organizes sensors into categories, which represent broad classes of sensor devices, and types, which represent specific kinds of sensors. Also, a single hardware device can contain multiple sensors. Although we typically think of sensors as hardware devices, logical sensors can also provide information through emulation of sensor functionality in software or firmware. Sensors come in many configurations and, from a certain perspective, almost anything that provides data about physical phenomena can be called a sensor. At the same time, the platform gives developers a standardized API and device driver interface (DDI) to work with sensors and sensor data.
As part of this support, the Windows Sensor and Location platform provides a standard way for device manufacturers to expose sensor devices to software developers and consumers. This includes support for location sensors, such as GPS devices.
The Windows 7 operating system provides built-in support for sensor devices.
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