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Tutorials For Beginners

Image Penlets 101
Ok, so you just downloaded the LiveScribe SDK but you don't know where to start. This tutorial will present you with a basic penlet that is used as the starting point for many of the tutorials on this site.

Image Developing Penlets in Eclipse
Learn how develop and deploy your Penlets using Eclipse. This tutorial walks you through the steps you need to follow.

 

Tutorials For Specific Tasks

Using a Shared Library
The more code you write, the more opportunities you find for reuse. In this tutorial we explain one simple way to do this.

Capturing Drawn Shapes
Learn how to capture shapes drawn by the pen, and then use that data to determine when the pen is inside or outside of a drawn shape.

Creating a Custom Vocabulary
Learn how to create a custom vocabulary for your ICR applications.

Using Properties Files
J2ME lacks a Properties class. In this tutorial we roll our own, along with split and chomp functions.

Using Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)
Add some smarts to your smart pen. This tutorial shows you how to recognize the words that are being written

Image Introduction to Playing Sounds
Add some spice to your Pulse pen applications by adding sounds. You and your pen can make beautiful music together.

Image Loading and Displaying Images
Learn how you can load TIFF and BMP images onto your Pulse pen and display them in the OLED display.

Top Tutorials

Penlets 101
Never written a penlet before? Then start here with Penlets 101!

Using Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)
Add some smarts to your smart pen. This tutorial shows you how to recognize the words that are being written

Capturing Drawn Shapes
Learn how to capture shapes drawn by the pen and determine relationships.

Coming Soon

Image Tic-Tac-Toe
The game that you have played with two people, a pen, and some paper has been reworked. Now all you need is the pen and paper. Test your skill against your pen.

Image Drawing Bitmaps on Your Pen
Sure, the screen is small, but that shouldn't stop you from using it for animations and game displays. Learn how in this tutorial.