# What is the best 2022 feature for MBS Xojo Plugins?

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754>\
**Category:** Extras\
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754 "2022-12-19T17:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/christian_schmitz/32/158_2.png) [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754/1 "2022-12-19T17:43:51Z")

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Let’s do a little poll for what is your preferred feature in MBS Xojo Plugins for 2022:

_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754/1))_

Anything else you liked especially?

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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Roth1](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/stefan_roth1/32/10129_2.png) [@Stefan\_Roth1](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Stefan_Roth1)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754/2 "2022-12-21T08:18:44Z")

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I appreciate the qualitative and reliable plugins from MBS.  
MBS is the valuable addition to work around bugs or gaps in Xojo.

Thanks for your work!

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**Author:** ![Julia\_Truchsess](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/julia_truchsess/32/499_2.png) [@Julia\_Truchsess](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Julia_Truchsess)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754/3 "2022-12-21T14:13:58Z")

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Phidgets was a lifesaver for me. I needed to develop a PCB tester in less than a month - normally I would “roll my own” circuitry, but that would have required at least twice that time. Because of MBS I was aware of Phidgets, although I’d never really taken them seriously before, thinking they were a “hobbyist” solution. It turns out that they have quite good specs generally, are [very well documented](https://www.phidgets.com/), and are easy to use. Being entirely event-driven, they make for clean and robust code. If you remove the plastic cases, they become PCB-mountable. The solution looks quite strange, but it worked out great.

It’s a shame that Xojo and MBS get no mention in the Phidgets documentation, even though APIs for C, C#, Java, Javascript, Max, Python, and Swift are all presented.

 ![SH Tester PCBA](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3a1bd433a9938167a9bf3bfd24e898a0a81f8a86.jpeg)

 ![IMG_2995 2](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6c6a1462646654536baf42d65bed9c1e7e42eba1.jpeg)

 ![Screen Shot 2022-12-21 at 9.18.58 AM](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f18055b4117e0c907ac577d4e2fb4b89cd8d1b0a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Dietrich](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tim_dietrich/32/680_2.png) [@Tim\_Dietrich](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Tim_Dietrich)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/what-is-the-best-2022-feature-for-mbs-xojo-plugins/73754/4 "2022-12-21T15:15:47Z")

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Phidgets also has my vote for best MBS Xojo Plugin for 2022.

I first learned about Phidgets during Christian’s session at the Xojo Developer Retreat. He mentioned that MBS has support for them, and until then, I had never even heard of them. From the way he described them - as simple USB sensors that can be used to measure temperature, humidity, etc - they seemed like what I had been looking for.

When I got back from the conference, I ordered a few Phidgets to test them out. As a proof of concept, I developed a Xojo desktop app that measures the environment’s temperature, humidity, and illuminance. If you’re interested, I wrote about that [here](https://timdietrich.me/blog/xojo-phidgets-mbs-environment-monitor-app/).

That proof of concept has turned into a “real” project. I’m now developing a Web API to provide that environmental information for a manufacturing setting.

Thanks, @Christian_Schmitz , for all the work that you put into the MBS Xojo Plugins. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.

![environment-monitor](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1260426a6892894207c01928fa93b42f8a0443ba.gif)