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+// Type definitions for W3C Generic Sensor API 1.0
+// Project: https://www.w3.org/TR/generic-sensor/
+// Definitions by: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <https://github.com/kenchris>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.2
+
+// Explainer: https://www.w3.org/TR/motion-sensors/
+
+/// <reference types="geometry-dom" />
+
+declare class SensorErrorEvent extends Event {
+    constructor(type: string, errorEventInitDict: SensorErrorEventInit);
+    readonly error: Error;
+}
+
+interface SensorErrorEventInit extends EventInit {
+    error: Error;
+}
+
+declare class Sensor extends EventTarget {
+    readonly activated: boolean;
+    readonly timestamp?: number; // Should be DOMHighResTimeStamp.
+    start(): void;
+    stop(): void;
+
+    onreading: (this: this, ev: Event) => any;
+    onactivate: (this: this, ev: Event) => any;
+    onerror: (this: this, ev: SensorErrorEvent) => any;
+
+    addEventListener(type: "reading" | "activate", listener: (this: this, ev: Event) => any, useCapture?: boolean): void;
+    addEventListener(type: "error", listener: (this: this, ev: SensorErrorEvent) => any, useCapture?: boolean): void;
+}
+
+interface SensorOptions {
+    frequency?: number;
+}
+
+// Accelerometer: https://www.w3.org/TR/accelerometer/
+
+declare class Accelerometer extends Sensor {
+  constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+  readonly x?: number;
+  readonly y?: number;
+  readonly z?: number;
+}
+
+declare class LinearAccelerationSensor extends Accelerometer {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+}
+
+declare class GravitySensor extends Accelerometer {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+}
+
+// Gyroscope: https://www.w3.org/TR/gyroscope/
+
+declare class Gyroscope extends Sensor {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+    readonly x?: number;
+    readonly y?: number;
+    readonly z?: number;
+}
+
+// Magnetometer: https://www.w3.org/TR/magnetometer/
+
+declare class Magnetometer extends Sensor {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+    readonly x?: number;
+    readonly y?: number;
+    readonly z?: number;
+}
+
+declare class UncalibratedMagnetometer extends Sensor {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+    readonly x?: number;
+    readonly y?: number;
+    readonly z?: number;
+    readonly xBias?: number;
+    readonly yBias?: number;
+    readonly zBias?: number;
+}
+
+// Orientation Sensor: https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-sensor/
+
+type RotationMatrixType = Float32Array | Float64Array | GeometryDom.DOMMatrix;
+
+declare class OrientationSensor extends Sensor {
+    readonly quaternion?: number[];
+    populateMatrix(targetMatrix: RotationMatrixType): void;
+}
+
+declare class AbsoluteOrientationSensor extends OrientationSensor {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+}
+
+declare class RelativeOrientationSensor extends OrientationSensor {
+    constructor(options?: SensorOptions);
+}
diff --git a/types/w3c-generic-sensor/tsconfig.json b/types/w3c-generic-sensor/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "w3c-generic-sensor-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/w3c-generic-sensor/tslint.json b/types/w3c-generic-sensor/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/w3c-generic-sensor/w3c-generic-sensor-tests.ts b/types/w3c-generic-sensor/w3c-generic-sensor-tests.ts
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+// Accelerometer: https://www.w3.org/TR/accelerometer/
+
+const accelerometer1 = () => {
+    const sensor = new Accelerometer();
+    sensor.start();
+
+    sensor.onreading = () => {
+        console.log("Acceleration along X-axis: " + sensor.x);
+        console.log("Acceleration along Y-axis: " + sensor.y);
+        console.log("Acceleration along Z-axis: " + sensor.z);
+    };
+
+    sensor.onerror = event => console.log(event.error.name, event.error.message);
+};
+
+// Gyroscope: https://www.w3.org/TR/gyroscope/
+
+const gyroscope1 = () => {
+    const sensor = new Gyroscope();
+    sensor.start();
+
+    sensor.onreading = () => {
+        console.log("Angular velocity around the X-axis " + sensor.x);
+        console.log("Angular velocity around the Y-axis " + sensor.y);
+        console.log("Angular velocity around the Z-axis " + sensor.z);
+    };
+
+    sensor.onerror = event => console.log(event.error.name, event.error.message);
+};
+
+// From Magnetometer spec: https://www.w3.org/TR/magnetometer/
+
+const magnetometer1 = () => {
+    const sensor = new Magnetometer();
+    sensor.start();
+
+    sensor.onreading = () => {
+        console.log("Magnetic field along the X-axis " + sensor.x);
+        console.log("Magnetic field along the Y-axis " + sensor.y);
+        console.log("Magnetic field along the Z-axis " + sensor.z);
+    };
+
+    sensor.onerror = event => console.log(event.error.name, event.error.message);
+};
+
+const magnetometer2 = () => {
+    const sensor = new Magnetometer();
+    sensor.start();
+
+    sensor.onreading = () => {
+        if (!sensor.y || !sensor.x) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const heading = Math.atan2(sensor.y, sensor.x) * (180 / Math.PI);
+        console.log('Heading in degrees: ' + heading);
+    };
+};
+
+const magnetometer3 = () => {
+    const sensor = new Magnetometer();
+    sensor.start();
+
+    sensor.onreading = async () => {
+        if (!sensor.y || !sensor.x) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const heading = Math.atan2(sensor.y, sensor.x) * (180 / Math.PI);
+
+        // Get the latitude and longitude, omitted for brevity here.
+        const latitude = 0;
+        const longitude = 0;
+
+        // Get the magnetic declination at the given latitude and longitude.
+        const response = await fetch('https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/calculators/calculateDeclination' +
+            `?lat1=${latitude}&lon1=${longitude}&resultFormat=csv`);
+        const text = await response.text();
+
+        const declination = parseFloat(text.replace(/^#.*$/gm, '').trim().split(',')[4]);
+
+        // Compensate for the magnetic declination to get the geographic north.
+        console.log('True heading in degrees: ' + (heading + declination));
+    };
+};
+
+// From Orientation Sensor spec: https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-sensor/
+
+const orientation1 = () => {
+    const sensor = new AbsoluteOrientationSensor();
+    const mat4 = new Float32Array(16);
+    sensor.start();
+    sensor.onerror = event => console.log(event.error.name, event.error.message);
+
+    sensor.onreading = () => {
+        sensor.populateMatrix(mat4);
+    };
+};
+
+const orientation2 = () => {
+    const sensor = new AbsoluteOrientationSensor({ frequency: 60 });
+    const mat4 = new Float32Array(16);
+    sensor.start();
+    sensor.onerror = event => console.log(event.error.name, event.error.message);
+
+    function draw() {
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
+        try {
+            sensor.populateMatrix(mat4);
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.log("mat4 has not been updated: " + err);
+        }
+        // Drawing...
+    }
+
+    window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
+};
+
+// From Explainer: https://www.w3.org/TR/motion-sensors/
+
+const explainer1 = () => {
+    class LowPassFilterData {
+        x: number;
+        y: number;
+        z: number;
+        bias: number;
+
+        constructor(reading: Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Magnetometer, bias: number) {
+            Object.assign(this, { x: reading.x, y: reading.y, z: reading.z });
+            this.bias = bias;
+        }
+
+        update(reading: Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Magnetometer) {
+            if (!reading.x || !reading.y || !reading.z) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.x = this.x * this.bias + reading.x * (1 - this.bias);
+            this.y = this.y * this.bias + reading.y * (1 - this.bias);
+            this.z = this.z * this.bias + reading.z * (1 - this.bias);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const accl = new Accelerometer({ frequency: 20 });
+
+    // Isolate gravity with low-pass filter.
+    const filter = new LowPassFilterData(accl, 0.8);
+
+    accl.onreading = () => {
+        filter.update(accl); // Pass latest values through filter.
+        console.log(`Isolated gravity (${filter.x}, ${filter.y}, ${filter.z})`);
+    };
+
+    accl.start();
+};
+
+const explainer2 = () => {
+    class HighPassFilterData {
+        cutoff: number;
+        timestamp?: number;
+        x?: number;
+        y?: number;
+        z?: number;
+
+        constructor(reading: Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Magnetometer, cutoffFrequency: number) {
+            this.x = reading.x;
+            this.y = reading.y;
+            this.z = reading.z;
+            this.cutoff = cutoffFrequency;
+            this.timestamp = reading.timestamp;
+        }
+
+        update(reading: Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Magnetometer) {
+            if (!this.timestamp || !this.x || !this.y || !this.z) {
+                this.x = reading.x;
+                this.y = reading.y;
+                this.z = reading.z;
+                this.timestamp = reading.timestamp;
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!reading.timestamp || !reading.x || ! reading.y || !reading.z) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const dt = reading.timestamp - this.timestamp / 1000;
+            this.timestamp = reading.timestamp;
+
+            const alpha = this.cutoff / (this.cutoff + dt);
+            this.x = this.x + alpha * (reading.x - this.x);
+            this.y = this.y + alpha * (reading.y - this.y);
+            this.z = this.z + alpha * (reading.z - this.z);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const gyro = new Gyroscope({ frequency: 20 });
+
+    // Remove drift with a  high pass filter.
+    const filter = new HighPassFilterData(gyro, 0.8);
+
+    gyro.onreading = () => {
+        filter.update(gyro); // Pass latest values through filter.
+        console.log(`Steady gyroscope (${filter.x}, ${filter.y}, ${filter.z})`);
+    };
+
+    gyro.start();
+};
+
+const explainer3 = () => {
+    const options = { frequency: 50 };
+
+    const accl = new Accelerometer(options);
+    const gyro = new Gyroscope(options);
+
+    let timestamp = 0;
+    let alpha = 0;
+    let beta = 0;
+    let gamma = 0;
+    const bias = 0.98;
+
+    gyro.onreading = () => {
+        if (!gyro.timestamp || !gyro.x || !gyro.y || !gyro.z || !accl.x || !accl.y || !accl.z) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const dt = timestamp ? (gyro.timestamp - timestamp) / 1000 : 0;
+        timestamp = gyro.timestamp;
+
+        // Treat the acceleration vector as an orientation vector by normalizing it.
+        // Keep in mind that the if the device is flipped, the vector will just be
+        // pointing in the other direction, so we have no way to know from the
+        // accelerometer data which way the device is oriented.
+        const norm = Math.sqrt(accl.x ** 2 + accl.y ** 2 + accl.z ** 2);
+
+        // As we only can cover half (PI rad) of the full spectrum (2*PI rad) we multiply
+        // the unit vector with values from [-1, 1] with PI/2, covering [-PI/2, PI/2].
+        const scale = Math.PI / 2;
+
+        alpha = alpha + gyro.z * dt;
+        beta = bias * (beta + gyro.x * dt) + (1.0 - bias) * (accl.x * scale / norm);
+        gamma = bias * (gamma + gyro.y * dt) + (1.0 - bias) * (accl.y * -scale / norm);
+
+        // Do something with Euler angles (alpha, beta, gamma).
+    };
+
+    accl.start();
+    gyro.start();
+};