Question:

What is needed in order to create my own application to control and/or acquire digital data using Photon?

Answer:

The SDK enables camera control using one of several programming languages, including VB6, VB.net, C#, and C++ (MFC). Code examples are included to help illustrate how some of the camera control functions can be used.

The Photon OEM GUI (refer to http://www.flir.com/cvs/cores/resources/software/) is an example of an application created using the Photon SDK.