A library that provides an API that uses some of the API of the other
library, but implements some features differently.

The Arduino library API is sufficiently narrow that it can be
implemented on other hardware than AVR, in a relatively short order.

An example I'm familiar with is the Teensyduino library which has an
Arduino API but uses an ARM implementation underneath, on Teensy-3.0,
-3.1, and -LC.

Possible other examples:
http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/press-release/microchip-announce=
s-arduino-co.html
http://circuitcellar.com/cc-blog/execute-open-source-arduino-code-in-a-pic-=
microcontroller-using-the-mplab-ide/
http://www.pinguino.cc/

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_%28computing%29

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:59:58AM -0400, John Ferrell wrote:
> Please define "shim" in this context.
>=20
> On 5/25/2015 6:23 PM, James Cameron wrote:
> > Most of that library can be used in any new platform if a shim is
> > prepared.
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