.NET Micro Framework

2 weeks ago I talked about a new port from the newly formed Mountaineer Group.  Last week they were back.  They announced that they have created a new open source hardware platform on that port which is available for pre-order.  The platform...

Version 4.2 went to Beta a few days ago with an impressive assortment of contributions from the community.  One contribution stands out for its scope and ambition.  That contribution is the PKStudio contributed by Alexandr Surkov and Igor Kiselev...

Today, we have posted the Beta bits for the NETMF version 4.2 release to CodePlex.

There are some great additional features beyond what we announced for the 4.2 Alpha release (cryptographic primitives, PWM, FTP,…). These include:

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We are glad to announce today the RTM of the .NET Micro Framework version 4.2.  You can download the SDK and PK as well as the all sources from our Codeplex project , client_v4_2 branch, at change number 13620 .   (We will be distributing...

Embedded development has historically been a distinct skillset from development for the desktop, servers, and web. While the same programming models and tools can be used in desktop, server, web, and even cloud applications, embedded software development...

The Version 4.1 release of the .NET Micro Framework is now available at the Microsoft Download Center (link).  This release has been in public beta for some time and we expect it to be very stable.  It is available at the Microsoft Download...

Psst, hey buddy, if you promise to keep this to yourself, I'll tell you what we're working on for .NET Micro Framework v3. We think you're gonna really like it. Jonathan Kagle just finished his presentation this morning at Tech-Ed in Orlando where...

There are actually two betas going on. One for the SDK and one for the Porting Kit. If you aren't familiar with the product, the SDK is all you need to try out creating managed applications. There is an emulator that will let you see how the Micro Framework...

Today, Nov 16 th , 2009, I have a number of exciting things to share: Version 4.0, Open Source, the new Community Development Model, and how to get at all this stuff which is all still free. First , we are launching version 4.0 of the .NET Micro Framework...

Tony Pitman from Shatalmic is posting today as a guest contributor. He used the Emulator Temperature sample as a base to write this hardware guide for attaching a SPI temperature sensor to either a iMXS or a Tahoe dev board. Building a Thermostat...

Background The typical Micro Framework Presentation application will have at least two threads. The first thread, which is explicitly created by the developer, usually handles I/O to one or more hardware peripherals. The second thread, created and...

We are glad to announce today the RTM of the .NET Micro Framework version 4.3. You can download the SDK and PK as well as the source from our Codeplex project , client_v4_3 branch, at change number 27523 . Version 4.3 of the .NET Micro Framework Porting...

I started this article with the objective of providing a more up to date discussion of thread priorities. I thought first that I should cover a little about threads just in case. If you are already conversant in threads, jump ahead to the Thread Priorities...

In this latest release of the .NET Micro Framework we have tried to acknowledge some of the great contributions from the community and we will continue to do that.  In addition, there are great contributions happening at our partner’s sites. ...

I am taking a little break from the Bicycle Computer – I have three articles on that in draft but none finished.   While that series is intended to show that you can do serious embedded applications with .NET, this one is intended to show that...

As you may know, when a new board is announced, I try to find a good project for it.  I have to tell you that this goal is keeping me pretty busy.  This one I had to finish at the request of the Channel 9 team for PDC – that is a breathalyzer...

This weekend, Microsoft attended Maker Faire in New York and UbiComp in Copenhagen to demonstrate a really cool technology that has been developed and used by Microsoft Research in Cambridge England.  It is a rapid prototyping system built on the...

Over the last 7 months, we have shown the .NET Gadgeteer to a number of internal and external parties. The response is almost always the same – where can I get one?

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Some of our earliest partners from SJJ Embedded Micro Solutions - Sean Liming and John Malin - have written a book on the latest versions of NETMF.  The book is targeted at the professional audience, hence the name - “Professional's Guide To .NET...

There is a lot of interest in the Cortex M series platforms these days.  One reason that these are interesting for very small devices like .NET Micro Framework is that they use a new instruction set – Thumb2 – that is more compact than the one used...

After the last blog on Threads and Thread Priorities , readers asked for a continuation on Thread Communication and Synchronization. Before I jump in, I have to reiterate that concurrency is a complex issue. I won’t try to compete with the technical...

This is our first post-Open Source release and includes our first fixes and features contributed by the community. In addition, there are a number of enhancements done by the NETMF team here at Microsoft and there are new processors available from a new...

This is the 8th in a series of articles demonstrating how someone with modest .NET programming capabilities can now write applications for embedded devices using the .NET Micro Framework and Visual Studio.  To jump to the initial article, click here...

Following the move of the .NET Micro Framework team to the Developer Division of Microsoft we are planning on involving the community in the future definition and development of the product by allowing access to the source code of the runtime and object...

I need to correct a recent announcement of the demise of the Micro Framework. There are changes taking place on the team but they are all for the good. First, the product is moving into the Developer Division (Server and Tools). This is a great fit...