http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/embedded/ At long last the curtain opens on what I’ve been working on over the last year.

Woohoo! V4.0 is out with community code. This is a major step forward for the .NET Micro Framework! I’m hoping to dive into core details in this blog in the future. (I know I’ve been silent here for  a while, more like an eternity in the blogosphere...

The .NET Micro Framework V4.0 has gone into public beta. Congrats to the team for all the hard work getting this done with reduced resources and an uphill legal battle on the source code release! .NET Micro Framework : .NET Micro Framework 4.0 Goes to...

The .NET V4.0 Beta is coming to a PC near you. Sign up on Microsoft Connect to get your copy when it becomes available!n Lot’s of great new features and SOURCE CODE in this release!

In case you hadn’t noticed or seen it. The .NET Micro Framework Porting Kit V3.0 is now freely available on MS downloads. This isn’t a new version, it’s the same one we released in 3Q08. It’s just a free download now. Work is progressing on the next version...

As many readers know (Wait, is there really more than one?) by now my position on the .NET Micro framework team was eliminated. I was given 60 days to find a job within Microsoft before termination and severance kicked in on July 4th. Last week I started...

Please see Colin’s post for official word on rumors about the demise of .NET Micro Framework. (Hint: he’s NOT dead Jim!) http://blogs.msdn.com/netmfteam/archive/2009/05/07/net-mf-moves-to-developer-division.aspx

In our last episode the super hero (ok it was just me) was creating a device emulator for a KIOSK system based on the .NET Micro Framework. So far we’ve seen the application code from the custom emulator side of things but haven’t looked at any of the...

GHI has released updated firmware for the Embedded Master module. New features include: Version 1.0.7 04/29/2009 Firmware Version 03.00.000 Tiny Booter Version 03.00.000 > Includes .Net Micro Framework V3.0 Service Pack 1 > TinyBooter is defaulted...

Yesterday the .NET MF team announced that the .NET Micro Framework will be available in the MSDN subscriptions starting with the OS level subscription. This is great news as MSDN is already available in many distribution outlets world wide. With the recent...

Part IV? already… this is starting to get like one of those scary movies series of the late 70’s and early 80’s… or Star Trek movies… (Hopefully the even numbered and the odd numbered posts are good!) So far I’ve covered the code from the viewpoint of...

Device Solutions just released new Tahoe II firmware and an updated SDK . In the documentation is a section on the new Meridian/P module. (No info available on their website yet though) This is looking really cool! The direct support for SchmartBoard...

I've updated the interop article to correct a few typos and reformat to fit in this blog. (unfortunately when we re-worked the layout of the team blog site the article didn't quite fit right so I adjusted it a bit and am now hosting the full article on...

Last night, we released Service Pack 1 for the .NET Micro Framework Porting Kit. This release was created expressly to respond to the needs of our customers, incorporating requests submitted to us from our porting customers. The service pack contains...

OK, so I promised we’d look at the emulator engine in this post. The design idea for the emulator places all of the device specific configuration of the emulation in code. This is in contrast to the default “generic” Microsoft Emulator that ships with...

OK, this time we’ll get to some code. (and a new blog theme style that makes fitting code a lot easier!) In previous posts I’ve outlined the concepts involved with links to more detailed info on the general patterns etc… Now we’ll have a look at some...

So, you want to know more about building an emulator with WPF? Well, so did I. Of course the first question to ask when encountering something new is why bother? (E.g. What’s it going to do for me that the stuff I already have isn’t going to do?) Well...

The .NET Micro Framework SDK comes with a customizable emulator that allows extensions to the emulated hardware as well as the complete look and feel of the emulation experience. The sample emulator from the SDK and the emulator project templates all...

  Kevin Townsend has started up a new blog on using the .NET Micro Framework Porting Kit with GCC. Kevin and Stefan Schmidt are active in the newsgroups and blogging to contribute the overall community knowledge. Check them out and lend your own...

There's an update for the .NET Micro Framework Documentation available Download details: .NET MF 2/2009 Doc Update It contains documentation on some classes that were missing from the RTM release and other minor updates.

Yep that's what the road sign said.... Really - see for yourself ( Road signs warn of zombies ) Hackers got into a construction road sign and changed the display to show a "custom" message. I bet the sign's manufacturer is wishing they'd used...

I've just posted an article on using interop in .NET Micro Framework V3.0. Abstract The .NET Micro framework provides a rich level of support for embedded systems development from handling interrupts on GPIO pins to talking to hardware on an SPI or I...

After a difficult and challenging judging session the winners of round one were announced and are listed on the Dare To Dream Different Challenge web site. Congratulations to all of the winners! Go make some cool stuff!

There are only 6 more days to enter the Dare To Dream Different developer challenge! Get your entries in for a chance to win some great prizes and some serious bragging points at your local watering hole! See the official rules for full details.

You can now buy the .NET Micro Framework Porting Kit from the Microsoft Store . At this time the store only supports credit cards in the US or EU. Other regions will need to contact netmfbiz @ Microsoft.com to arrange an order.