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. A lot of things have been going on in my life...

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 Beta!!!

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!

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 XAML yet. So what is this XAML stuff anyway? XAML...

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 to USB > User can access Ethernet registers...

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 addition of the Windows Embedded Family of products...

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 a custom emulator using the additional support classes...

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 format makes it extremely easy to use for rapid prototyping...

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 this blog where it fits ok)

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 dozens of improvements spanning a broad range of functionality...

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 the SDK, which is configured by XML files. That’s...

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 actual code for a .NET Micro Framework device emulator...

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 in the case of WPF, it’s going to do a LOT. More...

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 use windows forms for the user interface. While Windows...

  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 experiences too!

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 a more secure protocol and mutual authentication...

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 2 C bus. Unfortunately, sometimes, that’s not...

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!