SideShow News: New Device SDK for .NET Micro Framework v1.4

GavinGear — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:00:00 GMT

The SideShow team has been working on a new firmware SDK release for .NET Micro Framework device platforms for quite a while now. Well, that release has been released to the web, you can download it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b877c01d-e80e-4f30-9df9-3a46ec519704&DisplayLang=en

Some highlights from this SideShow release:

- Support for Bluetooth connected SideShow devices (works with new PC driver to be released shortly)

- A new portrait QVGA UI

- A new SideShow simulator

- Enhanced debugging

Some highlights from the .NET Micro Framework 2.0 SP1 release:

- Code signing for firmware

- TFConvert – can convert TrueType fonts into bitmaps

- Tools for OEM/ODM deployment solutions

It will be exciting to see new SideShow devices based on this firmware SDK!

Later,

Gavin

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SideShow News: New Device SDK for .NET Micro Framework v1.4