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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:21 PM

Device Solutions v3.0 Firmware Available Now

Device Solutions is the first to release RTM firmware bits for V3.0! Only hours after the official launch announcement at ESC Boston Device Solutions announced the release of the RTM firmware for the TAHOE hardware platform (including a release supporting
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:40 PM

3...2...1... Launch!

.NET Micro Framework V3.0 launched today at the Embedded Systems Conference In Boston! (Woohooo! - Can I sleep now?) (Sadly, I wasn't able to attend the event as planned due to an illness.) If you are in the area check us out at the Microsoft booth if
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:53 AM

All aboard! Next stop - ESC Boston/PDC LA!

Maker Faire is packed up and finished. Several boxes and palettes went home while the rest were sent off to the west coast for PDC and the rest went to Boston for the Embedded Systems Conference. We've got only a little bit of time left to polish off
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:34 PM

How do you make the wind blow indoors?

So if you want to have a demo that uses an anemometer to measure wind speeds - how do you make it work indoors where there is no wind? This is a problem that John Leier (Technical Product Manager for the .NET Micro Framework) and Jim Mateer (Program Manager
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:12 PM

Whoohoo! Microsoft gets "Editors Choice" award at Maker Faire

Congratulations to the teams from the .NET Micro Framework and Microsoft Robotics Studio!
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:09 PM

Everybody run, the marketing guy's got a soldering gun!

Here at Maker Faire the excitement is all around making stuff. So we set up a section of the booth to create some simple, blinky lights samples. The attendees loved to watch someone putting things together and it provided a great opportunity to talk about
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:11 PM

One day into Maker Faire and we have existential dilemmas

Well one day at Maker Faire is passed, and it was a long day, we arrived for setup around 8am he event opened at 10am and ran through until 10pm! It was a long day but the attendees are a whole lot of fun loving creative people that keep things entertaining!
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:52 PM

Am I in whosville?

So, there I was getting things ready at the Microsoft booth for Maker Faire, which has a reputation for some rather unique and quirky stuff. But I wasn't expecting to be transported to a Dr. Seuss story when this instrument rolled on by....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:25 PM

How many trips to the electronics store does it take to make a Jack O' lantern?

How many trips to the electronic store does it take to make a Jack O' Lantern? Well it turns out a lot more than we thought! John Leier (Technical Product Manager for the .NET MF) and I took on the task of making up some Jack O' Lantern for the Microsoft
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Friday, October 10, 2008 7:19 PM

Contest tools and SDKs

The Dare to Dream Different contest is connected to the launch of version 3.0 of the .NET Micro Framework. V3.0 is scheduled to be released later this month. Currently a release candidate of the V3.0 SDK (with emulator) is available for download from
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:07 PM

Dare To Dream Different Challenge

Today the .NET  Micro Framework team announced a developer contest for the .NET Micro Framework. Check it out to learn how you could win part of the prizes worth around $100,000!! Dare To Dream Different Challenge
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:22 AM

.NET Micro Framework V3.0 RC0 Now Available!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! .NET Micro Framework team posts Release Candidate 0 of the SDK on connect site . Yes, ladies and gentlemen, and anyone else reading this that doesn't fit one of those categories. (Is there anybody reading this? If I write
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 4:56 PM

Interfacing LCD with 3 wires from .NET Micro Framework

The ever clever Pavel Bansky has created a new sample of using Alpha numeric LCD displays with the .NET Micro Framework using only 3 GPIO pins in the process! Check it out! Interfacing LCD with 3 wires from .NET Micro Framework | Pavel Bansky
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