Chris Hammond · Chris Hammond
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Playing with Netduino and the .NET Micro Framework
Discover how easy it is to get started with Netduino by following these steps. Install Visual Studio, SDKs, create a project, and add code effortlessly.
I’m playing around with the Netduino a little bit tonight. I ordered a couple of months ago from Amazon, and haven’t had the time/energy to do anything with it until tonight.
That finally changed though, I was shocked how easy it was to get going with it. Basically here were the steps to get started: (I followed the instructions and steps from https://netduino.com/downloads/)
- Install Visual Studio 2010 (that was already done due to my DotNetNuke work)
- Install the .Net Micro Framework SDK V4.1
- Install the Netduino SDK
- Create a Visual Studio Project (Micro Framework/Arduino Project)
- Add a couple of lines of code (found in the Getting Started Guide)
It was pretty darn easy.
I grabbed an LED from my collection of electronic stuff (all of which hasn’t been used yet!) and hooked it up as well, I was quickly able to turn it on or off as well (the getting started tutorial shows you how to turn on/off the onboard LED).
I’m looking forward to doing more with the Netduino over the next few months, though I still think I need to come up with a good project that I need it for, something that it solves a problem for, I’ve got a few ideas in terms of how I might use it in the Project 350z, but we’ll see, that may be a bit far off.
