Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0)
Pete Brown writes on a variety of topics from XAML with the Windows Runtime (WinRT), .NET programming using C#, WPF, Microcontroller programming with .NET Microframework, .NET Gadgeteer, Windows on Devices, and even plain old C, to raising two children in the suburbs of Maryland, woodworking, CNC and generally "making physical stuff". Oh, and Pete loves retro technology, especially Commodore (C64 and C128). If the content interests you, please subscribe using the subscription link to the right of every page.
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GHI-FEZ
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At several recent events (VSLive Redmond, thatConference, the
Heartland Developer Conference and more), I've had a neat little
.NET Micro Framework robot with me. The remote control for the
robot is a Windows 8 tablet running a simple Modern UI/Windows
Store app I wrote in C#/XAML. The example shows both how you can
use C# skills to build robots, and also how flexible the new
Windows St...
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The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to
makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino,
AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics
Studio, Electronics, General Maker stuff, and more. If you have
something interesting you've done or have run across, or you blog
regularly on the topics included here, please send me the URL and
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Published
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
Tagged:
.NET, Commodore, c64, Netduino, Micro+Framework, Electronics, Gadgeteer, GHI-FEZ, MakerRoundup, Maker |
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The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to
makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino,
AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics
Studio, Electronics, General Maker stuff, and more. If you have
something interesting you've done or have run across, or you blog
regularly on the topics included here, please send me the URL and
...
Published
Saturday, April 21, 2012 |
Tagged:
.NET, CNC, Commodore, Synthesizer, c64, Netduino, Electronics, Gadgeteer, GHI-FEZ, 3d-Printing, MakerRoundup, Maker, Arduino |
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I just received a bunch of packages from both Secret Labs and
GHI Electronics. The Secret labs packages contained their brand new
Netduino GO. The GHI package contained the FEZ Cerebus Starter kit
I ordered.
This post looks at the new Netduino GO and briefly compares it
to the .NET Gadgeteer (Cerebus and others). I also build a couple
simple example applications using the Netduino GO ...
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At the South Florida Code Camp last week, I presented the ".NET
Micro Framework and .NET Gadgeteer". The primary demo was the
Gadgeteer diaper monitor, but I also showed off hardware, wired
some LEDs to the Netduino etc.
PowerPoint Slides
Attached to this post
Demos and Code
The .NET Gadgeteer Diaper Alarm Part 1 (Moisture Sensor)
Building a .NET Gadgeteer Comp...
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G. Andrew Duthie and I recently gave a fun and informal .NET
Gadgeteer-focused talk at the CMAP Code Camp here in Maryland.
Unlike most sessions we give, this one was actually recorded (by a
couple people even) so there are some videos of the talk on
YouTube. I've put them all together in a single
playlist, or you can watch the inidividual parts:
Part 1
.NET
Micro Framework ...
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So, I got to thinking (with the help of some friends) about the
current sourcing capabilities of the pins on the Gadgeteer main
board. Modern microprocessors generally aren't set up to be able to
provide much current to things like LEDs. I saw a fair bit of
that with the results I was getting with the scanner.
So, what about wiring in reverse?
LEDs can be wired in two differen...
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I love electronic sounds. My bin of SID chips and my
waiting-to-be-built MFOS sound lab ultimate boards all attest to
that.
But what can you do in a relatively small amount of space with a
Gadgeteer and a Piezo speaker? Maybe it's not even sound
generation, maybe you can use the piezo for something else? You can use
them as speakers as well as microphones and sensors. In fact, I
beli...
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This past weekend, I made a trip to NYC with my son, primarily
to attend Maker Faire 2011 NYC. This was my first time at a real
maker faire, and my first time at the Hall of Science in New York
City. The Maker Faire is a family-friendly event. IMHO, that means
school-age, as the under 5 set will get bored and tired fairly
quickly.
The Maker Faire covered the gamut of things th...
Published
Monday, September 19, 2011 |
Tagged:
.NET, CNC, Micro+Framework, Robotics, Electronics, Kinect, Gadgeteer, GHI-FEZ, Make, Robotics-Studio, 3d-Printing |
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We released RC2 of the
.NET Micro Framework 4.2 on CodePlex yesterday. The .NET Micro
Framework as an Apache-licensed open source project run by Colin
Miller's team in the Developer Division at Microsoft.
One thing that separates the .NET Micro Framework from some of
the other open source projects we have going on is that it actively
solicits submissions, and incorporates them int...
