In the previous post we saw how to sign an assembly (my M2Mqtt library) to include it directly into the Windows Embedded Compact 2013 operating system image and register it into the GAC (Global Assembly Cache). During this post, we will see how it is possible to make a component for the Platform Builder catalog items through which include our library into the image in a very simple way. How to create a component ? The available solutions When we build an Windows Embedded Compact 2013 operating system image for a target device, there is often the need to add our custom component (an application, a library or any other type of file) to the image itself, without using the Platform Builder catalog items because this component is proprietary and it isn’t in the catalog itself. Unfortunately, in many cases, the simplest solution but also less "elegant" is to copy the files to include in the folder of our OSDesign (operating system solution) and change the corresponding BIB file to set inclusion int ...

Read the rest of entry »

Topics:

• Windows Embedded Compact 2013 Updates
• Configuring Compact 2013 Virtual CEPC for Compact 2013
• HVCaptureCOM (on Codeplex): Configuring and accessing VM COM ports
• CELoader (On Codeplex): Launching a vCEPC directly from an nk.bin image file.
• VMs and Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Read the rest of entry »

With this post, I start a short tutorial on using a proprietary  library (developed by  us with .NET Compact Framework 3.9) on Windows Embedded Compact 2013, from the signing of the assembly (for registration in the GAC) to a sample application project, through the realization of a component exposed by the Platform Builder (in catalog items) that we can include in the OS image trivially. I will cover : How to sign an assembly; Creating a component for catalog items in Platform Builder; Distribution and inclusion of the component in the OS image; Support for application debugging for the example that will use the component; Development of a sample application; I'll use my M2Mqtt (MQTT Client Library for. Net) project as a reference, assuming that it is the component that we want to include in the image, so that third parties can develop an application that uses it having already onboard on a target device wit ...

Read the rest of entry »

Now Non Beta, have finished testing

• ARMV7 as well x86
  • Have had running on ARM and x86
• ADO.NET
• Projects configured as OS Subprojects
  Add to OS project via Catalog.
• Full Source in zip file.
  Also in SOURCE CODE (can get via TFS)

Read the rest of entry »

Topics

• Hyper-V Networking
  • About
  • Virtual Network Switch
  • VM Network Adapter

Read the rest of entry »

Topics

• Exploiting Hyper-V for Windows Embedded Compact 2013 Development
• Connecting to a Development VM
• About Sysprep
• Enabling Hyper-V
• My Development System

Read the rest of entry »

My M2Mqtt open source library has finally come to version 3.0 with two important news ! In the first place, the operations of publish, subscribe and unsubscribe have become completely asynchronous. Until the previous version , the corresponding methods were synchronous even if the library raised related events on published message and subscription / unsubscription occurred. In particular , in the Publish() method the exchange of messages with the broker was run  to ensure the required QoS ( PUBACK for QoS 1 , PUBREC , PUBREL and PUBCOMP for QoS2 ) while in the Subscribe() and Unsubscribe() methods handled the acknowledge ( SUBACK and UNSUBACK ). Now , these methods not bother to put a message in a queue and immediately return the message id itself , which is why there is a "breaking change" on the Subscribe() method that does not return the array with the "granted" QoS level. This array is still provided at the end of the asynchronous operation in the event args object of the corresponding event. I tal ...

Read the rest of entry »

On Saturday 15th of February was staged the second edition of Microsoft Embedded Conference which was held at the Holiday Inn in Naples and organized by the DotNetCampania community (I am a member of it), TinyCLR.it and Embedded101, this community that is a reference on Windows Embedded of which, I’m a "board of directors" member since November 2013. Also this year there was a good turnout of attendees even though it was Saturday, because the main topic was the Internet of Things and M2M Communication of which we hear persistently in the last period as the business of the future for the big network. At 8:00, the team was ready for the preparations and organization in order to accommodate very well the attendees and ensure that the event will start on time. As with all events, we started with the keynote of our president Michele Aponte, who presented the community and to whom I have given ...

Read the rest of entry »

This time Creg Duncan had to give more than usual explanations to justify the very first constant presence on the Coding4Fun blog!

“Today's Hardware Friday post is another project from our Friend of the Blog, Paolo Patierno (yeah, yeah, I know, it seems like I'm posting his stuff all the time, but hey, it's cool stuff) !”

I'm glad that my "small" open source projects had quite successful and this is the time of uNFC library that implements support for the NXP PN532 NFC chip for all Windows Embedded platforms (from. NET Micro Framework to Windows Embedded 8 passing Windows Embedded Compact).

About this library ... tomorrow it will be featured at the Microsoft Embedded Conference in Naples in a demo on Smart Home & Smart Factory System!

As always .... it is a pleasure to be there!

This year at the second edition of Microsoft Embedded Conference in Naples (on 15 February), the Netduino board will be present in a demo on Smart Home and Smart Factory systems based on MQTT protocol as an example of Internet of Things project. The same board is also protagonist of the book “Netduino Home Automation Projects” written by Matt Cavanagh and published by Packt Publishing. This editor will be “Contributor” sponsor and it gave us two printed copies of the book for two lucky attendees !

I hope that you will be there !!!