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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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!
After the previous two articles describing the SPI and I2C buses and their use with the .Net Micro Framework, it is now finally time to see a practical application with my latest project available on CodePlex : uNFC – NFC library for .Net platforms ! Introduction : software and hardware support This library allows to use NFC integrated circuit connected to your PC (via serial) or to embedded system based on Windows Embedded Compact or .Net Micro Framework. It supports all three types of .Net Framework : .Net Framework 4.0 for PC based on Windows 7 / 8 or embedded systems based on Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard; .Net Compact Framework 3.5 / 3.9 for embedded systems based on Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Windows Embedded Compact 2013; .Net Micro Framework 4.2 and 4.3 for embedded systems like Netduino boards and .Net Gadgeteed boards; The library supports NXP PN532 chip but it also defines a little framework so that y ...
It’s well known that Microsoft made a very clear choice regarding the use of a DBMS within embedded products, from smartphones (Windows Phone) to tablets (Surface WinRT) via the devices based on Windows Embedded Compact 2013; this choice has a precise name and it is SQLite ! From WEC7 to WEC2013 : SQL Server Compact removed ! As far as Windows Embedded Compact, the change was made from version 7 to 2013, even removing the "SQL Server Compact" feature within Platform Builder Catalog Items (in the "Core" features related to the SYSGEN_SQLCOMPACT variable) through which it was easy to add support for this DBMS into the operating system image. Also, in the official MSDN documentation of .Net Compact Framework 3.9 it is described the removal of SQL Server Compact support within the framework itself and the use of SQLite is reported as a possible "workaround". At this point, we just have to accept the choice made by Microsoft and explore how you can use SQLite in our embedded systems. SQLite : nati ...
New release for my M2Mqtt library, MQTT client available for any platform based on .Net Framework (from the desktop to the micro via the compact), now at version 2.4.0.0 and as always is available on CodePlex and Nuget. Bug Fix : message identifier no longer cross-broker This time the update contains, among other things, an important bug fixes on the message identifier generation for PUBLISH, SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE messages provided by the MQTT protocol. In previous versions, the generation of this identifier was encapsulated in the base class of the hierarchy of messages, the MqttMsgBase, highlighting the anomaly of a message identifier increasing cross-broker, which was used the same variable (static) for the generation also if the client was instantiated multiple times in our application to connect to multiple different brokers. Obviously, the protocol provides that the identifier is bound to the client-broker pair, namely that it is unique for each connection to the broker. .Net Compact Framework 3 ...
This time again with great pleasure, my M2Mqtt library (MQTT client for all versions of the. Net Framework) is mentioned in the "fardware friday post" on the blog Coding4Fun on Channel9 at the following link !
The post highlights the main latest features, support for security through SSL / TLS protocol and event management asynchronously. It is also highlighted my demo on the use of the MQTT client with 2lemetry platform.
The satisfaction is double in knowing that my work is attracting a lot of interest and that the library is increasingly being used. Obviously, this leads me to improve it and in fact approaching many surprises and improvements!
Now you can find numerous online platforms that offer the service of "device to the cloud," in order to acquire data from remote devices, save and expose them to other devices: one of these is 2lemetry. It provides a RESTful interface over HTTP and an MQTT interface that we are going to use with the M2Mqtt client library. First you need to register online : At the end of the registration, you can log in to your account page and view some information, including the most important one is the "domain", which will be the root of all topics on which we are going to publish or receive messages via MQTT. At this point we can move immediately to develop a simple application by choosing between all platforms supported by the M2Mqtt library (.NET Framework, .Net Compact Framework or. Net Micro Framework). In a real case, we use the Netduino Plus board with a temperature sensor (usually the TMP102 already widely used in previous posts and where the driver can be found in uPLibrary) to send the data collected onlin ...
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