Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer

Turn your flashes of creativity into first-rate gadgetsCovers Gadgeteer for Micro Framework 4.1 and 4.2Realize your inner innovator and rapidly build breathtaking electronic devices with Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer. By working through easy-to-follow, practical projects, you'll discover how to design, assemble, and prototype your own gadgets-all without ever lifting a soldering iron. Learn how to choose components, write Gadgeteer applications, connect your creations to the Web, and troubleshoot. Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer: Electronics Projects for Hobbyists and Inventors contains complete instructions for building your projects using money-saving mainboards and modules. Set up the development environment and tools on your PCUnderstand Gadgeteer mainboards, modules, and socketsLearn how the Micro Framework and Gadgeteer libraries workDownload and debug your applications from your PCLearn the principles of writing structured applications for embedded projectsInterface with SPI, I2C, and serial-based modulesWork with Gadgeteer interfaces for serial and storage devices, graphics, networking, and web-connected devicesDesign touch-sensitive graphic display gadgetsCreate web servers and web devices