NETMF

For //build/ 2012, we wanted to showcase what Windows 8 can offer developers.  There are a lot of projects showing off great things like contracts and Live Tiles, but we wanted to show off some of the lesser known features.  This project focuses on one of those: stereoscopic 3D with…

In this article, we give a detailed look into the external lighting system of Project Detroit, the Microsoft-West Coast Custom Mustang creation. If you're not already familiar with this project, you can find more information here. OverviewThe external lighting system for Project Detroit is run on a…

Commercial LED cubes have been around for a while now and can be quite large and capable of some interesting displays. This project is on a smaller scale and goes through the steps required to build a Netduino Mini-controlled 512 LED cube (8 x 8 x 8). Clearly, the Mini does not have 512 pins and so…

Harford Hackerspace wanted to make our own Tron Identity Disc using the Netduino, allowing us to quickly load different versions of code to change the disc's functionality.   David Powell, Gary W. Cygiel, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Paul King, Jason McMahon present a simple lightshow in this…

The .NET Micro Framework (NETMF) team has a great example of using low cost, embedded computing to improve their biking experience. All the source code can be found at http://netmfbikecomputer.codeplex.com/ and just a reminder, the NETMF is 100% open source as well! Introduction Getting the…

There is a new .NET Micro Framework board that is 100% open source now.  The netduino from Secret Labs can leverage the arduino shields!  Their projects page, http://www.netduino.com/projects/, has a few projects like how to get a blinking LED to work and read data from a color sensor…