This article was written from my experiences of working with version 3 of the .Net Micro Framework. Version 4 is now out and promises much – to the best of my knowledge this article is still relevant, but is as yet untested. The Problem: So you’ve been working on the .Net Micro Framework for a while. Recently you’ve added a couple of new classes to your project, implemented some new functionality and now it doesn’t compile. Your code has no syntax errors yet when you attempt to compile you ... [Read more]

The .NET Micro Framework enables devices to be developed using the same managed C# language and Visual Studio tools we use for all our other projects. More details about the .NET Micro Framework can be found on the Microsoft site. At Dot Net Solutions, we have a strong belief in Agile development and XP programming. So when we started to develop for the .NET Micro Framework, we immediately looked for its support for unit testing. However, we discovered that there was no support available. No ... [Read more]

Here at Dot Net Solutions, we have been working on a project using the .NET Micro Framework for the past year. The .NET Micro Framework enables devices to be developed using the same managed C# language and Visual Studio tools we use for all our other projects. More details about the .NET Micro Framework can be found on the Microsoft site. Much of the development and initial testing was done against the Tahoe II board from Device Solutions. However, the target hardware was somewhat different ... [Read more]

About once a week Johan sends out a company tweet about cool stuff that people were working with on Friday afternoon. I was on the way back from holiday but I did see something interesting. Several months back I switched from a rival navigation system to a TomTom navigation system, and on Friday afternoon the TomTom asked me to make a U-Turn and showed exactly where to make the turn. With the previous system that would mean I’d missed a turning, but the TomTom is looking ahead for me. As I ... [Read more]