Windows Embedded software architect Mike Hall, already known for his own
Windows Embedded blog, writes of the new offering that it will be a "great place to ask technical questions and keep up to date with the latest news on embedded development using .NET MF." The .NET MF blog joins existing Microsoft blogs devoted to
Windows XP Embedded,
Windows CE, the
.NET Compact Framework, and
Windows Mobile.
The team's first post promises that "a number of developers, testers, and product managers from the .NET Micro Framework team will be posting here to make sure you get the latest information from a variety of perspectives. Occasionally MVPs and Microsoft employees in other groups will join in as well. You should generally expect a new post about once a week."
However, the team warns, the blog is not the best place to get immediate help with a problem. Instead, that can best be provided by the
newsgroup or
.NET MF MSDN site.
As its first offering, the blog begins by discussing an article written by MVP Raffaele Rialdi, in which he describes how he used .NET MF to develop a swim training application on his
Freescale i.MXS board. The application is said to include implementing timers for a stopwatch, button handling for user input, transferring data via a serial port, and an attractive user interface.
To access the article or find out more about the .NET MF blog, visit the site,
here.
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