Is it possible to create a windows forms application that will program the Netduino Plus 2? If so how difficult of a task will it be? I want to be able to update the program on the netduino plus 2 and be able to upload the new program using a windows forms application, separate from Visual Studio.
Is it possible to create a windows forms application that will program the Netduino Plus 2?
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 06:45 PM
#2
Posted 17 January 2013 - 07:14 AM
Welcome to the forums.
As Chris mentioned in this post, you can create your own deployment application by integrating the MFDeployEngine into your own application.
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Mark
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#3
Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:07 PM
Nevyn provided you with good info. This was the way I was planning to go with my app. I wanted the Windows app to go out to a service, check for updates to the ND+2 and download the updates, the use an MFDeployEngine to update the application.
While I haven't programmed that part yet (all still on paper) I have decided that I may go a different way and have the application update some dynamically loaded DLLs on the SD Card instead and have the core of the ND+2 software running off the SD Card. In my instance the ND+2 is a black box to the user and they won't access the SD Card directly so I have no worries about them deleting the DLLs by accident.
Just some food for thought.
#4
Posted 17 January 2013 - 04:52 PM
Great, thanks guys. Dave: That is a great idea! I didn't realize that is possible. Does the ND+2 run slower doing it that way?
#5
Posted 17 January 2013 - 05:52 PM
Great, thanks guys. Dave: That is a great idea! I didn't realize that is possible. Does the ND+2 run slower doing it that way?
Once they are loaded in memory it runs as it always would. There just may be a delay starting up as it loads the DLLs.
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