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[Dixon]

Hi, Netduino specs says it has: Code Storage: 128 KB ● RAM: 60 KB but the minimun specs for .net micro framework are Minimum of 256KB RAM and 512K Flash/ROM (http://msdn.microsof...mework/bb278106). How is it possible it to work?

[Chris Walker]

Hi Dixon, The Netduino's microcontroller has 512KB of flash and 128KB of RAM. The 128KB of flash and 60KB of RAM is the amount of space remaining for your Netduino app. BTW, welcome to the Netduino community. Chris

[Dixon]

Hi Chris, Thank you, I'm very excited with the Netduino, even though I'm looking forward to have a Netduino Plus Yesterday I was looking for more documentation on the .NET MF arquitecture and Netduino SDK, and found the page I posted the link that says the minimun specs for .NET MF is 256KB of RAM, where it seems the Netduino is only requiring 68KB of RAM for operating. Is it because it only load a part of the .NET MF? or am I missing something? Regards, Dixon

[Chris Walker]

Yesterday I was looking for more documentation on the .NET MF arquitecture and Netduino SDK, and found the page I posted the link that says the minimun specs for .NET MF is 256KB of RAM, where it seems the Netduino is only requiring 68KB of RAM for operating. Is it because it only load a part of the .NET MF? or am I missing something?

Some features, such as WPF for .NET Micro Framework, aren't included on Netduino. This enables lower flash and RAM usage. There is no need for an in-RAM memory buffer, for instance.

Technically, you can run .NET Micro Framework on a chip with just 256KB of Flash and 64KB of RAM (like the SAM7S256 chip)...but that leaves very, very little resources for your app.

Chris

[Dixon]

WPF is available on .NET MF? Wow!!! I'm impressed. I don't find too much documentation on .NET MF but seems to be very interesting. I did a HelloWorld for Netduino in just 10 mins, able to comunicate trough the serial port, responding to interrupts, and using multiple threads. It's very very easy! I'm curious how do you configure/know what parts of .NET MF are included in the build for Netduino and what doesn't. Where can I find more documentation/info?

[Mario Vernari]

WPF is available on .NET MF? Wow!!! I'm impressed.

Don't impress too much: the MF supports something that someone called "WPF" (hugely over-extimated). The real problem is the hardware having very few resources.
Cheers

[Mark H]

WPF in NetMF and WPF on the PC are vastly different, there is pretty much no similarity. The NetMF guys have not understood what WPF is all about and pretty much just created winforms.... Don't be too impressed.