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[Stefan]

As some might know I wrote some hardware drivers and usefull classes for the Netduino in C#. Since 4.2 Netduino also supports Visual Basic and therefore I wrote samples for Visual Basic.

They can be found in my recently founded codeplex project: http://netmftoolbox.codeplex.com/

A small list of code samples available for Visual Basic at this time:
- 7-Segment counter: Counting from 0 to 9 with a 7-segment display and 74HC595 IC
- Basic Speaker: An easy way to drive a PC-speaker and output monophonic sounds
- BitBang Buzzer: When all PWM-pins are occupied and you want to add a buzzer, check this!
- Dangershield: Have got the shield? Here's a sample code for NETMF
- DFRobot Motorshield: A sample for the L298N and L293 DFRobot motorshields
- Joystick Shield: A sample for the famous joystick shield
- Matrix KeyPad: Using a matrix keypad
- Micro Serial Servo Controller: Using the pololu serial servo controller with a .NET Microcontroller
- Multiplexing GPIOs: Expanding the amount of GPIO ports by adding 74HC595 and/or 74HC165 IC's
- Rdm630 RFID Reader: Reading RFID tags with a Rdm630 breakout board
- RGB Led: Using 'HTML-like' hex-numbers to drive an RGB-led
- Sharp GP2Y0A02YK Proximity Sensor: A cheap sensor to measure distance, not very accurate
- SN754410 Motor Driver: Driving two DC motors using a H-bridge DC motordriver
- Thumb joystick: A simple piece of code for the popular Sparkfun Thumb Joystick
- TMP36 Temperature sensor: A temperature sensor in celcius, fahrenheit and kelvin

I shall keep maintaining this codeplex project and I will create VB-samples for every driver I add to the respository. Hopefully this will help the VB-community a bit.

Edited by Stefan, 27 September 2011 - 07:57 PM.
Added the last additions to this post as well ;-)

[Moskus]

Fantastic!

[RobinM_ZA]

Thank you, Stefan, for all your efforts.

[Moskus]

Yeah, you know you're in for a treat when a guru like Stefan uses VB.net!

[Stefan]

Just added a 7-Segment counter sample:
- 7-Segment counter: Counting from 0 to 9 with a 7-segment display and 74HC595 IC

[Stefan]

I'm not planning to update every sample I've added, but in the past few days, I added a couple, making it worth spamming this thread again I suppose

In the mean while I've also added the following samples:
- RGB Led: Using 'HTML-like' hex-numbers to drive an RGB-led
- Sharp GP2Y0A02YK Proximity Sensor: A cheap sensor to measure distance, not very accurate
- TMP36 Temperature sensor: A temperature sensor in celcius, fahrenheit and kelvin
- BitBang Buzzer: When all PWM-pins are occupied and you want to add a buzzer, check this!

[Pinto Novo]

Hello Stefan I'd like to thank you for all your help with netduino Visual Basic Dev. Thanks for all! Ricardo

[Stefan]

I haven't updated this topic for a while now, but I still maintain the toolbox and keep Visual Basic compatibility.
I just added a few more drivers, since the last update in this topic, the following drivers have been added:
- Auto-Repeat Button: A great way to handle buttons
- BlinkM Demo: A small demo for the BlinkM RGB LED module
- DS1307 RTC Module: Preserving time when powered off
- Rotary DIP Switch: Using binary rotary DIP switches
- Rotary Encoder: A plain rotary encoder
- Sound Module: Using the 4D Systems SOMO-14D sound module
- WiFly Socket: Creating sockets with a WiFly module
- Wii Nunchuk: Using the Nintendo Wii Nunchuk as controller for your device
- Networking-clients: SMTP_Client, HTTP_Client, POP3_Client, IRC_Client

[Moskus]

- Wii Nunchuk: Using the Nintendo Wii Nunchuk as controller for your device

That is just too cool! I don't know what I'll use it for, but I have to test that!

- Networking-clients: SMTP_Client, HTTP_Client, POP3_Client, IRC_Client

Excellent!