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[embarus]

Hello everyone I wonder if I want to plug some Arduino Sheild with Netduino and the example code show only C code. How can I start writing C# driver since I can not find any article for getting start with creating driver for Netduino. Please could you give me some suggestion, resource, simple code or example to create simple driver for C#. Maybe example for https://www.sparkfun.com/products/255 driver. Thank you.

[Stefan]

A piece of hardware, like that LCD, has a datasheet explaining how it should be driven. Most hardware uses protocols like I²C, SPI, UART, Onewire, etc. A driver is just a class in C# that communicates with the right pins and the right protocol. I wrote a lot of drivers myself, open source. For the display; please check out http://netmftoolbox....ware.Hd44780Lcd If you download the whole package, you can see how drivers can be written.

[embarus]

Hi Stefan. Thank you very much for fast reply. Your suggestion is very useful. I just only understand how to connect external device with protocol provided (I²C, SPI, UART, Onewire etc) and get device spec from data sheet.

[Nico]

Hi embarous,

If you want to keep things as easy as possible, I'd humbly suggest to switch to a Serial Enabled 16.x LCD. You'll only need to write a driver that internally just deals with UART and the most important thing: avoid using lots of IO...