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#21 Chris Walker

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Posted 14 November 2012 - 09:44 AM

Hi Frederik,

So UAM still has a view available after they have received the next shipment.
Tho, They are still waiting the date on which they will receive the goods.

Do you have any idea whether this will be days, weeks or months ?

We'll be sending a shipment to UAM in the next few days. It'll take about a week to make it to them.

Btw, If I am correct the GO version is still "beta" where as the Plus 2 version is not, correct ?
Coz else, if they are both BETA I'd go for the GO version... If not i'd prefer to go for the non-beta one to start with.

Both Netduino Go and Netduino Plus 2 are production hardware and production software.

The Shield Base accessory for Netduino Go is production hardware with beta software.

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Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:23 PM

Ok, then maybe one more question since I am still not sure for which one to go. Will I be able to use the WiFly shield or ethernet connection when going for the GO? Or will this have to wait until a software update?

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Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:54 PM

Hi Frederik,

Will I be able to use the WiFly shield or ethernet connection when going for the GO?
Or will this have to wait until a software update?

Ethernet will be supported on Netduino Go soon using the Ethernet GoBus module, but not yet. You might be able to use the DFRobot Ethernet shield as well, but that's going to be pretty slow and you'll lose the ability System.Net.Http classes, etc.

WiFly will probably work fine, as long as the UART connection to Shield Base is quick enough to keep up.

Netduino Plus 2 might be the best option for your right now; you can always pick up a Netduino Go later and have the full family.

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Posted 16 November 2012 - 08:20 PM

I'm sorry to keep posting questions, but creating a new topic would be wrong I guess. Which jumping wires should I take to connect the netduino with breadbord ?? This might not be Netduindo related... M/M, F/M or F/F? And what extra parts are required to buy extra? Some power adapter? Breadbord? Some leds ? Or can I just focus on the parts of this starter kit/ http://www.pieterflo...?id_product=534

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Posted 16 November 2012 - 08:22 PM

I'm sorry to keep posting questions, but creating a new topic would be wrong I guess.

Which jumping wires should I take to connect the netduino with breadbord ?? This might not be Netduindo related...

M/M, F/M or F/F?

Frederick,

Male / Male.

As to the second question, the kit seems to have most of the parts, I did not see a power supply, the USB will provde 5vdc to the Netduino. If you want to use more power than the USB can provide then a 9vdc power supply (wall wart) can be added. Just make sure that the center of the barrel connector is positive.

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Edited by carb, 17 November 2012 - 11:37 AM.


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Posted 18 November 2012 - 01:24 PM

Thanks Carb, What I am also wondering... (sorry to keep asking questions in here, but I doubt creating a new topic would be better) When applying shields, you lose some I/O pins... - Can you still use a breadboard to prototype some things using the pins not used by the shield? - Can we combine shields? I guess this is hard to do, since it might be possible that both shields will use the same I/O ports... Thats not working then right ? - Are there any good lcd displays to prototype on a breadboard ? Since if I attach a wifi shield, I can not attach a LCD shield, or am I wrong here? Thanks

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 02:01 PM

Thanks Carb,

What I am also wondering... (sorry to keep asking questions in here, but I doubt creating a new topic would be better)

When applying shields, you lose some I/O pins...

- Can you still use a breadboard to prototype some things using the pins not used by the shield?
- Can we combine shields? I guess this is hard to do, since it might be possible that both shields will use the same I/O ports... Thats not working then right ?
- Are there any good lcd displays to prototype on a breadboard ? Since if I attach a wifi shield, I can not attach a LCD shield, or am I wrong here?

Thanks

Frederik,

You will lose some of the IOs depending on the shields being used. Outputs can be shared if they are needed by more than one shield for the same purpose i.e. an on/off signal. Inputs normally are not shared because each shield would provide signals back to the Netduino. Power and grounds can be shared assuming you don't overload the power supply. Pins used for communications can sometimes be shared i.e. I2C uses an Id code for each item that is on the channel.

IOs that are not being used can be used by a bread board.

Some shield can be stacked as long as the IOs and shield functions are compatable which each other.

Depending on the shields being used many allow configuration of the IOs to avoid conlict with the other shields that are being used. For example you may be able to select Com1 or Com2 for serial communications, this is often done with jumpers on the shield.

There are good LCD that can be breadboarded, But I would consider using an LCD shield with I2C or SPI control (uses fewer pins) or a LCD with SPI backpack. This macks the connections easier and there is code that will minimize your work. Check Adafruit.com for some ideas of what is available LCD shield or Serial LCD display

Adafruit has a lot of options and ideas, unfortunately most of the code is for Arduinos but that can be coded for C# or visual basic and has often already been done by others. They normally have good tutorials on how to use the products.

Also take a look at Stefan's Netmf Toolbox, he provides code in C# and Visual Basic, gives you sample codes, components needed and normally a circuit diagram on how to connect the items. Like this one Motor Control

I think I got most of the questions,
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Posted 20 November 2012 - 07:11 PM

Just ordered the Netduino Plus 2! Should be arriving in 3days! Thanks for all the info guys

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 12:17 AM

Just ordered the Netduino Plus 2! Should be arriving in 3days!

Thanks for all the info guys

Party at Frederik's home! ;)

Please let us know how you like it and what adventures you take it along on...

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 07:08 AM

Yep it's gonna be a hell of a party! The first adventure is already known. My girlfriend also bought a arduino. (sorry guys, she's not into .net :P) And for school she has 5 weeks to create a project. I guess prototyping will do. She's going to try to get a furby say all her tweets using a specific hashtag. Particular hashtags will make e.g. the ears move etc. It sounds incredible interesting but not sure if it is going to work, since it is hard to find some text-to-speech components in europe... We're hoping we can reuse some furby components! Since this looks pretty hard, I'll be helping her from the netduino side. So it will be: who'll be the first to finish it ? But offcourse we help eachother since at the end it's her school project :D

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 02:53 PM

Hi Frederik,

She's going to try to get a furby say all her tweets using a specific hashtag.

Thousands of engineers suddenly got jealous that you have a girlfriend who is hacking a Furby :)

That's awesome.

Chris

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:01 PM

Ye it will be cool, we both enjoy coding but never did something together! Will be cool to help each other out :-) And ye, it's kinda cool when you both enjoy that kind of things :D




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