CrossUp

Hi, yesterday i tried to update my netduino2 firmware, i got to point where i erased existing firmware an just before i managed to upload the new one windows updates restarted my computer. After restart i pluged my netduino back to computer the blue and white leds were on but windows didnt show any devices in device manager and nothing shows up in netduinoUpdate or sdfu, are there anything i could do to finish update or get the old one back?

Update!

 

After a bit of research I found that I was using arduino built-in library "SoftwareSerial" which provided me with a couple of functions and all I had to do was make the actual connection. So I have encountered new problem. Every topic on this forum about Xbee connection to Netduino is by using API mode so libraries available out there comes with a bunch of unnecessary code which could affect execution time of data processing. My idea is to continuously send a data form a pc (Xbee + explorer) to my Netduino in order to control actuators connected to it so its kind of a data stream. Considering all I came to the point where AT mode and SPI is the best I could think of. If there is some guide-lines of how could I program Netduino 2 library myself please let me know (I don't want to reinvent a bicycle as well). (these) functions would be all I need.

Hi CrossUp,

The Netduino 4.2 SDK requires an earlier version of Visual Studio. Grab the Netduino 4.3 SDK for VS2013 ("experimental") and you should be good to go.

Welcome to the Netduino community,

Chris

Thanks for advice, I already got 2012 version of VS and now everything works just great.

Or if you're motivated, you can write your own. The specs for the radios are pretty straightforward. I spent the time to write my own library - I didn't know about the existing libraries when I started. In retrospect, using a library would have allowed me to move forward faster but I ended up with a much more efficient stack for the extra effort. Best of luck with whichever path you choose!

 

Hi, I would like to do exactly the same thing as you did. I have made some small projects using Arduino Uno MCU and setting up XBee radio module is very easy. I used MCU as end-device so all AT commands i had to set up together with main code. There were 7 functions to establish communication, to other XBEE (coordinator) + explorer which was set up by XCTU. When the time went by I decided to do something more serious so I bought Netduino 2. Since I still had my Xbees' I wanted to establish radio communication between them using SPI but I couldn't find any good tips on how to make that connection using Netduino 2 and Xbee. Then i found Gbee and Grommet and I was surprised on the huge amount of files they have. Is it possible to what I did with my Arduino reasonably??

 

I am new to C# language and as long as i can fit the code in couple of hundred of lines to establish communication (including AT parameters) I want to go for it.

Hi I am using MS visual studio 2013 and I have a problem with setting up Netduino framework. I installed micro fw (http://visualstudiog...f1-e8cb6e10f239) according to instructions above as well as netduino sdk (http://www.netduino....bit_NETMF42.exe) but entering VS i can not see that fw and sdk. What are other options?