There might be. There was a delivery delay on Proto-Advantage's Netduino Pluses and I think they cautiously listed a few fewer Netduino Pluses for sale than they were allocated. They ship to both Canada and the United States. I would write them and ask if they have any left. If they do, it'll just be a few--but that's your best bet.

I think MakerSHED pretty much sold all of theirs at MakerFaire NY over the weekend.

Chris

(I wish there was a crying icon). I would have bought from Proto if I'd known Maker was going to sell them on their site. The Plus would have been perfect for the presentation I'm doing end of October.

I'll call Proto and see if they happen to have any left in stock... Maybe I can scrounge on up that way.

@Chris - you mentioned in your other post that the Plus's sold out over the weekend... will MakerShed be selling any on their website? Or are folks who didn't attend the MakerFaire out of luck on buying one in the US?

Still nothing on Makershed...

All sold out now.

Wow...

But... still no US vendor.

You guys should have emailed the forum members on these first. We are the most active on the project and have the most to contribute.

I almost made the trip to NY Maker Faire. It was still an 8 hour drive for me.

About the same for me... but I had plans already, and couldn't get away.

I'm still trying to hunt down a Netduino Plus w/out paying a fortune in shipping...

Try Proto-Advantage in canada (is nearer to you ) they said will ship starting 28 (tomorrow). It is marked in stock

Good luck!

Yup... just placed an order. MakerShed never replied back to me... so Proto-Advantage it is!

I'm a complete .Net guy and I'd love to dedicate my free time to contribute to this, but given that it's $90 just to have it shipped from down under I'll have to keep on using the Arduino already in my hands.

Beta or not, any ETA on having more available in the US?

Thanks.

For the plus? I haven't even seen one available yet in the US. Hopefully the add them soon!

Hi ThreadAbort,

I posted a message on Wednesday to try to give 48 hours notice to the community members (so they could get first priority). We didn't want people to feel like we were spamming them by sending them an e-mail--but perhaps we should create an opt-in list for these sorts of things?

Last Wednesday's post

Thank you for your contributions and your enthusiasm. Did you give Proto-Advantage a call to see if there were any extras in their allocation batch?

Chris

Proto Advantage has them "on backorder" and have 12 available starting tomorrow (I ordered one). Hopefully nobody beats me to it...

I tried contacting MakerShed, but got no response yet... so went with Proto.

The shield from Seeeduino works (as stated above)... I finally figured out how to make the LCD work too... http://forums.netdui...-seeeduino-lcd/

I'm glad that some of you found my library useful, and posted about your results:
http://forums.netdui...-seeeduino-lcd/

I was thinking to put it on CodePlex so that we can keep a better track of all code changes and extensions. What do you think?

Should I keep the name MicroLiquidCrystal for the project?

When I did mine... I actually changed the name of a few things... for unknown reasons (not sure why I did)...

I think the name works... Micro Framework - Micro Liquid Crystal library...

As a first step to get going how about a traditional server that Netduinos could start checking into? I thought the idea of a Google map overlay showing where all the Netduinos are was brilliant!

Once we have that working,we could then try using a Netduino as a server. Sort of crawl before you walk before you run....

I like that idea... something that would do a mashup of Google or Bing maps... and your Netduino.

In theory, yes. But some PCs have auto-detect and will swap the RX/TX if you use teh "wrong" cable.

Yeah... my router will do that too... rather handy.

I must have missed my tracking #. Could you resend it? ;-)

Me too!

I think I'll hold off just a bit before buying my 2nd Netduino too. I'm supposed to give a talk in October for our local .NET user group... I wanted 2 Netduinos (easier to showcase different projects that way)...

Still not yet available with Makershed... I want to know how much... I'm doing a talk to the local .NET user group in October... and I need a 2nd Netduino... I'd like to get one of these new ones, to show them both off.

Oooh... now I wonder if I can find one of those toys on eBay!

Anyone have a link or details of the book?

+1

I've thought about writing a book on the Netduino myself... but I'd probably do better with a "electronics whiz" partner. Someone who knows the EE theory well.

I'm a software guy, dabbling in hardware.

In the meantime, you may want to reflash with the regular Netduino firmware

Have you tried the re-flashing bit? I had this error happen a few times... reflashed (technically, I upgraded to the newest "approved" firmware, and the errors went away. Been working fine since then.

You guys are great... something is reported and it's fixed in a week or so.

Well, the Netduino hasn't been around as long... but it's off to a good start. The majority of the Arduino shields and components are compatible with the Netduino... and if you can read C# code, you can usually read the Arduino code, and port it to C#. That being said... I have never used an Arduino... I just started into the Netduino myself. I'm a programmer by trade (mostly .NET stuff) and the fact that I can finally use C# is great.

Thats good work will test it with a couple different ultrasonics I have laying around.

I have 2 as well... maybe I should try "talking" to them?

You may want to post a link to this in the "Project Showcase" forum, Eric (and including it in the "compatible shields and accessories" sticky post. Congrats on getting it up and running!

Chris

Thanks Chris... I posted it in the Project Showcase. I think it's already in the Compatible Shield thread... if not, I'll post it there...

Sounds like a good starter kit for me then, but the speed of that other one does sound nice. For $70 (chassis plus motor shield)... hmmm....

This looks interesting...



4WD Arduino Compatible Mobile Platform

From Makershed. Includes the Chassis, wheels and motors. I may have to get one with my next order...

I have the same LCD as mentioned by Derek... anyone had any luck getting this to work yet?

If I connect to the 2nd bus on the shield, and use the following code... I get the LCD to blank... but that's it.

//Setup the ports
      OutputPort LCD_RS = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_D10, false);
      OutputPort LCD_RW = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_D11, false);
      OutputPort LCD_E = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_D12, false);    //enable

      OutputPort LCD_D4 = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_D13, false);
      OutputPort LCD_D5 = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_A0, false);
      OutputPort LCD_D6 = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_A1, false);
      OutputPort LCD_D7 = new OutputPort(Pins.GPIO_PIN_A2, false);


      LCD_RS.Write(false);
      //Send 0x28, function set: 4 bits, 1 line, 5x8 dots
      LCD_D7.Write(false); // 0
      LCD_D6.Write(false); // 0
      LCD_D5.Write(true); // 1
      LCD_D4.Write(false); // 0


      LCD_E.Write(true);
      LCD_E.Write(false);


      Thread.Sleep(50);
      LCD_D7.Write(true); // 1
      LCD_D6.Write(false); // 0
      LCD_D5.Write(false); // 0
      LCD_D4.Write(false); // 0

      LCD_E.Write(true);
      LCD_E.Write(false);

      //Send 0x0C 0000 1100// display control: turn display on, cursor off, no blinking
      Thread.Sleep(50);
      LCD_D7.Write(false); //0
      LCD_D6.Write(false); //0
      LCD_D5.Write(false); //0
      LCD_D4.Write(false); //0

      LCD_E.Write(true);
      LCD_E.Write(false);

      Thread.Sleep(50);
      LCD_D7.Write(true); //1
      LCD_D6.Write(true); //1
      LCD_D5.Write(false); //0
      LCD_D4.Write(false); //0

      LCD_E.Write(true);
      LCD_E.Write(false);