Markus, Looks great, I will give it a try once I get the NP2 updated. Thanks, Chuck

I am working on loading this on my N2+.

namespace NeonMika.Webserver
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface between NeonMika.Webserver and the executing programm
    /// Use this class to work with your pins
    /// </summary>
    static public class PinManagement
    {
        //Standard output ports
        static private OutputPort Digital0 = new OutputPort(SecretLabs.NETMF.Hardware.NetduinoPlus.Pins.GPIO_PIN_D0, false);

Mercer,

I think part if not all of the problem may be the use of "SecretLabs.NETMF.Hardware.NetduinoPlus". Under 4.2.1 you should use "SecretLabs.NETMF.Hardware.Netduino" it now handles several of the boards.

Chuck

Dave, Great video, but who was the female spectral image that walked past the Netduino Plus 2? Was she from the past or future? Chuck

Chris, NP2 looks great, now I have to wait until Saturday for my new boards. I hate waiting can't you get that teleporter to work? Thank those at the Lab for all of the hard work, keep warm. Chuck

I just got my Netduino Plus 2 today, but sadly will not have a chance to use it until later this evening. To commemorate this joyous occasion, I did get a chance to put together a video of my unboxing.

Check it out here:
Netduino Plus 2 Unboxing

Cheers,
Steve

Good video,

But mine came in a Classy Blue Netduino Small Box, inside a nice white box.

Chuck

Markus,

 

On the generation 1 boards (except mini) you uses a small gold colored square just inboard of the D0 header for erasing the board. Use a jumper from 3.3 vdc and touch the square for about a 1/2 second.

 

Then reflash.

 

The generation 2 boards are erased with STDFU Tester.

 

Chuck

 

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Hmmm, same AlfredBr. I'm afraid we may have to wait for the soon to be released new SDK. Man, could this day go any slower!!! I think my clock must be broken. Perhaps from me staring at it all night.

Steve

Multiple day light savings time, just keep setting the clock back each hour

Andi,

There is a fix listed for the Nwazet Display and DAQ at Display Code Update

Chuck

Chris and Elfs, Great job, Looks like I might have something other than coal under the Christmas tree this year. Have a great time at the Makers Faire. Then get back to work, please. Chuck

I see no reason why your products should hold back a release of any firmware, even for a single minute, either you adapt afterwards or to please your customers you seek influence so that you have access in the development cycle in a time frame so it's possible for you to adapt before the release.

Ulrik,

This one I agree with you 100%. I wanted to write something when I saw the earlier post but couldn't find the right words.

Thanks,
Chuck

What I *REALLY* would love:
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Anyone wish it too?

U291bmRzIGdvb2QsIGJ1dCBmYXR0ZW5pbmcuIFNob3VsZCBhZGQgc29tZSBwZXBwZXJvbmkgb3Igc2F1c2FnZS4=

Chuck

SSBkZW55IGFsbCBrbm93bGVkZ2UuIEkgZG9uJ3Qga25vdyBhIHRoaW5nLg==

U3RlZmFuLCBTcGlsbCB0aGUgYmVhbnMsIEkgYW0gc2VhcmNoaW5nIHlvdXR1YmUgbm93Lg==

Chuck

Arbiter, One possible source that you may have over looked is old cell phones. I was looking for a 2gb micro when I realized a had a couple of old cell phones that had SD cards still in them (AT&T Samsung dumb phone). If you don't have any old phone some phone stores recycle the old phones and may give you a SD card. Chuck

The LCD works so great with the backpack, I am loving it already.

Giuliano,

Glad to see that you got it working. I still have not gotten the equipment from that I ordered from Adafruit 8 days ago. I think that the Post Office ate it. I was going to try and help with the code.

Are you going to post the code to drive the LCD? It would help others.

Chuck

Thanks for the info, I am ordering the 498. Yes, the class would be helpful, I apreciate that.

Giuliano,

You adding a display to the sprinkler system?

I have the 498 and it works very well with Stefan's NetMF Toolbox, it took about 30 minutes to solder all of the pins and headers but you should not have any problems (.1" between connections). Plus you only use a few IOs.

Chuck

I've followed the instructions of the blog provided but cannot get the LCD to work, all I get is a Red LCD as soon as I plug it in to the power.

My wiring is as follows:

CLK going to D13, DAT going to D12, LAT going to D10, 5V to 5V on the Netduino and GND to GND on the Netduino.

Mike,

I have a backpack and LCD coming, may take a few days to get here. I currently have only the Adafruit RGB Negative LCD Shield and it seems to work correctly using Stefan's NETMF Toolbox sample program.

But from looking at the wiring and the pinout card for the Netduino, you are not connected properly for SPI. The SPI pins are D11, D12 & D13 not D10, D12 & D13. Netduino Plus Pinouts

I assume that you have worked through the Adafruit tutorial? LCD Backpack Tutorial

Also to work through the code I will likely need to know what you are importing / references. If you have Dropbox or simular it may be easier to post the code there or email it to me.

I will at it some more after supper, but need the backpack first.

Chuck

Mike,

I think I told you wrong, and I think your connections are right.

On the Arduino and Netduino:

• D10 is the chip select and must be low to write to the LCD backpack(not shown on Pinout but any DIO set to false should work. Connect to Lat(Latch) on LCD backpack
• D11 is MOSI Master Output Slave Input (from Arduino or Netduino to LCD) connect to DAT (Data In)
• D12 is Master Input Slave Output (not used on LCD backpack).
• D13 is Clock tells slave to recieve data. Connect to CLK (Clock) on LCD

Try setting D10 to false.

Chuck

Hi Chuck,

N+ Tech Specs:
Digital pins 11-13: SPI MOSI, MISO, SPCK

Thanks for anwering, I did follow the tutorial referenced to me here in one of the links but maybe it is for an old Netduino and not for the Netduino Plus as they are using D10 as you pointed out, so I am going to try with D11 instead of D10 as suggested.

So, Stefan's NETMF Toolbox works with the LCD itself, right, not with the backpack?

I'll put the code in dropbox or skydrive and send you the link to it.

Thanks

It works with the LCD shield. But I think that if you get the SPI correct that it may work, or at least help get you started.

Chuck

Steve, Great job as usual. I was wondering if you were going to take one of the many hints. But I think that you may have been a little to fast. You could have waited a few more days, then explained that if Chris had sent you a pre-release Neduino Plus 2 you could have had the pinout ready on release day. That way you could have the new products before everyone, except maybe Stefan. Thanks, Chuck

ROFL

See Chuck, that's why I need to hire you as my manager. You always have the greatest ideas

BTW, did you get your NP2 this Saturday?

Yes, they were waiting patiently for me to get home on Sunday (had to go to Boca Raton on Saturday). Started playing with the last night.
Chuck

damn, I was to press the (+) on that topic, but slid the mouse, and hit the (-), and cannot undo it

Thanks for the links!

Asbjorn,

You gave the moderator a negative rating!!!

Good Luck,
Chuck

Good thing Stefan was watching out for you.

While I don't pretend to know the cause of the delay or lack of communication I have to give Chris the benifit of doubt. Sometime people tend to have a short memory. If you look back through the posts on this forum and look at the timestamp on the post that Chris has made you will find that they are posted at all times of the day. He has spent considerable time helping some of us. What ever the reason for the delay it has not been that long. The firmware made it out with some features not working. They may have been able to get some of the problems fixed and release the update last weekend only to discover new problems. I have to think that the extra time will pay off in the long run with a better product. No matter the cause of the delay (personal, illness or just trying to get the fixes done) I think most of us should be able to find a little patience and wait a little longer. Chuck

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm using the SD/SC pins, I have also tried A4/5 with no success.

Attached is an image of my setup.


The device has pull-ups built in with 4.7k resistors. I'm using the Sparkfun SEN-10724 (https://www.sparkfun.../products/10724) The sensor works with my N+1 and Nmini (with the above mentioned code).

I will look at dave's code and see if that helps.

egeorgiou,

From the picture it looks like you have both the power and the ground plugged into the same row of the bread board, this will short out the power supply, please check your wiring?

Chuck

Hi Chuck,

the image isn't very clear, the lines are not connected together. That wouldn't be clever and I would have picked that up. The same board is moved to the N+1 and it works fine with the originally reference i2c code.

After the post I looked at the picture on a larger screen instead of a tablet and could see it was connected properly. Just didn't want you to smoke the board.

Chuck