Meadow b5.1 is live!

We have now shipped another full stack update for Meadow, meaning new Meadow.OS binaries, Meadow.CLI, NuGet packages and VS Extension updates. The major highlights for this release are: Full .NET Standard 2.1 – We moved all the projects over to .NET Standard 2.1. (Last release…

Update Meadow Apps from .NET Framework to .NET Standard

If you’re running beta 5.1 we released just now, after completing a full stack update from Meadow.OS to the VS Extension, you’ll also need to update your Meadow Application projects. In this post I’m going to show you how to do that. In beta…

Work on Meadow using Visual Studio Code

Hello Meadow developers, In this post, I want to show you how to use the Meadow Extension for Visual Studio Code. Installation Download the extension .vsix file from the latest GitHub release. Click File -> Preferences -> Extensions. In the Extensions tab , click the … menu and…

The Importance of Using Units… Or, how to not lose a spacecraft with Meadow

In late September, 1999, Nasa’s Mars Climate Orbiter prepared to enter a stable orbit around the Red Planet to serve as a comms relay for the 1998 Mars Polar Lander and monitor climate on the planet below.  Launched December the year before, the USD$125MM…

Meadow b5.0 is Here!

And it’s the biggest release we’ve ever put out, with a pile of new features and goodies, including: Bluetooth v1.0 – That’s right, BLE support is here. Check out the Bluetooth Guide for details. .NET Standard 2.1 API Support – Meadow now fully supports…

Meadow b4.6 is Out! HttpListener and more!

This is another huge release with some really tasty new goodies, including: HttpListener Support – You can now turn your Meadow into a web server with HttpServer. TextDisplayMenu – Meadow.Foundation now has a new library called TextDisplayMenu that allows for easy menu creation and…

Meadow just got SSL and 10x faster network.

Guess what? Today we shipped Meadow b4.5 and it’s a huge leap forward for our networking stack with two major pieces to it: TLS/SSL Support – So you can call your favorite `https` service endpoints. This should open up services like MQTT, Azure IoT,…

Meadow b4.3 is live right now!

Hello Makers, As you probably know by now, we rolled out a new beta with updates on Meadow.CLI, Meadow.OS, Meadow.Core and Meadow.Foundation, so be sure to flash your devices with our latest Deploy Meadow.OS instructions and update all your NuGet packages to make sure…