Meadow b5.3 w/ SQLite and more!
Meadow b5.3 is out, and it’s our most stable and complete release yet. We spent a lot of effort fixing issues introduced in b5.1/b5.2, and also added SQLite support to Meadow! Big changes and fixes include: SQLite Support – SQLite is now built into Meadow.OS…
Meadow b5.2 is live!
This is a small release that mainly focuses on cleanup of Meadow.Foundation, and fixing Bluetooth (which we broke in b5.1): BLE Fix – We broke the Bluetooth stack (among other small things) in b5.1 due to issues with our CI release pipeline. Most of the…
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…
Hack Kit Series: Closer look at Capacitive Soil Moisture sensors
Hello Makers, In this post we’re going over the Capacitive Soil Moisture sensor included in the Hack Kit. Capacitive Moisture Sensor is a soil moisture sensor based on capacitance changes. When the humidity of the soil rises, the value of the output decreases; conversely,…
ICYMI: Check out Bryan and Jorge’s presentation on CodingAfterWork show
Hello friends, In case you missed the Meadow presentation at CodingAfterWork Twitch stream, you can check the recorded session right away. Jimmy and Jessica Engstrom interviews Bryan about IoT and Jorge shows a great Meadow project that gathers weather data from the public web…
