Maple Server now Supports Automatic UDP Broadcasts!
Hey folks! We added automatic User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcast support to Maple Server that makes discovering and connecting to your Netduino-powered connected things a breeze. UDP allows you to broadcast a name and IP of your Netduino on a local network, so that…
The Smartening of my Dehydrator – Part 1
In this blog series, I document the process of creating a smart appliance out of my dehydrator. Along the way, I’ll show you just how easy it is to create a sophisticated, connected appliance with Netduino.Foundation, which makes hardware development a plug-and-play experience. We’ll…
Announcing the C# IoT Contest with Hackster.io and Wilderness Labs!
Today, non-mobile connected devices outnumber mobile phones 4:1; in just a few years, connected things will outnumber mobile phones 10:1, with 75 billion connected devices predicted by 2025. Powered by microcontrollers and commodity hardware advancements, nearly all new products will be connected. We’ve partnered…
Announcing the Hardware Hackers meetup roadshow.
Hey folks, Bryan Costanich here; CEO and cofounder of Wilderness Labs, and I’m coming to a town near you! We’re kicking off a new connected things developer meetup group called Hardware Hackers, where we’ll be covering all things .Net hardware hacking. From prototype to…
Introducing TextDisplayMenu: Easy, Powerful LCD Menus with Netduino.Foundation.
When building connected things, the need to provide info to the user and allow interaction and input quickly surfaces. However, building display screens, menus, and providing a way to edit parameters, configure settings, etc, quickly becomes an enormous task. Enter Netduino.Foundation’s TextDisplayMenu: TextDisplayMenu is…
