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Eric Haskins
Eric Haskins

Reputation: 8605

What is the best .NET Micro Framework dev board, for under US$300?

I'm looking for a relativity cheap .NET Micro Framework development board for use on a personal robotics project. I'd don't need much for I/O, but I want at least one serial port and one Ethernet port.

I would prefer not to have to spend more than US$300 on the board, but if there is an obvious reason to get a better one I'm flexible.

Currently I'm looking at this device from SJJ Embedded Micro Solutions. Has anyone had experience with this device?

Upvotes: 16

Views: 10349

Answers (6)

unom
unom

Reputation: 11476

Netduino looks very cool. And only US$30.

The Plus version has Ethernet.

Upvotes: 18

csadam
csadam

Reputation: 51

FEZ has some now generics for sale from 29.00 USD + shipping.

Starting from a 74 MHz ARM development board with Arduino-compatible connectors + a lot more I/O.

  • It has open source firmware and fully supports the .NET micro framework as well as a JTAG connector to use for everything else.
  • Supports runtime debugging (breakpoints, variable inspection, stepping, etc.)
  • Uses Visual C# 2010 Express Edition for development.
  • Supports networking with Ethernet shield.

On the same site there is a more complex development board - FEZ Cobra - which has an onboard Ethernet connector for ~150 USD.

Upvotes: 5

cfeduke
cfeduke

Reputation: 23236

I have not had experience with the SJJ Embedded board, but I might just have to give it a shot.

I'm working on a robotics project as a hobby, and I'm currently prototyping with Lego Mindstorms and the Robotics SDK from Microsoft. I had planned on swapping to an Arduino which uses a C-like programming language and weighs in at around US$30 assembled.

Upvotes: 3

Ronny
Ronny

Reputation: 573

You should look into the GHI family of boards/devices. They start at $24.95 for the FEZ Panda and goes all the way to $399 for the ChipworkX development kit

http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog

They are also the first out with Gadgeteer HW

Upvotes: 2

makerofthings7
makerofthings7

Reputation: 61483

Soon, the Microsoft Gadgeteer will be produced.

See this link for more info: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/gadgeteer/default.aspx

Here is a Channel9 video that shows you how to use VS2010 to create an embedded application. It is due to release in Spring of 2011...

Upvotes: 1

Louis Davis
Louis Davis

Reputation: 784

Here are two different boards that I have been researching. Both of these are around $100.00 and are meant for the hobbyist. Neither of these boards has ethernet on the board, but is relatively easy to add by adding an external ethernet module

MeridianP
USBizi
USBizi TCP/IP and Ethernet support

Upvotes: 5

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