Tuesday, January 17, 2012

NetduinoPlus and WindowPhone7 in the Hack-a-Room Supply List


NetduinoPlus and Windows Phone 7 in the Hack-a-Room Supply List
Here is a list of items to bring:
·         Netduino Plus – www.Amazon.com/ www.SecretLabs.com
       Gadgeteer/ FEZ Spider/ FEZ Ultimate Kit - http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/category/265/
             Kinect with cable - www.Amazon.com/ www.Microsoft.com

·         LCD Module for Arduino 20x4, White on Blue –www. Amazon.com/ www.Hacktronics.com

·         Getting Started With Arduino book parts plus pack - www.Amazon.com/ www. NKCElectronics.com

·         Wall Adapter Power Supply - 9VDC 650mA - www.Amazon.com/ www.NKCElectronics.com

·         Micro-Size Potentiometer 10k-Ohm – www.RadioShack.com

·         Ethernet Cable Cables  - 10 feet or more to connect to the NetduinoPlus - www.Amazon.com/ www.CablesToGo.com

·         1GB Red USB2.0 Flash Drive Swivel Design (or any flash drive) - www. Amazon.com/ www.CrazyCart.com

·         Excellent book – Getting Started with the Internet of Things: Connecting Sensors and Microcontrollers to the Cloud, by Cuno Pfister. 

Download the following to your laptop:
Windows Phone 7 SDK
Netduino SDK
Kinect SDK
Gadgeteer SDK

Instructions for the downloads:



Windows Phone 7 SDK



1.       If a pre-release version of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (Beta or RC) is installed on the machine, please uninstall it before installing this product.

2.       Click on the vm_web2.exe file in the download section above. This will start the installation of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and install necessary components on your computer.

Kinect SDK



1.       Make sure the Kinect device is not plugged in to the USB port on your computer.

2.       If you installed any previous Kinect for Windows SDK, uninstall it first. Similarly, you must remove any other drivers for the Kinect device.

3.       Close Visual Studio.
Note: You must close Visual Studio before installing the SDK and then restart it after installation to pick up the KINECTSDK_DIR environment variables that the SDK requires.

4.       From the download location for the SDK Beta package, double-click the link for your Windows installation: 32-bit or 64-bit.

5.       Once the SDK has completed installing successfully, ensure your Kinect device is plugged in to an external power source then plug the Kinect into the PC’s USB port. The drivers will load automatically. Your Kinect should now be working correctly.

6.       To run the samples, ensure that the DirectX and Speech prerequisites are installed. They are listed in the previous section.

Netduino PLUS


Download in this order:


Gadgeteer SDK


If you haven’t already downloaded these from the above steps then download:
Visual C# 2010 Express ; .NET Micro Framework 4.1 SDK
 The next step is to install the support software for your mainboard and modules.  This is a handy site for these -

GHI Electronics: NETMF and Gadgeteer SDK and supporting documentation are located at http://www.tinyclr.com/support/

GHI NETMF v4.1 and .NET Gadgeteer Package (Jan. 6, 2012) - This installs all the necessary SDKs and components for gadgeteer.