Windows 10 IoT Core: Major Update and More

Microsoft announced that a new update to Windows 10 IoT Core is now available.

This release supports the new direct memory access bus driver that gives high performance access for GPIO. Additionally, this driver gives you the ability to use “Pin Muxing” rather than the default configuration.

Now have full support for the TX/RX pins on the Raspberry Pi2. Also included an in-box driver for the FTDI USB-to-serial chipset because many devices use that as the interface port for controlling them (for example, Home Automation Systems).

In this release, not only support the official Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi dongle, but also two Realtek Wi-Fi chipsets (RTL8188EU & RTL8192EU).

And it is easier to use existing Arduino Wiring Sketches, libraries, and hardware with Windows 10 IoT Core Universal Windows Apps (UWA). Simply drag-and-drop Arduino Wiring INO and/or library files into Visual Studio, connect hardware to a Windows 10 IoT Core device, and run the code. You'll also be able to mix your Arduino code with other UWA technologies like C# and XAML to get the best of both worlds.

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Intro to Development and Deploying Applications to Windows IoT Core on Raspberry Pi 2

In this video we will go over deploying apps through Visual Studio and the web portal running on port 8080 of the Raspberry Pi2,  In addition, we will look at code examples using XAML User Interface code in both C# and C++.
source: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/WinCoder/Intro-to-Development-and-Deploying-Applications-to-Windows-IoT-Core-on-Raspberry-Pi-2

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Related: Setup Windows 10 IoT Core on Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi 2

Setup Windows 10 IoT Core on Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi 2

This videos show how to:

• Install the Windows 10 IoT Core tools on Windows 10
• Flash Windows 10 IoT Core image on micro-SD
• Boot-up Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi 2
• Install Windows IoT Core Project Templates for Visual Studio 2015 

- Install the Windows 10 IoT Core tools on Windows 10


- Flash Windows 10 IoT Core image on micro-SD
* Advised use micro-SD of class 10, I tried class 4 but fail in boot-up.


- Boot-up Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi 2
* Advised to connect mouse also, to navigate in Windows 10 IoT Core/Raspberry Pi 2 windows.


reference: http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/win10/SetupRPI.htm

- Install Windows IoT Core Project Templates for Visual Studio 2015, Install Windows IoT Core Project Templates for Visual Studio 2015, directly from Visual Studio in the Extension and Updates dialog (Tools - Extensions and Updates - Online).


reference: http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/win10/SetupPCRPI.htm

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Related: Intro to Development and Deploying Applications to Windows IoT Core on Raspberry Pi 2

Windows 10 IoT Core Public Released and Home Automation Contest

Windows 10 IoT Core Team are excited to announce the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core! With this are bringing the capabilities of Windows 10 to boards like the Raspberry Pi 2. Learn more about this exciting new release in the blog post, "Hello, Windows 10 IoT Core". You can download it now for free to use in your projects.

To celebrate the release, the "Windows 10 IoT Core - Home Automation Contest" is announced in collaboration with http://www.hackster.io/. To participate, build a home automation solution that leverages the power of Windows 10 IoT Core running on Raspberry Pi 2. The two grand prizes are a trip to Maker Faire, New York for a winner from US and to Maker Faire, Rome for a winner from Europe to demo your projects to your fellow Makers. Other prizes include up to $2000 in gift certificates and a free Raspberry Pi 2 kit to the top 100 shortlisted projects!

* See ‘Challenge Rules’ on https://www.hackster.io/challenges/Windows10Automation for more details about the contest.