.NET Gadgeteer Update with G. Andrew Duthie
Carl and Richard talk to G. Andrew Duthie about his work with .NET Gadgeteer. The whole concept of .NET Gadgeteer is to make it easy to build small electronic devices without needing to solder anything together AND be able to program in .NET! Andrew talks about his projects, including a hand-controlled helicopter, and his experience building custom modules for .NET Gadgeteer. The conversation explores a bunch of projects, availability of hardware and the vast array of community built hardware available. You need to try this!
Guests:
G. Andrew Duthie
G. Andrew Duthie, aka devhammer, is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft's Mid-Atlantic States district, where he provides support and education for developers working with the Microsoft development platform. In addition to his work with Microsoft, Andrew is the author of several books on ASP.NET and web development, and has spoken at numerous industry conferences from VSLive! and ASP.NET Connections, to Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) and Tech-Ed. Andrew has been participating in the user group community since way back in 1997, when one of his co-workers dragged him out to the Internet Developers User Group in Tyson's Corner, VA, and he's been hooked ever since. Andrew is also the creator and developer of Community Megaphone, a site designed for promoting and finding developer community events. In addition to his work in software development, Andrew has enjoyed some recent forays into the world of hardware experimentation, including developing for Kinect and .NET Gadgeteer, using his newly-formed hardware chops to do everything from blinking LEDs and making strange noises, to flying a helicopter with his bare hands. Andrew can be reached through his blog at http://devhammer.net/. You can also follow Andrew on twitter where he goes by the handle, naturally, of Devhammer.
Links:
- .NET Gadgeteer Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnSoeyIndWo
- Andrew's Blog http://devhammer.net/
- .NET Gadgeteer http://www.netmf.com/gadgeteer/
- Fez Panda https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/135
- Netduino http://netduino.com/
- Pete Brown's Blog http://10rem.net/blog
- BASIC Stamp http://www.hobbyengineering.com/H1152.html
- FEZ Cerbuino Bee https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/351
- Love Electronics http://www.loveelectronics.co.uk/
- Mountaineer Group http://www.mountaineer.org/
- Andrew's Vimeo on RGB LED Strips http://vimeo.com/44536912
- LilyPad http://arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardLilyPad