README.md

Resources

See the following resources to get started.

.NET Core

• .NET Core Documentation
• Install .NET Core on Raspberry Pi
• .NET Core ARM64 Status
• .NET Core Docker Samples
• How to Prepare a Publish Profile

System.Device.* APIs

• Device Bindings - Includes a collection of APIs representing a range of sensors, displays and human interface devices based on System.Device.* APIs.
• DevicesApiTester CLI - Helpful utility, based on System.Device.* APIs, that include various commands for testing connected development boards and external hardware.

Design Reviews

• .NET Design Reviews: GPIO (10/2/2018)
• .NET Design Reviews: GPIO (10/19/2018)
• .NET Design Reviews: GPIO (11/2/2018)

Interface Knowledge Base

General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)

• GPIO Wiki
• Digital I/O Fundamentals

Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)

• I2C Wiki
• I2C Tutorial

Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

• SPI Wiki
• SPI Tutorial

Development Boards

NOTE: It has been verified that .NET Core will work on the following development boards. However, there has only been limited testing so far. It is recommended you experiment with the Raspberry Pi 3 and HummingBoard for now.

Raspberry Pi

General

• Raspberry Pi Website
• Raspberry Pi GitHub Website
• Raspberry Pi Wiki
• Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout
• Raspberry Pi GPIO Tutorial

How-Tos

• Enable SPI on Raspberry Pi
• Enable I2C on Raspberry Pi
• Enable Headless Raspberry Pi
• Docker Access to Raspberry Pi GPIO Pins
• Design a Raspberry Pi Hat in 10 Minutes

Products

• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

HummingBoard

General

• SolidRun Website
• SolidRun GitHub Website

Products

• HummingBoard

BeagleBoard

General

• BeagleBoard Website
• BeagleBoard GitHub Website
• BeagleBoard Wiki

How-Tos

• Example of .NET Core on a BBB

Products

• BeagleBone Black (BBB)
• BeagleBone Green (BBG)

Pine64

General

• Pine64 Website

Products

• PINE A64-LTS

Maker Resources

Prototyping

How-Tos

• Blinking LED Blog Post by Scott Hanselman
• Collin's Lab: Breadboards & Perfboards
• How to Use a Breadboard

Software

• Autodesk EAGLE PCB Designing Software
• FreeCAD
• Fritzing
• KiCad EDA

Social

• Hackaday.io
• hackster.io
• instructables

Vendors

• Adafruit
• CanaKit
• Digikey
• Jameco Electronics
• Sparkfun Electronics
• SunFounder