Windows 10 IoT Core & Arduino partnership updates

By on November 7, 2015
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After the partnership between Microsoft and Arduino announced on Build 2015 conference, here are the latest updates on what the Windows 10 giant is releasing to support Arduino:

You can now get the Windows Insider Preview of Windows 10 IoT core with the next four technology investments as part of our Arduino partnership:

  1. Windows 10 IoT Core Universal Windows Platform (UWP) support for Arduino Wiring
  2. Windows 10 IoT Core Universal Windows Platform support for direct memory mapped UWP Providers
  3. Windows Store availability of the Windows Virtual Shields Application
  4. Windows Store availability of the Windows Remote Arduino Experience Application

Arduino Wiring

We want to make it easy for you to use existing Arduino Wiring Sketches, libraries, and hardware with Windows 10 IoT Core Universal Windows Apps (UWA) on a Raspberry Pi 2 or other supported board. By creating a new Visual Studio template, supporting NuGet Packages, and platform improvements we’re making it easier than ever to build on Windows 10 IoT Core.

Simply drag-and-drop (or cut-and-paste) your favorite and readily-available Arduino Wiring INO and library files into Visual Studio, connect your hardware over GPIO, SPI, I2C, ADC or PWM to your Raspberry Pi 2 or other supported Windows 10 IoT Core device, and run your code. Visual Studio and Windows will do all the heavy lifting to create a UWA and deploy it on your behalf, and you can also leverage the power of Visual Studio with Windows to debug your Arduino Wiring code.

With Arduino Wiring being supported as an extension to the Universal Windows Platform, you can even create a UWA that combines Arduino Wiring, C# and XAML. This enables you to build great projects with mixed mode programming like the plotter near the end of this video. Try out Arduino Wiring here.

Windows Virtual Shields for Arduino Application

This technology lets you leverage sensors and actuators on your Windows 10 device from an Arduino over USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth. For example, you can access your Windows 10 Phone accelerometer or your Windows 10 Desktop Screen from an Arduino over WiFi.

Windows Remote Arduino Experience

This technology lets you develop on your Windows 10 device and access the physical world via an Arduino over USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth. For example, you can program in C# on your Windows 10 Phone and drive a servo connected on your Arduino over Bluetooth.

Source: Building Apps for Windows

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