FEZ HAT version of Connect the Dots lab

[_Peter]

@Pete Brown

I see that GHI still has their cellular radio module available. @ Gary, do you know if this is compatible with Windows 10 IoT Core and the Cream HAT? If so, that’s probably the way to go instead of using the FEZ HAT with the integrated sensors.
https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/322

Edit: I see it requires UART which means you probably can’t use it on IoT Core just yet, because we don’t have UART support.

Pete

According to build 10556 release notes rx/tx are supported on pi2. Unless these are not used for UART, it might well be worth a test to see if it works after the last insider build (10/15)

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

I haven’t found time to do any test yet, but I’ll definately try it with the xbees to see if it is working …

Even if this wouldn’t work, it is still doable using a small USB-Serial converter. That’s how I got my xbees to communicate with the serial example from github.

https://github.com/ms-iot/samples/tree/develop/SerialSample/CS

[Simon_from_Vilnius]

@mcalsyn

@ Simon from Vilnius - Ya think? It’s a lot of moving pieces and while not a steep learning curve, it is a lot of stuff to get one’s head around. That was one of the main motivations for the efforts around Verdant (which uses most of the same Azure pieces, under the covers). Not clear whether it will succeed or not - early signs are promising - and the effort is proving to be a helluva fun ride.

Yup, I open Azure portal and — bam! — it’s like 25 tabs staring at me! Why a Service Bus is a “Bus”? And why Event Hub is a “Hub”? And then it’s only storage, I need a data cruncher and visualizer Power BI, which is a completely different thing that took me 2 days to finally get in and I still don’t know how did it happen in the end.

So, I felt a lot like a poor secretary, following the guide line-by-line praying that there are no typos and mistakes in it

Obviously, Azure is a big thing needing big books to read…

[_Peter]

For those who want to capture the PI2’s HDMI via USB3 in full HD the AVerMedia ExtremeCap U3 does do a good job. In this case no seperate display required it’s all on you monitor … :dance:

[devhammer]

@.Peter.

For those who want to capture the PI2’s HDMI via USB3 in full HD the AVerMedia ExtremeCap U3 does do a good job. In this case no seperate display required it’s all on you monitor … :dance:

@ Pete Brown: Is this the same cap device that you got? Pretty pricey, but might be worth it if I start doing videos on IoT Core.

[_Peter]

@ devhammer - haven’t figured out how to use the mouse/keyboard of the capturing window to be treated as if they were the mouse/keyboard of the PI so I still have a seperate keyboard for the PI …

[devhammer]

@ .Peter. - Not too worried about that, as I already had to use a separate mouse/keyboard for the Pi2.