I’ve just recieved today my first gadgeteer package in which it has : a cerberus mainboard, a enc28 ethernet module and a usb host module (+ power module !)
i’m triying my first gadgeteer app in VS.NET 2010 (i’ve installed succesfully the GHI NETMF v4.2 and .NET Gadgeteer Package (11-29-2012) package)
i’ve never plugged the physical hardware yet and i start my first gadgeteer app in VS.NET.
When i try to drag and drop the ENC28 module from the toolbox to the designer surface, i encounter an error (“a required library could not be found”)
Exactly the same for the usb-host module !
i’ve check my purchase order and it’s clearly indicated on the cerberus product page that this mainboard supports usb host and Ethernet through enc28 module…
1.Ethernet is supported with the ENC28 module. Please use the correct firmware
2.USB Host is not implemente on Cerb* firmware yet but the H socket is available on the board
So how to developp a project without the designer ? (design of the hardware and wiring between modules is not mandatory to have a project running ??)
about usb host, i’m sorry, but it’s stated on the mainboard web page that USB Host is present !! i’ve checked many times this page, reading carefully the types of sockets, etc and it’s never written it’s not available !!
i’ve spend USD 366.06$ on hardware modules and now i’m hearing i have a wrong mainboard ! i’m really disappointed.
i’m asking GHI for a commercial gesture or at least a refund for the 2 mainboards i’ve bought and that are not suitables for my needs…
i’ve started at the different product pages and look and compare what it’s written about the mainboards (i’ve seen ther is no usb-host in the hydra, but there is on the cerberus and Spider…)
look for yourself the mainboard page. at the bottom, ther is a link to this page : GHI Electronics – Where Hardware Meets Software and in that page, nothing says that ther is no usb host support (cf Pin Map, Socket 1, pins 4 and 5) !
Ethernet works fine, it’s already in the firmware, so you don’t need to place it with the designer. Just plug it into socket 6 (and be sure you have installed the Ethernet firmware as described in the Wiki). USB-Host is still missing - but this is an Open Source project, so the support isn’t as perfect as with premium products.
One more question (perhaps to make me cry again !) : about the OneWire support in the cerberus, is there any “hidden” problem ?? (or is-it fully implemented ?)
