Support Files for the now discontinued Fez Cerebus Bee

NETMF & Gadgeteer
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Hi,

I just purchased a Fez Cerbuino Bee from Mouser and have sadly realized that it’s not really an active platform (apparently discontinued in favor of the FEZ Reaper).

Does anyone happen to know where I can download information about the Cerbuino bee board (schematics, getting started docs - does it come pre-flashed, if not where to find & how to flash latest firmware, what version of micro .net to use, etc, etc)…

The only link on the forum that mentions Fez Cerebus Bee documentation is dead:
( https://www.ghielectronics.com/docs/45/fez-cerbuino-bee-developer )

Thanks!

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[url]https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/351[/url]
Check the resources tab

3

Thanks, the board’s schematic was in the resource tab!

The developer’s guide however (https://www.ghielectronics.com/docs/46/fez-cerb-family-developers-guide ), doesn’t list any downloads or installs…

So I installed the following based on this (universal?) support : .NET Micro Framework – GHI Electronics

  1. VS Community 2013,
  2. MicroFrameworkSDK.MSI ,
  3. netmfvs2013.vsix,
  4. GadgeteerCore.msi
  5. GadgeteerBuilderTemplates.msi
  6. GHI Electronics NETMF SDK 2015 R1.exe.

But during #6, it stops abruptly and asks for NETMF_SDK.exe . See animated .gif http://imgur.com/K1C6OhD .

Not sure what I’m doing wrong, or if this set of files is correct for the Fez Cerbuino Bee. I’m installing on Win8 with Administrative rights.

Thanks!
Ben

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Hi,
Seems that you didn’t install NETMF 4.3 and Gadgeteer Core properly before you installed the GHI SDK

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Thanks, looks like it’s a common problem…
https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/forum/topic?id=19440

I tried downloading GHI Electronics NETMF SDK 2015 R1.exe a few more times, but checksum/hash never verified.

So then I tried downloading it directly to a one drive account using ctrlq.org (similar to ballloon , UploadtoDropbox, URL Droplet, sidecloudload, Cloud Save, etc), and then downloaded it from onedrive to my pc locally, and it worked!

Now it’s time to learn how to use the board! Hopefully the ‘.NET Gadgeteer for Beginners’ document and the ‘Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware’ will be enough to learn how to use the Fez Cerbuino so that I can try interfacing with a CC3100 shield. If not, is there any recommended .net microframework / gadgeteer book? Prefarably targeted to the Fez Cerbuino?

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Don’t be sad that you have bought a Cerbuino Bee, it’s my favourite board and you can adopt your programs to other boards easily.
A good source of Information is here:
https://www.ghielectronics.com/docs
Others worked with the CC3100 before:
https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/forum/topic?id=16276&page=1

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Thanks! it’s kinda sad that out of the box I see compilation warnings like,
‘warning CS0612: ‘GHIElectronics.Gadgeteer.FEZCerbuinoBee’ is obsolete’

and documentation to the same effect…
https://www.ghielectronics.com/downloads/man/Gadgeteer_Documentation_v4.3/html/N_GHIElectronics_Gadgeteer.htm

but I still think I can get plenty of learning from it so it’s all good!

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@ snoop911 - the community have requested we remove the warning and it will be removed in the sdk coming in few weeks.

The warning can be misinterpreted. Your FEZ is well supported and should serve you well for a long time. :slight_smile:

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@ RoSchmi - Thanks for the links, the CC3100 looks ideal.

Looking at the code, I can see it uses Socket 2,
(
using (var wifi = new WifiAdapter(“cc3100”, InterfaceProfile.CerbuinoBee_Socket2_CC3100)) )
InitAdapter(name, “COM2”, (Cpu.Pin)0x16, (Cpu.Pin)0x17, ExceptionOnStartFailure, log);
port = new SerialPort(comPort, 115200, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
port.Handshake = Handshake.RequestToSend;
)

But where are the rest of the pins on the photo defined in the code (ex., the CC3100’s nHIB & Reset signals)? I can see on the photo the RX/TX swap and CTS/RTS swap, but don’t see where these and the other pins are defined in the code!