nanoFramework: Unleashing the Power of C# in Embedded Systems and IoT with José Simões

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Show Notes

Welcome to The Modern .NET Show! Formerly known as The .NET Core Podcast, we are the go-to podcast for all .NET developers worldwide and I am your host Jamie "GaProgMan" Taylor.

In this episode, I spoke with José Simões about the .NET nanoFramework, a powerful platform for embedded systems and IoT development. I was incredibly impressed when José spoke about just how quickly you can get started with .NET nanoFramework and an ESP32:

You grab a breadboard, you stick an ESP 32 module onto it, and you plug an Led or a sensor or wherever, and in half an hour, you have a proof of concept of something that you are building or just having fun with. And this is great not only for learning to code, but to come up with a proof of concept that you want to show to a customer

If you want to do that in C, I dare you to do that. On the same time, you won't be able to. Meaning that with that code and that proof of concept, then you can evolve, you can keep working on it, and then you can easily migrate that to a production grade system because you will be using the same code. You don't have to change much to get it working.

—José Simões

So let's sit back, open up a terminal, type in dotnet new podcast and we'll dive into the core of Modern .NET.

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Full Show Notes

The full show notes, including links to some of the things we discussed and a full transcription of this episode, can be found at: https://dotnetcore.show/season-6/nano-framework-unleashing-the-power-of-c-sharp-in-embedded-systems-and-iot-with-jos%C3%A9-sim%C3%B5es/

Useful Links

• .NET nanoFramework
• Eclo Solutions
• Zoom H4N
• HD60s+
• IoT Hub
• ESP32
• STM32
• GitHub Copilot
• Microsoft Learn Portal
• SPI (serial peripheral interface) bus
• .NET nanoFramework Visual Studio extension
• nanoFramework Flasher
• nanoFramework discord community
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