Overviews of the .NET Micro Framework

The following topics in this developer's guide present an overview of the Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework and describe its hardware and software architecture. They also provide an introduction to writing managed C# applications for the .NET Micro Framework.

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What Is the .NET Micro Framework?: The Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework, formerly known as Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), is a powerful and flexible platform for rapidly creating embedded device firmware with Microsoft Visual Studio®. This overview discusses the purposes and uses of the .NET Micro Framework.
Understanding .NET Micro Framework Architecture: This topic describes the Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework architecture.
Creating Managed Applications: The Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework provides the basic infrastructure that developers of highly constrained embedded systems need for the task of creating managed applications rapidly and seamlessly.
Writing and Building Managed C# Applications: This topic explains how to create a Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework project in Microsoft Visual Studio® and write a managed C# application.
Developing Global Applications: This topic presents an introduction to developing applications for multiple languages and cultures.
Designing User Interfaces: This topic explains how to use the Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework to create a user interface for your hardware, if your hardware supports a display device.
Controlling Timing with the System and Slow Clocks: This topic explains the use of the system clock and the slow clock.
Encrypting and Decrypting Data: This topic provides an overview of how to use the Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework crytography API.
Writing Managed Drivers: This topic explains how to create managed drivers that enable Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework applications to communicate with various types of hardware devices.
Debugging Applications: The Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework provides full debugging capabilities within Microsoft Visual Studio®.
Implementing Web Services on Your Devices: This section provides information on Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS), a Web Services profile that enables plug and play for networked devices.
Implementing SSL Connections: This topic discusses how to implement secure data transfer in the .NET Micro Framework using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
Using File Input/Output and Storage Media: This topic introduces the classes available for managing file I/O and storage media.
Deploying Applications to Hardware: This topic explains how to copy a Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework application to a hardware device.
Troubleshooting Deployment Problems: This topic helps troubleshoot problems encountered when trying to deploy a Microsoft® .NET Micro Framework application to a hardware device.