Software Development Kit

Available for free at Microsoft web site. See changelog for details on individual releases.

Version	Build	Published	Size	Link
4.1	4.1.2821.0	7/19/2010	13.6 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=CFF5A7B7-C21C-4127-AC65-5516384DA3A0
4.1 last beta refresh	4.1.2722.0	6/30/2010	13.6 MB	(archived copy)
4.1 beta refresh	4.1.2649.0	6/10/2010	13.6 MB	(archived copy)
4.1 public beta	4.1.2459.0	5/18/2010	13.5 MB	(archived copy)
4.0	4.0.1681.0	11/15/2009	12.3 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=77dbfc46-14a1-4dcf-a809-eda7ccfe376b
4.0 additional refresh	4.0.1496.0	10/12/2009	12.4 MB	(archived copy)
4.0 beta refresh	4.0.1428.0	9/24/2009	12.5 MB	(archived copy)
4.0 public beta	4.0.1219.0	8/31/2009	12.4 MB	(archived copy)
3.0	3.0.7186.0	10/24/2008	10.8 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9356ed6f-f1f0-43ef-b21a-4644dd089b4a
3.0 Release Candidate 0	3.0.5071.0	10/7/2008	12.3 MB	Installer Wanted!
3.0 beta 2	3.0.2968.0	6/25/2008	11.3 MB	Installer Wanted!
2.5	v2.5.0.0	3/6/2008	8.8 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eb0ef2a6-03e2-402c-89a4-a636bd0080c5
2.0 SP1	v2.0.3036.1	9/17/2007	7.5 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=32f5df20-6c95-4fe8-a76c-0ed56a839ad2
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Porting Kit

Available for free at Microsoft web site. Includes source code for SDK.

Version	Platform	Published	Size	Link
4.1	*	7/19/2010	49.7 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ccdd5eac-04b1-4ecb-bad9-3ac78fb0452b
4.1 Cryptography	*	7/19/2010	464 kB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f169c855-64a3-4527-8eba-4685387ad229
4.1 Network	ARM	7/19/2010	146.3 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=30092C39-22D1-4585-8E17-003C1ED00C49
4.1 Network	Thumb	7/19/2010	146.1 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6787B724-1E95-4181-A60A-054D42F68418
4.1 Network	Thumb2	7/19/2010	145.9 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55902532-A655-4B28-AABE-D895A8030F4A
4.1 Network	SH2/A	7/19/2010	16.4 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A5D5DA49-2DA0-45A0-8331-019D265DBEEF
4.0	*	11/15/2009	39.4 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=16fa5d31-a583-4c0d-af74-f4d5e235d5bc
4.0 Cryptography	ARM	11/15/2009	547 kB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5bc87a35-747e-42ff-bf2e-8a8c8fefa906
4.0 Network	ARM	11/15/2009	146.4 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d42cc867-56a8-4daa-93a0-f14219baf282
4.0 Network	Thumb	11/15/2009	146.1 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4aab7dbf-1840-4fa9-b7d3-889fcd94aabd
4.0 Network	Thumb2	11/15/2009	146.0 MB	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9e608104-6d7d-430a-b1d4-c992030dd0c4
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Official resources

.NET Micro Framework
http://www.microsoft.com/netmf

examples and documents
list of developer kits
list of partners
white papers
videos

Official Community website
http://netmf.com/

discussion forums
product showcases
technical resources

Windows Rally Technologies
http://www.microsoft.com/rally

web services for devices
introduction to technology
specifications

Windows SideShow
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/sideshow

wire protocol specification
implementation samples
product news

Third party sites

.NET Micro Framework Projects
http://www.microframeworkprojects.com/

project repository
detailed categories
popularity sorting
anyone can upload

TinyCLR.com
http://www.tinyclr.com/

specialized hardware
videos and beginners guide
forum

Blogs

Author	Link
.NET Micro Framework Team	http://blogs.msdn.com/netmfteam
Official Community Site	http://www.netmf.com/
Pavel Bánský	http://bansky.net/blog
Steve Maillet	http://blogs.msdn.com/smaillet
Jens Kühner	http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/jens
Rob Miles	http://www.robmiles.com/net-micro
Rob Miles' Journal	http://www.robmiles.com/
Michael Schwarz	http://netmicroframework.blogspot.com/
Mike Hall	http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall
Alden Linn	http://blogs.msdn.com/aldenl
Christopher Fairbairn	http://www.christec.co.nz/blog
Dave Baker	http://blogs.msdn.com/davbaker
Olivier Bloch	http://blogs.msdn.com/obloch
Luke Thompson	http://purerobot.com
Elze Kool	http://www.microframework.nl/
Kevin Townsend	http://msmicroframework.blogspot.com/
Stefan Schmidt	http://discovertheexperience.blogspot.com/
Ondřej Piálek	http://www.pialek.eu/
Jan Kučera	http://www.microframework.eu/
TinyCLR projects	http://www.tinyclr.com/
Microframework projects	http://www.microframeworkprojects.com/
Device Solutions	http://blog.devicesolutions.net/
GHI Electronics	http://www.ghielectronics.com/
Aggregated feed from all blogs

Documents

Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Whitepaper (550 kB)
An introductional document about the technology. A bit outdated, but still contais detailed information about implementation details of HAL and CLR and differences from .NET Framework. The licencing information is not up to date.

Porting the .NET Micro Framework (467 kB)
Describes the general process of porting the technology either on your own hardware, or to an operating system. It discusses the .NET Micro Framework architecture from the porting point of view and the main purpose of this document is to give you an idea what the porting is about and whether it is really what you need.

Introducing Devices Profiles for Web Services (373 kB)
For 2.5 version only: A short introduction to DPWS and description of its implementation in the .NET Micro Framework 2.5. Contains a summary of the libraries and some basic examples in C#, on how to create a simple service, send and receive requests, attach handlers to events or how to deal with exceptions. Not of much use for newer framework versions, unfortunately no document update was published yet.

EDK Steb-By-Step Guide (6.7 MB)
First comprehensive literature about .NET Micro Framework available on the internet for free. It was created by Sean Liming as a manual to the iPac-9302 board, but it's worthy reading even when you are using another hardware. It contains an introduction to the SDK, working with GPIOs, emulator, SPI and other ports, network, extended weak references and also a short summary of the C# language. Hardware specific topics include ADC, PWM and 555. All this on over 200 pages with lots of practical examples, continuously updated. The document is no longer available directly, you can find it in the EDK firmware package.

Beginners Guide to C# and .NET Micro Framework (2.7 MB)
The second but no less valuable piece was written by Gus Issa from GHI Electronics, targetting the complete beginners. It goes into more details about C# basics and syntax, interleaving the chapters with examples directly from .NET Micro Framework. Due to the hardware differences from SJJ board, this paper adds chapters about I²C, SD cards and file system, network and USB client. GHI is popular for their custom implementation of missing features, so it is no surprise to see examples also to USB host, several displays, analogue I/O, 1-Wire® or CAN. And checking the missing topics list, there is still more to look for in the future!

Books

Expert .NET Micro Framework, Second Edition
Jens Kühner, $56.18
Published: 9/4/2009
ISBN: 978-1430223870

Second edition of successfull Jens' book, updated for .NET Micro Framework version 3.0. New boards were added to the hardware overview and some new chapters added cover XML (xml reading, web services and MfSvcUtil), working with threads (thread priorities and threading in WPF) and new .NET Micro Framework 3.0 features (mass storage, touch and inking, including emulator support, SSL). You will also for example find how to use multiple I²C devices or how to use some of the new C# 3.0 language features.

Expert .NET Micro Framework
Jens Kühner, $51.99
Published: 4/21/2008
ISBN: 978-1590599730

Comprehensive and de facto the only intermediate/advanced book about .NET Micro Framework in the time of version 2.5. You can download a table of contents and two sample chapters (introducing the .NET Micro Framework and introducting the BCL) on the web, along with the source code. You will learn not only about the basics of the framework, but some advance topics as well - like localization, web services, cryptography, serialization, emulator components... altogether on more than 400 pages with hard cover.

Embedded Programming with the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework
Donald Thompson, Rob S. Miles, $29.24
Published: 6/20/2007
ISBN: 978-0735623651

The very first book introducing the .NET Micro Framework. It covers basics of the framework and development process, the networking (these days availably only in emulator or by third party), and also the possibilities of user interface quite in depth. Then there is a chapter about Windows SideShow with some examples and introduction to the emulators and their creation. From the bigger samples let's mention Roomba iRobot or parsing GPS data. There are also some tips how to increase the code performance.

USB Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom USB Peripherals Jan Axelson, $32.97 Published: 8/1/2005 ISBN: 978-1931448024
	This book contains everything you need to know as USB device developers. It describes how USB works, transfer types, device classes, descriptors, power management and even desktop drivers development. Although quite advanced book, it is suitable for beginners as well.

Newsletter archive

Published	Title
2/11/2009 5:27:15 PM -08:00	Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Newsletter
11/21/2008 2:41:10 PM -08:00	Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Newsletter - Vol. 1 No. 5 - November 2008
7/28/2008 6:02:50 AM -07:00	Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Newsletter - Vol. 1 No. 4 - July 2008
3/25/2008 5:50:53 PM -07:00	Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Newsletter - Vol. 1 No. 3 - March 2008
12/31/2007 7:01:36 PM -08:00	Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Newsletter - Vol. 1 No. 2 - December 2007
9/13/2007 7:58:58 PM -07:00	Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Newsletter - Vol. 1 No. 1