Windows 10: Hello, Windows 10 IoT Core

Brink · Aug 9, 2015

Greetings, Makers!

We are excited to announce the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. Visit the Windows IoT Dev Center to choose your target board, then walk through the steps to provision your board, acquire the tools, and get started Making. This release of Windows 10 IoT Core requires a development machine running the 7/29/2015 release of Windows 10 (Build 10240) and Visual Studio 2015.

Introduction to Windows 10 IoT Core

Windows 10 IoT Core is a new edition for Windows targeted towards small, embedded devices that may or may not have screens. For devices with screens, Windows 10 IoT Core does not have a Windows shell experience; instead you can write a Universal Windows app that is the interface and “personality” for your device. IoT core designed to have a low barrier to entry and make it easy to build professional grade devices. It’s designed to work with a variety of open source languages and works well with Visual Studio.

Oh, and you can also use it to build robotic air-hockey tables.

(see video at source)

New in this release

The first public preview of Windows 10 IoT Core was released at the //build/ conference, and we’ve made great progress since then. Perhaps most importantly, long-awaited support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity has arrived. The full list of new features and improvements is too long to list here but here’s a nice sampling:

Improved support for Python and Node.js, including a new Express Node.js project template

GPIO performance on the Raspberry Pi 2 has improved by 8X to 10X

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and pulse-width modulation (PWM) are now supported via breakout boards and ICs

New Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs give apps easy control over system management features like time zone and network connections

Developers, Developers, Developers

The developer experience has been a high priority for our team as we’ve built Windows 10 IoT Core, and we hope this shows when constructing apps for this platform. Our philosophy is that we want to make it easy for developers to use the languages and frameworks they prefer to build IoT device apps. This means full support for the standard UWP languages like C++, C#, JS and VB, but it also means bringing support – including full tools, debugging, and project systems – for Node.js and Python. The project templates for the standard UWP languages create projects that look like standard UWP projects, but for Node.js and Python we’ve worked hard to make these apps look and feel just like they do on other platforms. The code below shows a complete Node.js UWP app that reads from an I2C sensor and serves up a web page with the data (and you can get the sample here).

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45 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.

var http = require('http');

//Import WinRT into Node.JS
var uwp = require("uwp");
uwp.projectNamespace("Windows");

var i2cDevice;

//Find the device: same code in other project, except in JS instead of C#
var aqs = Windows.Devices.I2c.I2cDevice.getDeviceSelector("I2C1");

Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.findAllAsync(aqs, null).done(function (dis) {
Windows.Devices.I2c.I2cDevice.fromIdAsync(dis[0].id, new Windows.Devices.I2c.I2cConnectionSettings(0x40)).done(function (device) {
i2cDevice = device;
});
});

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
var output = "";
var humidity = 0;

//Read the humidity from the sensor
var command = new Array(1);
command[0] = 0xE5;
var data = new Array(2);
i2cDevice.writeRead(command, data);
var rawhumidityReading = data[0] << 8 | data[1];
var ratio = rawhumidityReading / 65536.0;
humidity = -6 + (125 * ratio);

//Read the temperature from the sensor
var tempCommand = new Array(1);
command[0] = 0xE3;
var tempData = new Array(2);
i2cDevice.writeRead(command, data);
var rawTempReading = data[0] << 8 | data[1];
var tempRatio = rawTempReading / 65536.0;
var temperature = (-46.85 + (175.72 * tempRatio)) * 9 / 5 + 32;

output = "Humidity: " + humidity + ", Temperature: " + temperature;
res.end(output);
}).listen(1337);

A small note about VS RC->RTM project system compatibility:

There were a variety of breaking changes in the VS project system between the //build/ and RC and RTM. For the most part, application code will remain functional, but the project itself will need to be rebuilt. The recommendation from the Visual Studio team is to build a new project and move the code over into the new project shell.

Built to work with the tools & languages you want to use – whatever they are

As part of our engagement with the broader community, we’ve worked with the community to support as many open source options as we can. You can find all of our IoT samples on Github, as well as documentation and a growing set of libraries and helper tools. Even our project system and runtime support for Python and Node.js is available open source on Github.

When our samples start turning into full projects, you can find them on Hackster.io.

We’ve also worked with our friends at Arduino to make it very easy to talk to Arduino boards from Windows and even for Arduinos to talk to Windows devices as if they were virtual shields. See this project for more information.

IoT Projects for fun and profit

We built IoT Core and the corresponding developer tools to make it easy to build projects that are fun and cool, as well as those that have very practical uses in the real world. Find evidence of this in the range of projects, from members of our team, as well as the community, that have been created in the months since our first public builds.
Sampling of Hackster.IO projects:

From IoT team members

Rover Robot Kit – Make and program your own robot using a Raspberry Pi 2 running Windows 10 IoT Core

Windows Remote Arduino- using an Arduino from a Windows Phone app to control an LED

Home Automation with the RPI2

From the community

Cooling off in the Summer: Handheld fan control from an RPI2

Even more robots : GoPiGo

We have more projects in the pipeline, so keep your eyes on our hackster.io hub for more information about our Air Hockey Table, Face Recognition Unlocked Door, and more.

(see video at source)

We are listening

While you’re playing around, if you notice some rough edges, please let us know. As always, we appreciate your feedback, so keep it coming and we’ll do our best to address issues.

Quick links

Release Notes : Details about what is covered in this release of Windows 10 IoT Core.

Download Now : Click here to start downloading for FREE now. You will need the latest version of Windows 10, Visual Studio 2015 and tools.

Community : Share your feedback here and engage with other Makers using our forums.

Show Us What You’ve Got

We do what we do so we can see all the cool things people build on top of our platforms. Most of our projects start with the unofficial Maker credo of “Wouldn’t it be cool if…” and we can’t wait to see how you answer that question. Have fun building amazing things and, when you do, tweet @WindowsDev with the hashtag #makeInventDo with pictures so we can have as much fun as you do.
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Source: Hello, Windows 10 IoT Core | Building Apps for Windows

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Sangeeta Sarkar · Aug 9, 2015

Does the Windows 10 IoT version use the Windows 7 Backup & Restore?

Hello Lewishilary,

We understand that your would like to know about the Windows 10 IoT version back up and restore system.

Currently we do not have much information on this. To know more on
Windows 10 IoT Core support for Raspberry Pi 3 follow the blog.

Thank you.

Andre Da Costa · Aug 9, 2015

Is windows 10 IoT free ?

Its free for certain types of hardware, example: Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry PI.

Also, you need to download the right edition for the developer board you own. Learn more:

Downloads | Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 | IoT Core Dashboard | Windows IoT

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Windows 10 IoT Core for MinnowBoard MAX

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alphanumeric · Aug 10, 2015

Hmm, do I really want to try this again? Was not impressed last time around. I'll have to give this some thought. Thanks for the info though.

alphanumeric · Aug 10, 2015

They made flashing the image to your Micro SD card a lot easier. There is a IoTCoreImageHelper to flash the image to the card. Takes a long time for first boot up to the status screen. They added some tutorials viewable on the Pi, nice touch. Still looks to be very limited in what you can do. I have the IoT Core watcher running and see my Pi. Just have to remember what the default password etc is to log in? Might have to Google it? Can't seem to find it on the Microsoft page?

EDIT: Managed to remote in. Got a menu to install Apps, and check performance, look at running services. A sort of control panel I guess. Still isn't a whole IoT I can do with it. Doesn't seem to want to shut down properly either. That's been an issue with every release I've tried. I'll have to go pull the power cord out.

caperjack · Aug 10, 2015

still Greek to me ,,,, I will not try it again *Drink1

alphanumeric · Aug 10, 2015

Yeah, means learning Visual Studio and creating your own Apps. Or something like that. As is, you can't do much. It is easier to get booted up and running though. I didn't have to touch powershell, not yet anyway. I may have to to change the default password. Why you can't do that through the on screen GUI I don't know? Having to use powershell to do it seems lame to me. Takes a really long time to boot up the first time. I actually thought it wasn't going to and pressed the reset button. Walked away for a while and came back to find it loading. I may redo my SD card to see if that's why mine won't shut down correctly. I've had that issue in the past so I'm not optimistic but I have one more go at it. All it takes is an SD card swap to go back to KODI so no big deal.

alphanumeric · Aug 10, 2015

Redid my SD card, this time using my MSDN download. Same deal, takes forever to boot up the first time and won't shut down properly. I end up with the RED LED on and the Green LED blinking 7 times, over and over again. I have to kill the power to shut it down totally. It's better, but IMHO, it has a long way to go. I'm not sure why they call it Windows 10 IoT Core. The only thing there that even remotely looks like Windows 10 is the boot logo and the spinning balls animation. After that it bears absolutely no resemblance to Windows 10?

caperjack · Aug 10, 2015

did you follow the steps here ,, http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/GetStarted.htm ,, to do your install.

I think this explains well how it works ,and why you can shut it down ,maybe !

http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-U...adlessMode.htm

alphanumeric · Apr 4, 2018

If you mount the ISO, then run the one file that shows up, it installs two Apps. One lets you image your SD card, the other lets you connect remotely. Once all booted up, I clicked the power Icon in the top right corner and selected shut down. It just never fully shuts down. I did this locally with the keyboard mouse connected directly to the Pi. It's the little keyboard with the touch pad in center like you have. It hangs at some point, my TV usually says no signal when the Pi shuts down. In this case it doesn't, it just shows a blank background.

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