Hi cornetlin,
you can read it in the ebook :-)
FEZ Board
FEZ and FEZmini are very small boards targeted for beginners. They are based on USBizi
chipset and so they have all USBizi features. Those little boards offer a lot of peripherals
not available with any hobby-targeted board. Even tough it is targeted for beginner, it is a
low-cost starting point for any professional wanting to test out NETMF.
FEZ stands for “Freakin' Easy!”
Features available in FEZ but not available in Arduino, BASIC STAMP and others:
1. Base on Microsoft .NET Micro Framework.
2. Support runtime debugging (breakpoint, variable inspection, stepping...etc.)
3. Uses free VS2008 C# express edition for development.
4. High-end features like FAT, USB device and USB host
5. Hardware independent. Easily upgrade to more fancy hardware like ChipworkX.
6. Open source hardware design files.
7. Already available shields and holder boards.
8. Base on USBizi chip. Use the chipset to create new designs.
This book examples are made for FEZ/FEZmini. The code is still for .NET Micro
Framework so modifying it to run on any NETMF system should be an easy task.
But in a previous version of the ebook , the authors said is it not available until now.
Maybe in the future??
BR
Cypher