Will USBizi be supporting MF 4.0

[ozofnash]

I saw that it would in another post (stating early 2010) but I now see it under 'Special Offers' in limited quantities...
It's also removed from the Products pages (FEZ is now in it's place)...

Wouldn't mind getting a couple of them but don't want to hassle with different NETMF versions (currently using FEZ Domino and Mini NETMF 4.0...waiting on EM to go to 4.0 and EMX availablity).

[SupportAdmin]

USBizi is NOT in special offers!! That is just the one board but the USBizi chips are available as usual.

FEZ is actually USBizi. The board name is FEZ but the chip on it is a USBizi...so if you have used FEZ then you have been using USBizi

This is the link to USBizi http://www.ghielectronics.com/product/116

[ozofnash]

Well then...there isn't a specific forum for the USBizi DevSys board...

So same question...for the DevSys board

I assume if USBizi goes to 4.0, then the DevSys board would be able to go also???

[SupportAdmin]

Any board running usbizi will run 4.0 and will have all feature 100%.
Fez or dev board or your product that run usbizi are all the same.... They all run usbizi

I hope this clear things out for you

[Josh (GHI Support)]

The USBizi DevSys board's production has ended. The USBizi DevSys board was not the main USBizi product. The USBizi Chipset was, and its still in full production. With that said, the DevSys board will still support NETMF 4.0 and be compatible with the upcoming firmware.

[NielsNL]

Just updated my USBizi DevSys board to MF 4.0
But now i'm a bit lost what GHI parts i need to use with MSC#
Thats work with it.

Thanks.

[SupportAdmin]

Please try to look a bit before posting questions
http://www.ghielectronics.com/forum/index.php/topic,2895.0.html

[NielsNL]

I did read that already before posting and did all of those steps.
But i still not sure what to use as resource to get the dev board correctly to work like before.
Or i just did not read it correctly.
the basic stuff works indeed but how to connect to the pins and controls etc.

[SupportAdmin]

Is this the first time you update firmware?
Do you know FEZ Domino? It uses USBizi chipset so the update works very similarly.
Over here you can see a video on how to update the firmware....and tutorial would help as well
http://www.tinyclr.com/dl/

I am not sure if you are a beginner in electronics or not but either way, if you are just getting started then FEZ Domino is much easier to get started

[NielsNL]

sorry, i already updated my board and msC# to MF 4.
But the problem is how to setup/use the right resources in msC#.

[SupportAdmin]

The tutorial and the free book in the link I gave you already explain everything...please read them both very carefully
http://www.tinyclr.com/dl/

[NielsNL]

sorry for bugging again.
Readed all of the pdf's again. And found the next quote:

That covered adding the hardware...very simply! Adding software is just as simple. But
before, we need to make sure that we have added the appropriate libraries/assemblies to
our project. Click on “Add assemblies” and add either
FEZDomino_GHIElectronics.NETMF.FEZ
or
FEZMini_GHIElectronics.NETMF.FEZ
It is important that you add the appropriate one according to your FEZ. You may need to
add other libraries according to the hardware used as mentioned in previous section such
as FEZ_GHIElectronics.NETMF.Hardware

Which one above do i need to add to use it with the DevSys board.
Those are the only two that i can choice. in the list of resources.
In MF 3.0 we needed to use the lib for the Embedded Master but that on i can't select anymore.

[SupportAdmin]

Do not use 3.0. If you are a beginner then you need to use 4.0

The "FEZ_xxx" assemblies apply only the the FEZ board. Your board is not FEZ! You can still follow the tutorial to see how everything works.

You are now lost between many things. It would have been easier for you if you are using FEZ board...anyways, you need to do one step at the time....make sure you have updated your device to 4.0 and you can "ping" from MFDeploy...then make a simple project and try to load it. Do not load any new assemblies just yet. Once you can make a program that can do something like Debug.Print("Hello"); then you can start looking into adding assemblies.

If you can just order FEZ and use it then it will be much easier for you.

[NielsNL]

<quote> You are now lost between many things. </quote>Yes and that was exact the reason i started my conversation today. <quote>It would have been easier for you if you are using FEZ board...</quote>Yeah, when i purchased my USBize board there was no FEZ boards (MF3 was just released).<quote>anyways, you need to do one step at the time....make sure you have updated your device to 4.0 and you can "ping" from MFDeploy...then make a simple project and try to load it. Do not load any new assemblies just yet. Once you can make a program that can do something like Debug.Print("Hello"); </quote>
That step i did already and did worked perfectly

<quote>then you can start looking into adding assemblies.</quote> and that is where i'm now.
So i hope you can help me with this next step.

BTW. When you can do a offer me a replacement to FEZ mini. But for now i hope you will support the dev board more then it is now. thanks

[SupportAdmin]

You now need to install the GHI SDK. Becrefull with what sdk you install, 3.0 or 4.0

[NielsNL]

sorry already done, that. I have did all steps you pointed out earlier. sorry that i'm not clear enough

[SupportAdmin]

Then now you can add the GHI hardware assembly and read analog inputs for example