It’s just released the .Net Micro Framework 4.2 developed as open source on CodePlex. Among the key changes :

  • support for WinUSB driver;
  • Analog Output;
  • support for GCC compiler into Porting Kit;
  • performance improvements for file system;
  • wear leveling for FLASH memory;
  • performance improvements for Microbooter and TouchScreen;

Have also been solved a series of issues open on CodePlex:

- Work Item: 1590 - Decrease boot time
- Work Item: 1636 - File.Exists returns true for unexisting file
- Work Item: 1656 - Problems with bad blocks handling in Wear Leveling Driver
- Work Item: 1701 - StreamReader.cs – IndexOutOfRangeException
- Work Item: 1109 - FAT32 File System issue with filenames
- Work Item: 1721 - VolumeInfo.Format() locks volume.
- Work Item: 1633 - SerialPort.Read's behaviour is different from .Net
- Work Item: 1580 - Negative array index issue
- Work Item: 1585 - Issue in Microbooter prevents usage in Cortex M3 STM32 port
- Work Item: 1586 - Broken firmware on device reset during Microbooter FW update
- Work Item: 1635 - Substring issue in 4.2 RC4
- Work Item: 1659 - Bug in StringBuilder.Append (thanks to Julius Friedman)
- Work Item: 1672 - Wrong long to hex conversion
- Work Item: 1373 - MDK targets problems

Download will be available shortly.