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In previous versions of IoT-Core, you just used the Authentication Mode-None when deploying and debugging an app from Visual Studio. This has changed a little so this blog is just a short note about the configuration for deploying a Universal Windows App from Visual Studio to an Windows 10 IoT-Core device.
The new Microsoft Band 2 incorporates 11 sensor which includes the usual GPS, heart rate, and step sensors needed for health monitoring but also included are some hidden features that make this embedded platform ideal for other activities. I am not going to get into the reviews, there are plenty of other bloggers out there for that. I do like the fact that is an open platform and you can write your own apps using Microsoft’ s published SDK for the Band 2. The Band SDK works with, and runs on your smart phone be it Android, Apple Phone or Windows Phone. You can write your app to run on one or all the targeted phones.You will need the Microsoft Health App initially installed on your phone as it will use this to connect and manage the features on the Band. The Band establishes a Bluetooth connection to your phone and basically acts as a head-end display unit and a sensor provider publishing data to the phone. You have several host development platform options available to write your app. You can use ...
The previous blog explained what needs to be done to be able to deploy and debug apps with latest build for IoT-Core (Build 10586). On the Microsoft IoT forums it was reported by some that if they didn’t set up as in the previous blog they got a pin request. This blog provides some detail as to how the Universal (Unencrypted Mode) authentication works. It also explains why some got the PIN request.
You need Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 to deploy and debug Universal Windows Platform Apps onto IoT-Core Build 10586, the Dec 3rd 2015 release. You MUST use Universal (Unencrypted Mode) authentication not NONE when Deploying/Debugging.
Windows 10 desktop/tablet has undergone a major refresh. At the same time Windows Mobile (Windows Phone 10) has RTMed. Also Windows 10 IoT-Core has also invoked two license versions with its latest concurrent release.
Available as an update or as a complete Visual Studio 2015 Plus Update 1 installation. Note this is needed for Build 10856 (the latest version) of Windows 10 IoT-Core as connectivity fails with the RTM version of Visual Studio 2015. Looks like its not available yet as the free Community Edition on VisualStudio.com.
Index of my trials and tribulations (as separate blogs) with bringing up a Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c to run Windows 10 IoT-Core. Starts with the purchase. Then goes onto powering it up and will go onto installing the OS and developing apps. Previous posts on this topic are indexed here and don’t show on the main page.
This blog presents a Universal Windows App that connects to an embedded Bluetooth device over the Bluetooth Serial Profile using a genetic Bluetooth USB dongle. This app will run on both a Windows 10 IoT-Core devices such as a Raspberry PI2 and a Windows 10 Desktop. The blog covers in detail the key issues with pairing including where a passkey is required with a RPI2 as well as a Bluetooth primer. Update 1.2: One bug fix (was writing send text twice) and and one code improvement (menu returns DeviceInformation so no need to requery for it.)