serial output

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Luke Smith

Is it possible to control output signals to the serial port using the .net
compact framework on a pocket pc? Im looking at using a pocket pc as the
processor for a robotic project and wondering if controlling motors and
obtaining sensor readings was possible.

thanks
Luke
 
DId you just post this same question earlier today? If not, you might read
today's posts, as someone else is looking to do the same, and you could
probably leverage off each other.
 
i posted a similar question on microsoft.public.dotnet.general (sorry for
xpost) if you mean that one. Which newsgroup was the post on (if not mine)?

luke

Chris Tacke said:
DId you just post this same question earlier today? If not, you might read
today's posts, as someone else is looking to do the same, and you could
probably leverage off each other.
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Hi Luke,

I had the same problem with the desktop version of .NET before I joined MS,
and since NETCF is a strict subset of the big one, I assume there's no
direct access to serial communication with NETCF either.

My workaround was to write a wrapper library in Managed C++ that used the
Win32 APIs to manage the serial port. This allowed me to put a nice
managed face on some pretty (ugly!) low-level stuff...

Hope this helps,

Ryan Chapman
Software Development Engineer
.NET Compact Framework

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
Looks like I never got back to you on this.

The other poster was in the microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer group.

For serial comms, look at www.opennetcf.org/sdf

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Chris Tacke, eMVP
Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member
www.OpenNETCF.org
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Windows CE Product Manager
Applied Data Systems
www.applieddata.net


Luke Smith said:
i posted a similar question on microsoft.public.dotnet.general (sorry for
xpost) if you mean that one. Which newsgroup was the post on (if not mine)?

luke
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