The Hardware

• Netduino 2 Plus USD60 NZD108
• Grove System Starter Kit V3 USD50
• MP3 Shield USD20 or NZD31.97 or NZD45
• GPS Shield USD25 + Antenna USD7 or USD29.90
• Ultrasonic Ranger USD2.80 or USD14.90
• ADXL345 Accelerometer USD4 or USD9.90 or NZD35
• Joystick ShieldV2.4 USD9.98 or USD16.80 or NZD38.17
• Rotary Encoder USD3.80 or USD4.90
• nrf24l01 long range module USD12
• Embedded coolness nrf24l01 shield + Long range module AUD17.85
• 16×2 LCD Keypad shield USD8
• RFID Tag reader USD10.80 or USD12.90
• Current Sensor 30A USD3.98 also available 5A and 20A versions
• MOSFET Module USD3.90

The software

• Development tools
• MP3 Shield driver polled or interrupt driven 
• ADXL345 driver
• .Net Micro framework toolbox for GPS & RFID Tag reader
• nRF24L01 library
• Xively library

Flash an LED

OutputPort led = new OutputPort(Pins.ONBOARD_LED, false);
while ( true)
{
   Led.Write(!Led.Read())
   Thread.Sleep(500)
}

Digital Input – Polled

InputPort button = new InputPort(Pins.ONBOARD_SW1, false, Port.ResistorMode.Disabled);
OutputPort led = new OutputPort(Pins.ONBOARD_LED, false);
while (true)
{
   led.Write(button.Read());
   Thread.Sleep(1000);
}

Digital Input – Interrupt

static OutputPort interuptled = new OutputPort(Pins.ONBOARD_LED, false);
InterruptPort button = new InterruptPort(Pins.ONBOARD_SW1, false, Port.ResistorMode.Disabled, Port.InterruptMode.InterruptEdgeHigh);
button.OnInterrupt += new NativeEventHandler(button_OnInterrupt);</span></code>

Thread.Sleep(Timeout.Infinite);
static void button_OnInterrupt(uint data1, uint data2, DateTime time)
{
   interuptled.Write(!interuptled.Read());
}

Analog Input

AnalogInput Sensor = new AnalogInput(Cpu.AnalogChannel.ANALOG_0);
while ( true)
{
   Debug.Print( "Value " + Sensor.Read("F2"));
   Thread.Sleep(500)
}

Pulse Width Modulation Output

AnalogInput brightness = new AnalogInput(AnalogChannels.ANALOG_PIN_A0);
PWM led = new PWM(PWMChannels.PWM_PIN_D5, 1000, 0.0, false);

led.Start();

while (true)
{
   Debug.Print("Brightness " + led.DutyCycle.ToString("F2"));
   led.DutyCycle = brightness.Read();
   Thread.Sleep(500);
}
led.Stop();

Telemetry – Mobile station

Configure the NRF24L01 library for the  elecfreaks Joystick ShieldV2.4, for more detail see this post 

_module.OnDataReceived += OnReceive;
_module.OnTransmitFailed += OnSendFailure;
_module.OnTransmitSuccess += OnSendSuccess;
_module.Initialize(SPI.SPI_module.SPI1, Pins.GPIO_PIN_D10, Pins.GPIO_PIN_D9, Pins.GPIO_PIN_D1);
_module.Configure(myAddress, channel);
_module.Enable();

Timer joystickPositionUpdates = new Timer(JoyStickTimerProc, null, 500, 500);
Thread.Sleep( Timeout.Infinite ) ;

Send the data to the base station (converting it from Unicode to ASCII)

private void JoyStickTimerProc(object state)
{
   double xVal = x.Read();
   double yVal = y.Read();
   Debug.Print("X " + xVal.ToString("F1") + " Y &" + yVal.ToString("F1"));

   _module.SendTo(baseStationAddress, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( xVal.ToString("F1") + " " + yVal.ToString("F1")));
}

Telemetry – Base Station

Configure the NRF24L01 library for the Embedded Coolness board, for more detail see this post

private readonly NRF24L01Plus _module;

_module.OnDataReceived += OnReceive;
_module.OnTransmitFailed += OnSendFailure;
_module.OnTransmitSuccess += OnSendSuccess;

_module.Initialize(SPI.SPI_module.SPI1, Pins.GPIO_PIN_D7, Pins.GPIO_PIN_D3, Pins.GPIO_PIN_D2);
_module.Configure(_myAddress, channel);
_module.Enable();

Display the inbound message (converting it from ASCII to Unicode)

private void OnReceive(byte[] data)
{
string message = new String(Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(data));
Debug.Print("Receive " + message); ;
}