Chapter 2. Universal Windows Platform on devices

IoT devices typically do not have a full-size display, which could be used for the type of output that comes from a typical “Hello, world!” starter application. Instead, IoT devices have only a few LEDs or pixels—or, in the extreme case, just a single LED or pixel—to display information. So, in the world of embedded programming we say “Hello” by turning an LED on and off.

In this chapter, I show you how to use the UWP interfaced through C#, and C++ to trigger the LED. I use these two languages only, because in this book all apps will be implemented using C#. C++ will be used later to implement the Windows Runtime Component, interfacing native code.

I first define Windows 10 IoT Core and guide you ...

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