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GHI Electronics,LLC Embedded Master User Manual
Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1. What is The Microsoft .NET Micro Framework
The Microsoft .NET Micro Framework combines the reliability and efficiency of managed
code with the premier development tools of Microsoft Visual Studio to deliver exceptional
productivity for developing embedded applications on small devices.
The .NET Micro Framework brings a rich, managed-code environment to smaller, less
expensive, and more resource-constrained devices. Requiring only a few hundred
kilobytes of RAM and an inexpensive processor, the .NET Micro Framework was built from
the ground up to let you build applications using familiar Visual Studio development tools.
With .NET Micro Framework SDK, you can develop your embedded solutions in C# using
a subset of the .NET libraries focused on embedded applications. Your development
environment is Visual Studio, where you can take advantage of its powerful editing, object
browsing, project management, and debugging capabilities. These capabilities are
available when using the .NET Micro Framework SDK’s extensible device emulation
system or on real hardware.
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