Blog on Microsoft Technologies esp. IoT

Blog on Microsoft Technologies esp. IoT

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• About
• • Site Calendar
• Arduino Beginners
• • Arduino Lesson 2 Press Button
  • Arduino Lesson 1b Download program to board
  • Arduino Lesson 1a Flashing LED
• Artificial Intelligence
• • In god we trust??
  • Using AI to remove background from an image
  • Specification of a tool to clean up code
  • From enum properties to SQL tabled properties Part 2
  • From enum properties to SQL tabled properties Part 1
  • A Kludge to fix an error
  • Implementing an automated AI Opponent
  • AI Player Plugin Implementation Plan for Draughts Game
  • An Azure Deployment Issue
  • Working documents
  • Seeding game database and Entity Details
  • Further feature functionality corrections
  • Game Start and end Enhancements
  • Group Chat Enhancements
  • Groups Feature Implementation
  • Speech Chat Feature Implementation
  • Text Chat Feature Implementation
  • Layout and presentation enhancements
  • Entrapment Game End and Multi-Jumps
  • Publish Game to Azure plus additional features
  • Creation of Draughts-Checkers Game in Blazor with LAN multiplayer support
  • Overview
• Application Dev
• • A report on some tweaks to further generalize the scripts
  • Customnizing fonts, colors and positions of text
  • How To
  • More generalised Generators
  • General Use Version
  • Sending Certificates and Results
  • Background Image Appendix
  • Creating the Certificate Singlet Background Image
  • Overview
  • Transmission Protocols
  • For Athletics -- Intro
  • AI App Dev Style
  • Codespaces
  • Sideloading
  • Getting Started
  • Video Capture and Processing UPDATE DEC 2025
  • Further Discussion
  • Features not yet included
  • Functionality
  • Generate PDF in WPF App
  • Further - Observable Entities
  • Observable Entities
  • Now a DBMS
  • Managing Package Versions in an app - Directory.Packages.props file
  • Video Stitching Detecting Gun Sound
  • Video Stitching Latest
  • 100m Sprint Finish Video
  • Video Capture and Processing
  • Image Transform Script
  • Components Diagram
  • 4. TransferVideoOverTcp
  • 4. MauiPicoSwitch
  • 3. Phototiming Apps
  • 2. AthsVideoRecording Android App and Recorder Library
  • 1. Preamable
  • GitHub is now free for Teams
  • A Multifaceted User Control for displaying Application Settings
  • Saving and Loading C# Application Settings through Reflection
  • ClickOnce Hosting on Azure
  • JekyllFilter App
• AKA
• • Lesson 10
  • Lesson 9
  • Lesson 8
  • Lesson 7
  • Lesson 6
  • Lesson 5
  • Lesson 4
  • Lesson 3
  • Lesson 2
  • Lesson 1
• Azure Device Streaming
• • Azure IoT Hub Super Quickstart in 5 minutes!
  • App Extensions Poll
  • App Functionality Checklist
  • How to use the Updated UWP-Xaml app
  • Under the hood-The API Options
  • Under the hood-The API
  • The UWP-XAML app V1
  • Azure IoT Hub Device Streaming - A Reusable and Extensible Library
  • Azure IoT Hub Device Streaming
• Az IoT Hub + Edge
• • Azure IoT Hub PowerShell V3.0.4 Features
  • BME280 Sensor (Part 3) IoT Central
  • A Brief History in IoTime
  • AzureIoT-CoreUtils
• Azure Sphere
• • IoT Central Scripting Limitations
  • Previous Info
  • Azure Sphere Getting Started
  • DPS and IOT Hub v IOT Central with az-iothub-ps-1
  • Resources
  • az-iothub-ps Extensions
  • BME280 Sensor (Part 2)
  • BME280 Sensor
  • Trying out some of the Samples
  • Azure Sphere Sample Projects V2
  • Azure Sphere GA, Security and a 2Do List
  • Azure Sphere Sample Projects
  • My Azure Sphere Scripts
• Blazor
• • Dynamic CSS
  • Reverse Reverse Engineering with Entity Framework
  • .NET 6 and Telerik V3 Controls Upgrades
  • Version 2 - Club Records
  • 8. Search based upon BIB No. or Name
  • 7. async EF calls from an Entity Property
  • 6. A Recursive Entity Group Property - Team Leader
  • 5. Many to Many Entity Relationships
  • 4. Members Table - AddNewMember Code
  • 3. Some Reflection with the Members Table
  • 2. Nuances with adding a Members Table
  • 1. Overview of adding a Members Table
  • EF Core Tutorial
  • Two Sample Apps
  • More on Includes with Selections
  • Entity Update
  • Cascade Delete
  • Add Some Data
  • EF Migrations and CRUD Operations
  • Entity Framework Summary
  • An Entity Framework Primer
  • Entity Framework Basics
  • Overview of a Database oriented App
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on ... Arduino
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on a RPi - A Wrap Up
  • Publishing Blazor to Desktop IIS
  • Web App for Logging Restaurant Attendance
  • And now for a Rap Up
  • Http Delete Server File Management
  • Upload a Zip file.
  • Zip file creation on Server and Download to Client
  • A Client Page for Viewing a Folder on the Server
  • A Client Control for Viewing Images
  • A Client Control for Viewing Markdown Content
  • A Client Text View Control including Copy and Downloads functions
  • WASM Http File Get - Server Response
  • WASM Http File Get - Client Request
  • Folding Content
  • A Recursive Client Folde Component - 2
  • A Recursive Client Folder Component - 1
  • Scanning files on the Server
  • Spinners
  • A Generic App for displaying Sample Apps
  • A WASM app for presenting Sample Apps from an API Repository
  • On a Raspberry Pi
  • Some activities
  • More on App Options
  • Server App with GPS
  • A Server only Web App
  • WebAssembly App - The Projects
  • Musings - Data
  • Musings - Getting Started plus Authentication
  • A Booking App for post COVID-19
• Grove Arduino
• • The Cloud
  • Codecraft Lesson 10 - Sensing-movement
  • Codecraft Lesson 9 - Measuring Surrounding Air Pressure
  • Codecraft Lesson 8 - Detecting Surrounding Temperature & Humidity
  • Codecraft Lesson 7 - Displaying Data on an OLED
  • Codecraft Lesson 6 - Sound Sensitive LED Light
  • Codecraft Lesson 5 - Light Intensity
  • Codecraft Lesson 4 - Making the Buzzer go BEEP
  • Codecraft Lesson 3 - Controlling the Frequency of the Blink
  • Codecraft Lesson 2 - Pressing Button to light up LED
  • Download program to board
  • Codecraft Lesson 1 - Flashing LED
  • Setup
  • The Hardware
  • Plug and play unboxing
  • Install Codecraft
  • Codecraft Intro and Index
• Pico W AzSDK
• • Bluetooth and GPS Update
  • A Bridge too far ...
  • Addendum
  • The Src Lib
  • Device Twin Prop PATCH
  • GET Device Twin Doc
  • Direct Methods
  • CD Mesages
  • About SDK Implementation
  • Tools
  • Telemetry
  • The Repository with Extended Features.
  • Azure SDK for C Arduino Setup
  • Pico W Setup with Arduino
  • Get Connection Strings ... Scripts
  • IoT Hub Connection Strings
  • Create an IoT Hub and Device
  • Musings
  • Context
• Arduino Pi
• • Build Issue - Multiple definition of an entity
• Softata
• • ngrok update - 2
  • ngrok update - 1
  • SoftataDevice API Version 3.1 - Add DeviceInput Type
  • API Version 3
  • Blockly Session
  • Open AI and Enums with Blockly & Swagger Part 3
  • Open AI and Enums with Blockly & Swagger Part 2
  • Open AI and Enums with Blockly & Swagger Part 1
  • A Quick Start with Blazor
  • A Quick Start with Blockly
  • Added Actuator Class - Relay
  • Cloud 2 Device Messages 2
  • Arduino Startup Options
  • Towards OTA Over The Air Sketch Updates - 5 (KISS Principle)
  • Towards OTA Over The Air Sketch Updates - 3 (OTA Implementation)
  • Towards OTA Over The Air Sketch Updates - 2 (Serial Debug Msgs)
  • Towards OTA Over The Air Sketch Updates - 1 ((OTA example)
  • Custom Blocks via ASP.NET Controller
  • A 74HC595 Shift Register Class
  • Latest NetCoreBlockly Updates
  • Running Blockly on local Pico from Azure Softata API
  • Blockly Functions
  • Blockly 101
  • Blockly ... The Holy Grail
  • Meadow ... A work in progress
  • Many ways to skin a cat
  • An ASP.NET Core API Interface - 2
  • An ASP.NET Core API Interface - 1
  • 7. Epilog
  • 6. Run the Display
  • 5. Simple Test
  • 4. Class Code
  • 3. Arduino "Hooks"
  • 2. The Software Specifications
  • 1. The Display Hardware
  • About (Latest)
  • InterCore Communication
  • Adding a new device
  • Console app - Displays
  • Console app - Sensors
  • Console App - Serial-GPS
  • Grove Actuator Class API
  • Arduino Issues
  • Grove Display Class API
  • Grove Sensor Class API
  • Analog Class API
  • Grove Class
  • Digital Commands
  • Service Commands - 3
  • Service Commands - 2
  • Service Commands - 1
  • Architecture
  • A Simple Firmata with .NET
• IoT
• • Complete navigation guide for Softata Pico W firmware, configuration, and deployment
  • Start a RPI Pico W once set up
  • ADU Workflow (Simulator)
  • C# Device Simulator Deployment
  • Device Twin vs Device Update for IoT Hub
  • Quick setup ... with help from AI
  • And all that stuff
  • To Azure IoTHub
  • GPIO Hardware
  • Update on DNETCoreGPIO
  • An approach to Hardware
  • Using Google Home
  • TRIGGERcmd
  • An Azure IoT Bridge via Blazor
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on a RPi - Some Hacks ... and a Solution.
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on a RPi - GPIO and Bindings App
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on a RPi - App for Monitoring an IoT Hub submissions
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on a RPi - A Simulated IoT Hub Device
  • Azure IoT Hub Interaction using Blazor on a RPi - Intro
  • Device Provisioning Service scripts added
  • Some Deployment key points
  • IoT Hub Device Streaming Apps that Send & Recv real data - 2 more apps
  • IoT Hub Telemetry App that sends real data
  • A Sampler from the GitHub Repository dotnet/io
  • It's now even easier. Enter names on command line.
  • You can now fully automate Group-Hub-Device creation
  • Using the az-iothub-ps script
  • Remote Publishing to the RPI
  • One more way of doing this - Background
  • Using the PS Script to run Quickstarts on RPi (Raspbian)
  • Using the PS Script to run Quickstarts on RPi (IoT-Core) - Simpler
  • Using the PS Script to run Quickstarts on RPi (IoT-Core)
  • Az-IoTHub-PS ... The IoT Hub Quickstart Apps
  • Use the PS Script to set up .NET Core
  • Fast tracking IoT Hub Creation with PS
  • On Windows Subsystem for Linux
  • Getting started on Raspbian
  • Getting started on Win 10 IoT Core
  • Options for the RPi
  • Some key facts
  • Quickstart Apps
  • Overview
• DevOps
• • Handling a Pull Request
• Coding
• • Scripts to check battery levels
  • How far can you go with Copilot
  • Monkeys on a typewriter
  • Menus
  • Formatting Console App Text - Part 2
  • Formatting Console App Text - Part 1
  • const char * data type
  • Save, Retrieve and Validate IPAddress and Port
  • With errors such as NU1605 and NU1301
  • Monkeys on a typewriter coding
  • C# Async Threading in Console Apps
  • Including a README
  • Packaging a Console App
  • iot Repository
  • appsettings.json
  • SPA Template
  • Creating and using a local Nuget Package
  • Porting from a System.Windows.Forms Form
  • Header Metainfo
  • show-image A PS Function to Display an Image in a Windows Form
  • Functions for a quick user response
  • A Function to download and run an Installer
  • PowerShell Code Signing of scripts
  • Some PowerShell Functionality
• Blockly
• • New Azure Deployment
  • Switch Block
  • Version Update
• Database
• • Database Export-Import Guide
  • Meta-Info and Session
  • .Net interface for HSQLDB Database
• General
• • 🔐 Recovering Data From a BitLocker‑Encrypted Windows Drive Using WinPE
  • Australia alight again
• Twilio SMS
• • Mobile Number Check
  • Onforwarding SMS
  • Receiving SMS
  • Sending SMS
  • Setting up
  • Discussion about using SMS
• Web Sites
• • gem Jekyll Safe Mode issue
  • Null checks and balances
  • Releases __ Listing number of downloads
  • Qualifying whether a new release is created with a Commit
  • GitHub Actions Release Versioning Guide
  • Creating Releases
  • Simplify posting images to a post
  • Larger files ... Releases
  • Limitations of GitHub Pages
  • GitHub Pages --- Custom Domain
  • GitHub Pages --- Getting Started
  • GitHub Pages --- Preliminary
  • Required CDN upgrade from Classic Issues
  • Devops Pipeline Timely Update
  • A Script to Paste an Image
  • Add voting to a Blog Post - How to Part 2 - Jekyll Post
  • Add voting to a Blog Post - How to Part 1 - Azure Function and Blob Storage
  • Add voting to a Blog Post
  • Equations using Latex
  • Jekyll Deployment - Script for Direct Deployment updates V2 Latest Files Only
  • Gem File Build issues - Resolved
  • Jekyll Deployment - Script for Direct Deployment updates
  • Jekyll Deployment Issue - A workaround.
  • Recap Creating this Blog Site
  • Jekyll Site Build failure - Part 2
  • Jekyll Site Build failure - Part 1
  • Add PWA to a WebApplication
  • What3Words Mapping - 2
  • What3Words Mapping - 1
  • IOT Hub Mapping App
  • Viewing on a phone
  • New post and Clone PS scripts
  • NMEA 101
  • Rendering on a Mobile Part 2
  • Twitter Card Image Caching
  • Notifications
  • Display Liquid code in a Post
  • Rendering on a Mobile Part 1
  • Part 5 ... Edge V Chrome
  • Duplicate Record Linq Queries
  • Part 4 ... A Derived Class
  • Part 3 ... The Alternative Certificate Page
  • Part 2 ... The Main Certificate Page
  • Part 1 ... Athlete Selection
  • 4 - Stored Procedures Part B
  • 3 - Stored Procedures Part A
  • 2 - ExecuteRawSql
  • 1 - Use Linq
  • Blog Site Updates - Grouping Query
  • Blog Site Updates
  • Layouts as a Template
  • Embed Videos
  • A simple Markup language.
  • Addendum Recoding for Version 2.1
  • Send Mail and Nuget Package
  • CS201 Exrecises
  • Coding
  • Blazor Test App
  • Console Test App
  • Schema
  • Intro - A Simple Markup Parser
  • Redirect http to https
  • General Availability May 12 2021
  • A Simple Static Content App
  • Posts in this series
  • 4. Cascade and SetNull Deletions
  • 3. Entity Framework Core Implementation
  • 2. Index of the Repository
  • 1. Multiple Entities and LocalStorage
  • Ruby Version 3 issue
  • Azure DevOps-Blob Storage Credentials
  • More on creating this blog site
  • Embedding Animated Gifs
  • Site Calendar Page
  • .Net Interactive and Try .Net
  • Latest
  • Next and Previous Post Links
  • Create a Blob Storage Static Web Site with SSLs enabled
  • Creating this Blog Site
  • Requirements for a Blog Site
• AgedCare Monitor
• • Monitoring Devices
  • MPU6050 Fall Detection App
  • Introduction
• Xamarin
• • Triggering Video Capture
  • Scheduling of App Permissions
  • Should Runtime Identifier only be in the app?
  • Maui Android Phone App ... With Issues
  • What is this sequence of posts about?
• meadow
• • About Project Lab V3
• MVP
• • I've been renewed again.
• Networking
• • UWP Sockets Library
• Raspberry Pi
• • Flash Setting and OTA Updates