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Not quite - this might just be a board used by Microsoft as a high-powered test for shrinking Windows, but it's not the "Internet of Things" board that they've

Not quite - this might just be a board used by Microsoft as a high-powered test for shrinking Windows, but it's not the "Internet of Things" board that they've been talking about. That's this: http://ms-iot.github.io/content/SetupGalileo.htm http://ms-iot.github.io/content/SetupGalileo.htm It's a cheaper device, and it's about $70. It runs an even slimmer version of Windows. So it's much more a competitor with the Raspberry Pi than other Windows development boards (i.e.: this $300 one.)

taylorbuley 12y ago
Right. No way I'm breadboarding this up at $300 per "Thing" This appears to be a solid workbench device for developing add-on hardware (and the drivers to communicate with it) The desire to compare to RaspPi is understood, especially when it plays into my preconceptions of the difficulty of Windows development. This thing is a monster. http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/rsz_b--300x225.jpg http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/rsz_b-... http://www.mouser.com/images/circuitco/lrg/595-SHARKSCOVE-PROMO.jpg http://www.mouser.com/images/circuitco/lrg/595-SHARKSCOVE-PR...
steverb 12y ago
Don't forget the Gadgeteer stuff MS has had for quite a while. It's pretty cool for rapidly prototyping "things". http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/gadgeteer/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/gadgeteer/