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Microsoft announced the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. This release of Windows 10 IoT Core requires a development machine running the 7/29/2015 release of Windows 10 (Build 10240) and Visual Studio 2015.
Introduction to Windows 10 IoT Core
Windows 10 IoT Core is a new edition for Windows targeted towards small, embedded devices that may or may not have screens. For devices with screens, Windows 10 IoT Core does not have a Windows shell experience; instead users can write a Universal Windows app that is the interface and "personality" for the device. IoT core is designed to have a lower barrier to entry and make it easier to build professional grade devices. It's designed to work with a variety of open source languages and to work with Visual Studio.
The developer experience has been a high priority for Microsoft as they built Windows 10 IoT Core, and this shows when constructing apps for this platform. Microsoft's philosophy is that they want to make it easier for developers to use the languages and frameworks they prefer to build IoT device apps. This means support for the standard UWP languages, such as C++, C#, JS and VB, and also bring support – including tools, debugging, and project systems – for Node.js and Python. The project templates for the standard UWP languages create projects that look more like standard UWP projects, but for Node.js and Python they worked to make these apps look and feel similar to other platforms.
Keywords: Raspberry Pi 2, MinnowBoard Max, Development Machine, Visual Studio 2015, Embedded Devices, IoT device, ARC Advisory Group.