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Re: Gumstix Programming

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Originally Posted by lupjohn
It would seem to me if this product is successful then the gumstix/winCE/VS2005( or facimile of the same) environment could be in the future of at least FRC. I would not be supprised if the DVD of the Robotic Studio ends up in the KOP for 2007.
I don't think this will happen any time soon. MSRS doesn't have runtime support for Windows CE yet, so you would need to have Windows XP Embedded (and a 32-bit PC) running on your robot, which isn't practical at all.

If we were to get any of the new Microsoft development technology to play with next year I would think that it would be the .NET Micro Framework, but this is unlikely. The IFI RC would require different hardware and I don't think Microchip would be too receptive to moving away from their microcontroller line.