Maker move sees Windows 10 IoT Core run fast on Raspberry Pi

by Richard Wilson - Electronics Weekly, Aug. 11, 2015 – 

Microsoft has jumped into the maker community with the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core which will run on the Raspberry Pi 2.

Microsoft has designed in support for Python and Node.js, including a new Express Node.js project template. It also claims that GPIO performance on the Raspberry Pi 2 has improved by x8 to x10.

Analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) and pulse-width modulation (PWM) are now supported via breakout boards and ICs.

Microsoft is aiming to tap into the maker community by supporting frameworks they prefer to build apps with. So there is support for the standard UWP languages like C++, C#, JS and VB, but it also means bringing support - including full tools, debugging, and project systems - for Node.js and Python.

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