Run Hello World on Windows IoT (WinIoT) and GrovePi

This is Step 2 in a 3 part series on Getting Started with WinIoT and the GrovePi+.  See the other parts here.

In this second step, we will walk through all the steps to get your first GrovePi Internet of Things device running on the GrovePi and the Raspberry Pi.

1).  Setup the Hardware

Attach the GrovePi to the Raspberry Pi.

2).  Connect the LED

In this example, we will blink a Grove LED on Port D2.  Connect the LED to Port D2.

3).  Download the Example Code

You can download the example code in two ways:

• Download the latest zip file of all GrovePi example code here.
• If you’re using Github, you can download the Git here:  https://github.com/DexterInd/GrovePi.git

You can view all the example code for C# and the GrovePi here on Github.  The folders “Driver” and “GrovePi” contain the driver code for the GrovePi.  The folder “Samples” contain the various GrovePi C# Samples that demonstrate the various sensors with the GrovePi.

4).  Connect to Your Raspberry Pi and GrovePi

Open the WinIoT Core Dashboard and find your device.

5).  Open the HelloWorldBlinky Solution

Open the solution HelloWorldBlinky.sln  This file should be under GrovePi/Software/CSharp/Samples/HelloWorldBlinky

6). Install Windows 10 SDK

The first time you open the GrovePi solution, you will be prompted to install Windows 10 SDK.  You will need to close Visual Studio.

Run the installation.  This can take up to 30 minutes.

7).  Open the HelloWorldBlinky Solution

Open the solution HelloWorldBlinky.sln  This file should be under GrovePi/Software/CSharp/Samples/HelloWorldBlinky

Again. You only need to install this SDK once!

8).  Add a Reference to the GrovePi Libraries

To install GrovePi for Windows IoT, run the Package Manager Console.  Open it in Visual Studio by going to “Tools” –> “NuGet Package Manager” –> “Package Manager Console”

In the command line, type “Install-Package GrovePi”.

9).  Setup the Project

Right-click on the HelloWorldBlinky project in the Solution Explorer and click Select Set as Startup Project.

Next, right-click on the Properties tab under HelloWorldBlinky and select Open.

Select the Debug tab.  Select Remote Machine in the Target device field.

In the Remote Machine field, click the “Find…” button.

Select your Raspberry Pi.  Remember in the previous step we renamed our Raspberry Pi to “GrovePi”.  In the picture below you can see it has a local address of 192.168.3.102.  Click “Select”

Press Ctrl + S (this file will not be saved automatically, you must save it manually).

9). Run the Sample Solution

Finally, Press F5 to launch the debugger (it will take a minute or two to deploy your app onto the Raspberry Pi).

10).  Blinking LED

Voila!  You should have a blinking LED on the GrovePi!