Extensible Emulator Overviews
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The Microsoft .NET Micro Framework provides a set of tools that enable you to emulate your hardware in software. With this extensible hardware emulator, you can have both your hardware and your software in development concurrently. This section provides an introduction to the extensible emulator.
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Introducing the Extensible Emulator
The extensible hardware emulator enables you to create a program in software that emulates your hardware.Creating a Custom Emulator: A Step-By-Step Example
In this walkthrough, you will create an emulator for a hypothetical massage chair unit, as well as a test application that runs on the emulator.Configuring Emulator Components
When creating an emulator, you'll first build your emulator components and then write an XML configuration file that contains information for configuring, loading, and initializing.Building a User Interface for Your Emulator
You can use Windows Forms programming, displaying a Windows Form that looks like an LCD, to implement the user interface for your emulator program.
Note
When you install the .NET Micro Framework SDK, the installation program creates a folder in your My Documents folder called Microsoft .NET Micro Framework. That, in turn, has a folder named Samples. In the Samples folder, you'll see a folder called Temperature. The Temperature folder contains a sample that demonstrates the use of a custom emulator component.