Windows 10 IoT Core for your Internet of Things. Day one of Microsofts Build 2015 conference is in the books, but that doesnt mean the news has stopped. The Windows 10 IoT Core Insider developer preview p. Interview Today Microsoft and the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that Windows 10 will run on the new Raspberry Pi 2. But why The Register spoke to Pi founder and. Standard Serial Over Bluetooth Link Driver on this page. This is the core OS image that powers Windows IoT platform on Raspberry Pi 2 3. Windows 10 IoT Core is the smallest version of the Windows 10 editions. I drank the Kool Aid The Register. Interview Today Microsoft and the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that Windows 1. Raspberry Pi 2. But why The Register spoke to Pi founder and CEO Eben Upton. Weve had people queuing up and saying they want Windows, the whole time, says Upton. I think theres a sense that youre a real PC if you run Windows. Porting Windows is now possible because of Microsofts work on Windows RT for devices like the original Surface, which runs ARMv. Previous models of the Pi run ARMv. Cortex A7 powered Pi 2 is also ARMv. Its two versions of the ARM instruction set and architecture, says Upton. There hasnt been Windows for ARM v. There was no real appetite to port the Windows kernel to a whole new architecture just to get Raspberry Pi. In terms of whether we approached Microsoft, or Microsoft approached us, I dont think it was either, I think it was a conversation in a bar, he adds. Weve had a very good relationship with them for a long time, and it was just, we can do this now with ARM v. What were talking about here is Windows 1. Io. T Internet of Things there hasnt been a statement about capabilities, Upton explains. Enterprise Java Programming With Ibm Websphere Second Edition. Were not necessarily talking about Power. Point or the Windows desktop. Microsoft will make a statement on what exact capabilities they plan to bring to the device fairly soon. The big thing for me is to have an environment where people can do the write once, run anywhere thing, write something that will run on a Surface, on a Raspberry Pi, and on a mobile phone. Cross device compatibility will be there thanks to Microsofts Universal App strategy, based on the Windows Runtime platform once known as Metro. Back in February, when we launched Raspberry Pi 2, the sharpeyed among you will have noticed the folks at Microsoft making an announcement about bringing Windows 10. Although the desktop might not be available, the Windows build will support visual applications. It is a headed device, HDMI primarily at the moment but then LCD panels in due course. But why bother with Windows What can you do that you cannot do with LinuxMicrosoft has a really good clue about cloud integration. Theres a great story about Azure, and about data integration between Io. T devices and Azure, enthuses Upton. I think theyve got a pretty compelling security story as well. As a child of the 1. Microsoft woke up and really started taking it seriously, examining the code base for security vulnerabilities. Cs 1.6 Cheats Aim here. Their feeling is that they have the most secure operating system to build Io. T applications. I dont think thats necessarily wrong. Theres familiarity with the APIs, he adds. None of these ARM platforms offer Win. Windows world. Visual Studio is the other big thing. IMG_20150508_220430.jpg' alt='Windows 10 Raspberry Pi 2' title='Windows 10 Raspberry Pi 2' />Theres good tooling, because they have the mindset of Raspberry Pi as a device that you deploy to, rather than Raspberry Pi as a standalone computer. There is nothing to touch Visual Studio. This blog was written by Kevin Dallas, General Manager, Windows IoT Group. Today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the retail availability of their new board, the. Having Visual Studio as the development platform for appliance like use of Raspberry Pi is really cool. Will Windows on Pi appeal more to industrial and business users, or hobbyistsIts a maker pro kind of thing, says Upton. People see Raspberry Pi as essential to enabling the growth of that maker pro world. The pitch from Microsoft is theyve got great tooling to get it started and then theyve got a trajectory with the Azure stuff that means youre not going to end up reinventing the wheel, probably insecurely Ive drunk an enormous amount of Kool Aid by the sounds of it. Upton will be at Microsofts Build conference in early April, as well as Win. HEC Hardware Engineering Conference in Schenzen mid March, evangelising Raspberry Pi to developers. Windows builds for Raspberry Pi 2 will be publicly available soon, says Upton, but it is over to Microsoft for the timing. Would be developers can sign up here.