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Hi, I am very new to this and have little programming experance, so please be kind :-)I am trying the connect an ADC Pi Plus to a Pi 3 running Windows IoT and programming in VB.net.Everything is connected and is looking OK, no compile errors, however I end up in an infinite loop waiting for the ADC.connect() to connect.I have checked the ADC power and it has 5v on the supply side, so it is getting all it needs from the Pi.I realise that I am out on the fringe using Windows IoT and VB.net, but is because this is the only language that I have used.The only code samples that I have found are for c# which has not helped too much.Are there some code samples out there for VB that you could point me to?Failing this, does anyone have have a sample of how to connect and read input for the ADC Pi Plus on IoT in VB?Looking forward to any positive response.

Hi Phill

I am afraid I don't have any experience with VB.net so I will have to do some research and find out why the IoT library isn't working. Hopefully, it will be possible to get the C# version of the library working otherwise I will write a new version in VB.net. It may take me a few days to get it working though as I first need to learn VB.net.

As soon as I get a working library I will upload it to GitHub and post an update on this forum.

Hi AndrewThank you for helping out.I look forward to your results.

Hi Phill

I have uploaded a new visual basic.net demo application to our GitHub repository. It contains code for the ADC Pi that you should be able to use to get your own project working.

https://github.com/abelectronicsuk/ABElectronics_Win10IOT_Libraries

Hi AndrewThanks for your support.Going through what you have provided has shown me that I really am a novice as I am struggling to understand what you have provided.I was thinking that continuing with VB might cause plenty of challenges with little chance of support or answers in forums, so I have tried to port my code to C#.After a lot of minor changes I managed to compile and run but still couldn't communicate with the board. Not wanting to give up too early, I tried moving the location of where the ADCPi object is created and the connect() method is called.I discovered if the ADCPi object is created in the declaration section before MainPage() and added the Connect() method after the "this.InitializeComponent()" call, I could read the analoge input to 10 decimal places :-).Needless to say, very relieved to have crossed that hurdle, although plenty more to go.Thanks once again.

Hi AndrewI just re tried my original VB program with a couple of minor mods and it works perfectly.Thanks.Maybe I can go back to my comfort zone of VB ;-)