Blog author© 20252026-04-15T22:26:17ZMoonglade v14.20.07a8f630f-fd49-47e0-b6b7-3a75cfb765342022-08-10T09:12:01Z2022-08-10T09:12:01ZAlex K.alex@strive2code.comA while ago, I filmed a YouTube video reviewing the new DELL XPS 9520 (a high-performing Windows laptop with a sturdy build and OLED screen). You can view this video on my YouTube channel: It's an excellent machine, but not without small flaws. This is not my first XPS, and when it went to GA, you can expect that certain issues might not have been fixed in their entirety or could have beenf0f6cd7b-be32-4c27-aa80-c93c5852026b2021-12-29T09:59:47Z2021-12-29T09:59:47ZAlex K.alex@strive2code.comThis part is all about completing the pre-requisites. We've started with the board assembly in Part 1 here, and to proceed with the application development, we need to put the board together (which requires some soldering) and flash the Meadow OS to it. Step 1 To complete this step, we would need the following: 1 Meadow board (aka 'base') 1 Wooden Wilderness Labs protoboard (or breadboard)f152b78c-187b-458d-b960-8fdc423f880b2021-12-28T10:05:31Z2021-12-28T10:05:31ZAlex K.alex@strive2code.comToday I'm talking about Meadow Hack Kit. If you're unfamiliar with this technology or want to learn more, keep reading. Meadow is a complete Enterprise-grade IoT platform that runs .NET applications on embeddable microcontrollers. It's a plug-and-play IoT library with a huge selection of peripheral drivers and a prototype-friendly developer kit that enables you to build prototypes on real