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My understanding is that IoT replaced Embedded in Win10.

I think that the memory issue is specific to the Pi, and potentially wouldn't be an issue with other devices.

There are also different versions of IoT. IoT core is the lightest variant, but there is an Enterprise SKU for thin clients that may be more appropriate for what you are trying to accomplish (I honestly haven't looked at it to see what differences there are).


Depending upon what combination of locked down / powerful / cheap you need this to have, there may be off the shelf options that are better. For tablets, we are finding that super cheap ATOM based tablets are sufficient for some of our needs; like this one.

We use these for locked down single purpose devices (using admin tools to do the lock-down). As a bonus, we are able to install additional software and services (remote support, our own services), run x86 / x64, and stick with WPF so we don't have to deal with the UWP sandbox.

I still like the idea of a headless IoT device, and have two potential uses commercial uses for them, but so far the cost / performance ratio doesn't have me convinced that a small form factor PC wouldn't be better.

The cards I have aren't fake, I've tested them using FakeFlashTest. (And lots of cheap "deals" on various websites totally are fake cards, including some of the amazon ships; I've been burned a few times in the past, so I always check new cards now.)

The card I'm currently using is a multi-colored one like you mention, it's one I've used in a lot of other devices with great success. -- So I'm pretty sure it's not the card itself being "bad". -- Specifically, it's this card, sold directly by amazon, and not one of their member-run shops: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010Q57T02/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My thought is actually that maybe the UHS driver in Windows 10 IoT isn't compatible with all manufacturer's implementations, so that's why I was wondering about the specific card you bought.

If you can find a good amazon link for the cards you have, I'd be grateful.

Electronics is both easy and hard. The easy parts are following a schematic and plugging existing circuits together. This is usually much easier with digital electronics since all the electronics are doing are turning the current on and off or bringing the voltage high or low. The hardest part is making sure you connect all the wires correctly, and most devices are protected, and voltages are low, so crossing wires won't fry the device (though LEDs are easy to burn out). You can get very far with this "lego" mindset to circuit design. If you want to understand how current flows through an electrical network, and why resistors need specific values, how analog circuits work, and why digital signals need certain components like capacitors, then you'll need to invest more time in understanding electrical theory. This book is really good for that: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Third-Edition/dp/0071771336

Thanks for following up, I had forgotten this by the time I got home that day.

heres the link