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Updated review of robotics software platforms —
by Michael Somby (Jul. 30, 2008) —
Foreword -- Today's nascent robotics market has engendered nearly two dozen general-purpose software development frameworks, many of which run on Windows. This article reviews ten, and briefly describes a few others, before concluding with an analysis of which platforms are best-suited to which uses....
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Guest opinion: Symbian + Nokia = Love —
Andreas Constantinou (Jun. 26, 2008) —
Foreword -- This detailed, fact-filled editorial lays out the facts surrounding Nokia's announced intention to buy out its partners and release Symbian to open source. Author Andreas Constantinou, one of the smartest new voices commenting on the wireless market, then looks at what the news really means for the industry. ...
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Introducing the .NET Micro Framework —
by Jens Kuehner (May 20, 2008) —
 Foreword -- The following article describes the history and technical architecture of Microsoft's .NET Micro Framework (MF), a development environment for small, deeply embedded devices. It was originally published as the first chapter of Jens Kuehner's 2008 title, Expert .NET Micro Framework. ...
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WindowsForDevices.com 2007 survey results —
by Jonathan Angel (Mar. 7, 2008) —
 The results of WindowsForDevices.com's 2007 Embedded Market Survey are in! Overall, they show that Windows-based technologies continue to be the most popular with our readers, but Linux is making some dramatic inroads. Meanwhile, ARM-based CPUs are wresting increasing market share from x86-compatible processors....
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Microsoft's ESC Boston 2007 keynote demos —
by Mike Hall (Oct. 9, 2007) —
 Foreword: This guest column contains Mike Hall's account of his demonstrations during Kevin Dallas's keynote at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston 2007, held last month. Dallas is General Manager of Microsoft's Windows Embedded unit; Hall is Microsoft's Windows Embedded Software Architect. ...
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VDC's Report from ESC Boston 2007 —
by Steve Balacco, Matt Volckmann, Chris Rommel (Sept. 28, 2007) —
 Embedded market analysts from Venture Development Corp. (VDC) attended the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) held in Boston earlier this month. This guest column presents VDC's summary of the event, extracted from the firm's latest Embedded Systems Bulletin....
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Making GPRS connections in Windows CE 6.0 —
by K. Ashok Babu and R. Vinoth (Sep. 25, 2007) —
Foreword: This technical whitepaper explains how to achieve GPRS connectivity by means of Windows CE 6.0's dial-up networking functionality. It includes snippets of the required settings and provides screenshots that illustrate the connection process on the device....
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Device Profile: HP iPAQ Series 100, 200 PDAs —
(Sept. 6, 2007) —
 Rumors of the PDA's death have been greatly exaggerated. That's what HP seems to be saying with the release of two new iPAQ-branded handhelds, the 100 Series Classic Handheld and 200 Series Enterprise Handheld. ...
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Device Profile: HP iPAQ 300 Series GPS —
(Sept. 6, 2007) —
 HP has released GPS systems before, but always as adjuncts to a PDA or cellular phone. The company's iPAQ 300 Series Travel Companion is a stand-alone GPS device that employs Windows CE 5.0 and HP's own custom user interface....
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Device Profile: HP iPAQ Series 600, 900 smartphones —
(Sept. 6, 2007) —
 A phone by any other name would sound as sweet, HP appears to be reasoning. It has branded the two new smartphones in its iPAQ line the 600 Series Business Navigator and 900 Series Business Messenger, respectively....
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Device Profile: HTC Advantage (Athena) —
(Aug. 27, 2007) —
 HTC's Advantage is a PDA/phone that touts a "laptop-style experience," with a 5-inch 640 x 480 display and a detachable QWERTY keyboard. Based on a reference design code-named Athena, it was first released in January 2007 running Windows Mobile 5.0. ...
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A review of robotics software platforms —
by Michael Somby (Aug. 17, 2007) —
Foreword: Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general purpose software development frameworks, including many that support Windows or Windows CE. This article surveys seven of them, before wrapping up with an analysis of market trends likely to shape the robotics software landscape of tomorrow. ...
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Device Profile: Tronic PMG series —
(July 19, 2007) —
Tronic International, an ODM (original design manufacturer) headquartered in Singapore, supplies a range of UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs) that support Windows XP Embedded, among other Windows OS versions. The PMG series is offered with a variety of Intel and Via processors, and with screen sizes ranging from 7 to 12.1 inches....
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Security Catalogs and Windows XP Embedded —
by Alex Gimenez (July 16, 2007) —
Foreword: Security Catalogs are an important feature of the Windows security system because they help reduce disk footprint used by the code signing process. Security catalogs are installed differently on Windows XP Embedded systems than on desktop systems. This article explains those differences, and how they impact XP Embedded images....
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Maximizing driver quality in Windows XP Embedded -- Part 2 —
by Nick Nehrhood (July 2, 2007) —
Foreword: This is part 2 of a two-part series about tools that help developers assess device driver code quality. In Part 1, the author described how to use the Verifier tool; here he explains what to do when Verifer reports a problem....
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Maximizing driver quality in Windows XP Embedded -- Part 1 —
by Nick Nehrhood [June 12, 2007] —
Foreword: In this technical whitepaper, Windows XP Embedded team member Nick Nehrhood discusses a tool that helps developers assess the quality of device driver code. In Part 1, Nehrhood describes how to use the Verifier tool. Part 2, "coming soon," will discuss what to do when Verifer reports a problem....
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The Thin Multimedia Collaboration Client —
by Tsahi Levent-Levi —
Foreword: This whitepaper notes the trend toward embedding PC functionality within LCD monitors, thanks to "Moore's Law's" impact on processors and other silicon components. It goes on to describe an innovative application for this technology, the "thin multimedia collaboration client," and offers a Windows XP Embedded-based example....
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Device Profile: Nordic ID PL3000 —
[May 25, 2007] —
Finland-based Nordic ID's PL3000 handheld computer is a rugged, Windows CE-based device that targets indoor and outdoor commercial and industrial data capture applications. The device can be equipped with a variety of wireless communications options and data capture peripherals. ...
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Will my application run on Windows CE? —
by Mike Hall (May 23, 2007) —
Foreword: In this interesting article, Windows Embedded technical product manager Mike Hall examines a fundamental difference between Windows CE and the Windows desktop and Windows Mobile operating systems. Namely: you can't be certain a Windows CE application will run on any specific Windows CE image....
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How Windows CE bus drivers work —
by David Liao (Apr. 30, 2007) —
Foreword: Windows CE bus drivers play an important role in virtualizing bus architectures to make higher-level client drivers "bus agnostic." This extensive technical article by David Liao, a developer on Microsoft's Windows CE team, explains what Windows CE bus drivers do, and explores some of their key functions....
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VDC's report on the Embedded Systems Conference 2007 —
by Stephen Balacco and Matthew Volckmann (Apr. 12, 2007) —
 Venture Development Corp. (VDC) recently attended the 2007 Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif. This guest column from VDC's "Embedded Systems Bulletin -- April 2007" presents a summary of the event. ...
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Is the embedded industry dead? —
by Doug Gaff (Apr. 11, 2007) —
Foreword: In this guest column, Doug Gaff gives his take on last week's Embedded Systems Conference and ponders the future of the industry. What does "embedded" mean? As processors become more powerful and embedded devices are increasingly interconnected, Gaff contends that the distinction between "embedded" and "application" development is blurring....
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Understanding Windows CE's VirtualSetAttributes function —
by Kurt Kennett (Mar. 22, 2007) —
Foreword: In this brief technical note, Windows CE developer Kurt Kennett looks at how virtual memory is used to map peripheral registers into a Windows CE process. He points out that peripheral registers often have "attributes" that exhibit behavior different from ordinary memory. The VirtualSetAttributes function takes care of this....
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Some Windows CE questions and answers —
by Mike Hall (Mar. 2, 2007) —
Foreword: Windows Embedded senior technical product manager Mike Hall and fellow product manager Jeff Albertson recently hosted a webinar on "Rapidly Building Multimedia Devices on Windows Embedded CE." Participants posed a number of insightful questions, which Hall answers in this article....
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