| Embedded confab does Windows |
Oct. 02, 2008
Microsoft has announced that this month's ESC (embedded systems conference) in Boston will feature 12 different sessions devoted to Windows Embedded operating systems. The sessions, covering Windows Embedded Standard and Windows CE 6.0, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and Wednesday, Oct. 29, according to the company.
Posting on his Windows Embedded blog, Microsoft software architect Mike Hall lists the Windows-specific sessions slated for ESC, which runs from Oct. 26 to Oct. 30 overall. Hall provides the names and descriptions of the sessions but didn't list the times; we pored through the conference website and have appended them to the following lists.
Windows CE 6.0 sessions listed by Hall are all scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28, as follows:- Discover Windows Embedded CE technologies, tools and roadmaps (10:15 to 11:15)
- Deep dive into the build process of Windows Embedded CE (11:30 to 12:30)
- Building real time systems with Windows Embedded CE (2:00 to 3:00)
- Develop the next generation of Windows Embedded CE applications using Visual Studio and .NET or native code (3:15 to 4:15)
- Debugging Windows Embedded CE kernel (4:30 to 5:30)
- Building connected and distributed systems using Windows Embedded (5:45 to 6:45)
Windows Embedded Standard sessions listed by Hall are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 29, as follows:- Introduction to Windows Embedded Standard and roadmap (8:30 to 9:30)
- Windows Embedded Standard -- Developer considerations from image inception to deployment (9:45 to 10:45)
- Using write filters to build reliable devices (11:00 to 12:00)
- Leveraging the WPF (windows presentation framework) in an embedded environment (1:45 to 2:45)
- Windows Embedded Standard: Remote debugging (3:00 to 4:00)
- Servicing devices and integrating System Center products with Windows Embedded Standard (4:15 to 5:15)
ESC Boston
In addition to the above, many other events at ESC Boston should intrigue Windows fans. For example, show organizers will be offering a "Build Your Own Embedded System" (BYOES) program, which offers hands-on assistance to developers as they build embedded systems at the show. The giveaway for attendees who want to build Windows-based systems will be the Ibase IB885 SBC (single board computer), powered by AMD's new Sempron 2xx "Atom-killer." For more details, see our earlier coverage, here.
Located in Boston's Hynes Convention Center, ESC will feature keynotes by robot-swarm designer James McLurkin and Martin Cooper, "father of the mobile phone." An exhibition floor will be open on Oct. 28-29, but the main focus is on educational sessions like those already mentioned. General topics cited by the organizers include:- Commercial & open source operating systems
- Debugging, verification & test
- Design-team management
- DSP & multimedia: algorithms & implementation
- Hardware design including programmable logic
- Multi-core & multi-threaded processing
- Real-time development
- Security
- Software development
- Virtualization
- Wired & wireless networking
According to the organizers, conference director Richard Nass will also continue his popular series of teardowns, which in past ESC shows have involved the disassembly of devices ranging from a Toyota Prius to Gibson's self-tuning Robot Guitar. This month's victims are scheduled to be an original Apple iMac computer, an Apple Newton PDA, an Apple-Bandai Pippin gaming consoloe, and the Estes Micro-Tiger helicopter.
Further information
Information on ESC Boston, scheduled for Oct. 26-30, may be found here. For a searchable list of educational sessions, see here.
To see Mike Hall's posting regarding the show, see the Windows Embedded blog, here.
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