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A look back at "Embedded" 2006.
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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It's new years eve, the end of quite an interesting year in the mobile and embedded world. Here's a quick look at some of the highlights. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 released and available in Eval and Full product versions - this is the 10th anniversary...
Windows Embedded Blog
Cleaning up Blog Roll.
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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I've updated my blog roll (right side of blog page) to include some interesting blogs that were missing and remove some inactive blogs - let me know if you have an *active* embedded blog up and running and I will consider adding it to the list. - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
The Moth memes me. Or, 5 things you didn't know about me...
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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The Moth has "Tagged me" and has posted 5 things you probably didn't know about him, so I guess I need to post my five things and then tag some other folks... I was initially turned down for a job at Microsoft and one year later was pinged by the same...
Windows Embedded Blog
.NET MicroFramework book - want to review it ?
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Donald Thompson, Architect on the .NET MicroFramework team (links to a new .NET MicroFramework MSDN web site) and Rob Miles, university Lecturer, UK, are working on a .NET MicroFramework book! (woot!) - Donald and Rob are planning to drop unedited sample...
Windows Embedded Blog
Project Socrates - Phidgets How To.
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Jim Wilson, embedded MVP (Jim, where's your blog site URL?) - has posted an excellent tutorial on how to get Phidgets working with the ICOP eBox 2300, here's a link to the tutorial . Here's what the tutorial (including images) covers: How to create a...
Windows Embedded Blog
Geeking out on Christmas Eve...
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Twas the night before Christmas and not even the (computer) mouse was moving... My family and I were invited to one of my colleagues houses for a pre-Christmas get together, we had a great time, plenty of wonderful food and great conversation (thanks...
Windows Embedded Blog
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Released
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over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Visual Studio 2005 SP1 has been released , this is needed if you are using Visual Studio for CE 6.0 o/s development and application development - of course you should install SP1 if you are using Visual Studio for regular desktop application development...
Windows Embedded Blog
Living off the grid...
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Having been without power (and connectivity) at home since last Thursday due to the huge wind storm that hit the Seattle area we're finally back on the grid again! - it's amazing how quickly your life changes when power and connectivity are removed. Phones...
Windows Embedded Blog
Big Storm in Seattle area.
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Thursday evening a large wind storm hit Seattle area causing wide-spread power outage across the area - I grabbed a couple of photos close to home, you can see a snapped power pole just hanging in the air, there are hundreds of trees down in the area...
Windows Embedded Blog
MEDC 2007 - Session and Lab Triage.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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It's Thursday December 14th 2006 - MEDC 2007 is five months out - today is the big session and lab triage meeting - the image below shows all of the MEDC track owners walking through the sessions/labs that have been submitted, and, as usual we have way...
Windows Embedded Blog
CE 6.0 Gumstix BSP CodePlex Project.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Looks like the CE 6.0 BSP for Gumstix ™ is getting close to being posted online - there's a new Gumstix CE 6.0 CodePlex project site created (no downloads yet, but I expect these to be posted shortly) - the folks over at WE-DIG have been busy! - Mike
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Channel9 Screencast: Managed Application development for Windows Embedded CE 6.0
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Building an embedded operating system is typically just the start of the development process - you probably want to also write/test/debug some applications on top of the operating system image - there are a number of steps needed to get this working,...
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 Screencast: CE Application Compatibility (CEAppCompat)
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Just before launch of CE 6.0 I spent a few minutes over with the CE documentation team talking about application development and the new CEAppCompat tool that can be used to determine if your existing CE 5.0 based application/driver would have any issues...
Windows Embedded Blog
Microsoft Robotics Studio Released!
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Today, December 12th Microsoft Robotics Studio is released free of charge for non-commercial use ($399 for commercial use). Tandy Trower GM of Robotics Studio discusses Robotics Studio on the San Francisco Chronicle Podcast (12:06min). You are probably...
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 Screencast: Analyzing Physical and Virtual Memory Usage
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Continuing todays MSDN Channel 9 screencast series, here's another extremely useful tutorial from Sue Loh covering analyzing Physical and Virtual Memory Usage . - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
Georgia Tech: Phidgets LCD RSS Display.
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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This is kinda cool, some students over at Georgia Tech have been working with Windows CE and Phidgets to produce an IR remote controlled LCD RSS Feed. Here's a link to the web site - and a link to a video showing you the bits working (looks like there...
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 Screencast: Windows CE, Collecting Thread Data Without Remote Kernel Tracker
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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It's like a storm of cool and interesting embedded videos are hitting Channel 9 today... Here's the next video from Sue Loh, in this video Sue talks about collecting thread data without the Remote Kernel Tracker . - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 Screencast: Sue Loh, understanding Performance Tools.
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Here's another excellent Channel 9 video to keep you busy... Sue Loh ( CE_Base blog ) a developer on the CE tools team recorded a video that discusses performance tools for embedded development - this is now posted on the MSDN Channel 9 Screencast site...
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 Screencast: What's new in CE 6.0 Platform Builder Tools - Part 2
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Head over to MSDN Channel 9 to join Jonathan Lyons for the second part of his look at what's new in the CE 6.0 tools for embedded developers (part 2) - in this screencast Jonathan looks at debugging, comparing operating system images and other goodness...
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 day... Driver development with Mike Calligaro
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Gosh, it must be Channel 9 day or something, here's another great video over on MSDN Channel 9 - Rory Blyth catches up with Mike Calligaro and discusses some of the interesting projects he's worked on (including Sega Dreamcast) and driver development...
Windows Embedded Blog
Channel 9 Screencast: What's new in CE 6.0 Platform Builder Tools - Part 1
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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Head over to MSDN Channel 9 to join Jonathan Lyons, program manager on the CE 6.0 tools team for a look at what's new in the CE 6.0 tools for embedded developers (part 1). - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Released!
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over 6 years ago
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mikehall
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The XNA team has released v1.0 of XNA Game Studio Express - this release supports game development for Windows and XBOX 360 - see Coding4Fun for more information. - Mike
Windows Embedded Blog
Imagine Cup: Embedded Invitational, latest Stats...
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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I received some stats on the number of teams signed up for Imagine Cup Embedded Invitational - right now there are 1765 unique signups ! Here's the timeline for the competition. Sep 1 - Registration Opens Nov 15 - Competition Begins Feb 15 - First Round...
Windows Embedded Blog
iCup finally arrives...
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Yesterday the Starbucks iCup machines got fitted into the drinks areas across the MED (Mobile and Embedded Devices) buildings, check out Loke grabbing a quick Tall Drip! - the devices give the option of "Left Coffee", "Right Coffee", Mixed (left and right...
Windows Embedded Blog
Halo3 Beta - call for testers!
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
mikehall
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Just seen this on BetaNews - Bungie is asking for xbox 360 owners (in North America) to sign up for Halo 3 Beta testing - I'm not sure how many people will get onto the program, but it's worth a try, right ? - Mike
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