August, 2010

I just read this interesting blog post from David Stewart from Intel and I am very excited as I totally share the idea that Embedded Computing is about to get a whole lot bigger than it had ever been, and I dare to say that it will also become at least...

Jochen is an Embedded MVP who works for Elektrobit. In addition to being an MVP Jochen is also Microsoft certified trainer. He just recorded a webcast explaining the concepts of Silverlight for Windows Embedded. Check this out on the Discover The Embedded...

All the technologies exist and “just” need to be integrated... Results can definitively be impressive, especially when it comes to things like user experience or control of multiple independent entities or both. Here is an example with Surface which appears...

Working with an emulators or a virtual environments is very useful in the embedded space as Hardware might not be available, connectivity might complicate the development process. Up to Windows Embedded CE 6.0, an ARM emulator was provided in the box...

If you are interested about barcode recognition using .Net code, I highly recommend Chris ’ series of articles. While so many bar code reader devices and technologies exist today making it look like a really trivial thing to achieve, Chris’ digs into ...

If you are interested to learn more about localization of your embedded OS I recommend reading this blog post and this whitepaper . Windows Embedded Standard uses the same localization model as the Windows 7  but considering footprint impact and...

Hey students, you want to visit New York and you want to get a chance to compete against students from all around the world in a software challenge? Imagine Cup 2011 , Microsoft’s Premier students competition, will take place in New York this time! I...

There is a new BSP coming with Windows Embedded Compact 7 (the public CTP is available on Connect ): the Virtual PC BSP. This BSP allows to build a CE image for a virtual machine running in Windows Virtual PC environment (if you are running Windows 7...

This year at ESC Boston , the now well-known Build Your Own Embedded System (a.k.a. BYOES ) program will give you a chance to learn how to design a Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS and deploy it on a BeagleBoard-xm , the cool tiny inexpensive board from...

If  you are planning on building a Windows Embedded Standard 7 device and wonder which applications are compatible with this platform in order to reuse existing software, you can now leverage this online tool called “ Compatible Applications ” website...

Let me introduce you to Ramaprasanna , developer evangelist for Microsoft India. Rama has developed an amazing solution leveraging a bunch of Microsoft products such as Windows Embedded, Microsoft Robotics, Windows Azure, Live Meeting,… When waking up...