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March 2007 - Posts

Sharing Hardware Registers: When to replace multiple writers with a shared resource driver.

Posted by Jeremy Cooke When designing a complex system it is occasionally necessary to coordinate interaction with some sort of shared resource. Traditionally this is done with synchronization objects provided by the operating system such as critical Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:56 PM by ce_base | 3 Comments
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Critical Section vs. Mutex

Posted by Jeremy Cooke Both critical sections and mutex objects can be used to synchronize code execution in a Windows CE system. Judicious use of these techniques is necessary to prevent sharing conflicts over system resources through synchronized access. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 11:47 AM by ce_base | 7 Comments

Introduction: Jeremy Cooke

I'm a developer on the Windows Mobile BSP team. I came to Microsoft after graduating with a masters in EECS from the University of Michigan. During my time at Microsoft I have worked mostly on Texas Instruments, ARM-based BSPs, and am currently working Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 11:39 AM by ce_base | 4 Comments

Automating the Breakpoint and Stepping Operations

Posted by: Sankar Ramasubbu I am going to show you how to automate the operation of setting and deleting breakpoints as well as various stepping operations. The sample included here will show you how to automate the following operations: 1. Setting a Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 24, 2007 7:30 PM by ce_base | 1 Comments

Introduction: Sankar Ramasubbu

I am a Software Design Engineer in Test at Microsoft. I started at Microsoft in September 2003 and have been with the Platfrom Builder Diagnostics team. I grew up in Chennai, India and moved to Seattle in 1996. Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:30 PM by ce_base | 0 Comments

Debug Zones: Eliminating Excess Chatter

Posted by Riki June Last December Travis wrote an entry on Debug Zones, I’d like to follow this up with some practical examples. If you haven’t read his article, then I’d recommend you start there: http://blogs.msdn.com/ce_base/archive/2006/12/18/debug-messages-and-debug-zones-in-windows-ce.aspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:43 PM by ce_base | 1 Comments
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Introduction: Riki June

Gidday, I'm a dev on the Drivers team, working under Kurt Kennett. I have taken ownership of Keyboard and CEPC (for CE and Mobile), although I'm only slowly getting up to speed on the latter. Prior to working at Microsoft I was a dev at EmbeddedFusion, Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:41 PM by ce_base | 0 Comments
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VIEWING PROCESS AND THREAD DATA PROGRAMATICALLY

Today, I am going to talk about how to retrieve process and thread information from PB debugger. This post assumes that you already know how to download a debug image to a Device Emulator using PB. Please look at Brent Bishop’s post on "Automating the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:01 PM by ce_base | 4 Comments

INTRODUCTION: SHILPI GAUTAM

I grew up in India and moved to USA in 2001.I graduated with a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on networking. I started at Microsoft in November 2005 as a Software Design Engineering and Test in the Platform Builder group.. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:50 PM by ce_base | 1 Comments

Automating the Download of a Run-Time Image

Posted by: Brent Bishop So far I've shown how to automate the creation of an OS design, modify it and build it. The next step is to demonstrate how to automate the process of downloading the run-time image to a device. Step 1: Create a new Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 8:58 AM by ce_base | 4 Comments

Understanding VirtualSetAttributes

Posted by Kurt Kennett Virtual Memory is fantastic. It allows you to create this personalized ‘view’ of the memory space of a computer, and rearrange where things are physically to suit your desires. This is especially good for the organization of registers Read More...
Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 10:57 AM by ce_base | 30 Comments
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