March 2005 - Posts

Final Reports
25 March 05 01:28 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

While still a month away, wanted to remind you that the final reorts are due on April 23rd. Also you only need to submit the reports to us, not to CSIDC. By April 10th you will get instructions re submitting the final reports including the password for Read More...

Will be out of the office from March 24th to April 3rd and April 15th to April 23rd
21 March 05 03:10 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

I wanted you to know about this in advance. Turns out my knees need to be fixed - the articular cartilage has become rough and needs to be smoothened out (too much cricket I think:-)) so I'll be out of the office starting this Thursday uptil April 4th. Read More...

How to access a hard drive from the eBox.
21 March 05 03:04 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

This question seems to be a popular one:-) ICOP have provided an answer here http://www.icop.com.tw/manual/eBoxII_WinCE_50_JumpStart.pdf Read More...

Technical Chats for teams
21 March 05 03:01 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

In order to help the teams that are participating in the contest we have also scheduled some technical chats - the first chat will be on Tuesday April 5th at 9:00 am Pacific followed by a chat on Wednesday April 6th at 5:00 pm Pacific. We hope these times Read More...

Today's Questions
18 March 05 06:04 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

Got some more questions today which are below. Have a great weekend everybody. From: kendi.mejia@gmail.com [mailto:kendi.mejia@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:31 AM To: Ivan Joseph Subject: (via Ivan Joseph's WebLog) Hi We have problems with Read More...

A podcast about our contest
17 March 05 11:16 AM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

On Monday Mike Hall interviewed me as part of his ongoing podcasts - I talked about the contest as well so those of you who are interested can listen http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2005/03/14/395610.aspx Read More...

Several questions that we have answers for / have tried to answer.
17 March 05 11:14 AM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

Here are all the questions that have been covered in today's post- we are doing our best to answer all your questions so keep them coming. It's great to see the enthusiasm and interest. I also want to mention that one of the teams sent a question that Read More...

Team Project Descriptions and Feedback
08 March 05 01:22 PM | Ivan Joseph | 1 Comments   

Many of you may have received feedback from us about the project descriptions. We hope you find them useful. If you haven't yet received any feedback re your project, please keep in mind the following guidelines that I had posted last month. If you are Read More...

Visit by Alan Clements of CSIDC
08 March 05 01:03 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

Yesterday Alan Clements, Chair of CSIDC flew in from UK and we spent some time together discussing future plans around the competitions. It was fun catching up with him and talking about the possibilities. We have bandied about some ideas - I will let Read More...

Windows ChallengE Finals Write Up from last year - Joshua Blake from James Madison University
08 March 05 12:41 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

Joshua Blake whose team won the 1st Windows ChallengE was kind enough to send me a write up of his experience. This might give you a flavor of the excitement, tension and energy around last year's event. My Windows ChallengE Finals Experience Everyone Read More...

A student Video on Windows CE 5.0 from Boston College
08 March 05 12:31 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

I was absolutely delighted to get a mail from Joel Barciauskaus of Boston College offering to answer students questions based on their experience from last year. What's more he has even attached a professionally:-) done video. Thanks Joel, Andrew and Read More...

Questions from today -03/03/05
04 March 05 05:52 PM | Ivan Joseph | 2 Comments   

Shashwata from Team Famous Four asks: Sir, We need to use the 8255 for interfacing with the rotator. We want to directly attach the 8255 to the ebox . This would show that 8255 is controlled by WinCE embedded ebox. But the 8255 we plan to use is available Read More...

Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference in Las Vegas, May 9-12, 2005
03 March 05 01:53 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

I know most of you are busy with the WESC - I however wanted to take a minute to let you know about this exciting event. There is an exclusive offer for academics (see below) so if any of you want to participate, please do so. Since this is in the US Read More...

More questions - laptops not having direct access to COM1 via serial and how to create a table in Windows CE
02 March 05 04:03 PM | Ivan Joseph | 3 Comments   

Juan Vargas: Several students plan to do Windows CE development on laptops. Appendix “A” and “B” of the “e-Box-II Windows CE 5.0 Jump Start” say that in order to do debugging, the e-Box COM1 port must be connected to the system hosting the Platform Builder. Read More...

More questions
02 March 05 03:42 PM | Ivan Joseph | 1 Comments   

Question from NeuEmbedded, China 1.How can I play a audio/video in my own application? My developping tool is VS.NET 2003. 2.I have built an WinCE image with Platform Builder.How can I use it in VS.NET emulator when I debug my applition? Mike Hall replies: Read More...