Hi! My name is WiMo. I'm ready to play!

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JGUI — Sat, 13 May 2006 09:55:02 GMT

very very interesting! I'm so on fire, especially, because I try to use "live" camera image in another idea too: as the background of Today Screen www.jgui.net/imf_x/

let's share our codes. and I want to start with my own WiMo, step...step...

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Stefano Demiliani — Sat, 13 May 2006 15:19:30 GMT

Wow, so cool :) Please post something more about it.

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Bad Trade — Sat, 13 May 2006 21:40:33 GMT

Just to be different yet not too aggressive all for a good cause..

How about you guys sort out Pocket IE first to not return 'invalid address..'? People still hit issues even with the allmighty AKU2 that gives (hang on, wow) mail like it should have been in the first place (it's 2006 not 1995).

That is all while any other TCP/IP app, including MS's MSN services, work fine on WM5.

Frankly it's 'kindof' becoming a joke this venture and at least the share price is reflecting what taking things too lightly means for the business and satisfaction.. seems to me the stability of your OS and that CF bloat are nothing to be proud about but hey there's always time for toys isn't there.

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blindlizard — Sat, 13 May 2006 21:50:31 GMT

WiMo is awesome. I have been planning out a robot for a few months with my kids, but I thought I would have to make it huge hecause I was going to put an entire motherboard and processor on it, but the WiFi from a PocketPC is such a great idea. I might actually get this thing done this year just from your idea! Can't wait to see your plans.

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BCross — Sat, 13 May 2006 22:30:10 GMT

JGUI: Glad you like, One of the things I will do is post my code with the "How to build a WiMo". Stay tuned!

blindlizard: Hopefully you'll find building a WiMo very easy and fun! :)

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BCross — Sat, 13 May 2006 22:42:44 GMT

Bad Trade: I'm sorry to hear that you are hitting a problem in Pocket IE. I will forward this to the Pocket IE team and see what they have to say about it. I may need more details on how/when you experience this problem, however.

Also, WiMo is one of my hobbies that I have and is done on my own time outside of work.

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JGUI — Sun, 14 May 2006 17:43:56 GMT

Bcross: on my site, I try to write everithing in native C+. I think this is a better point for the future using. when I use DirectShow to get live camera image, I can write the rest, the interface, the manipulation, also in native C+ and finally it takes kilobytes but not megabytes. I still wonder: why I don't like to design the interface elements in C# or NetCF... :-)

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Enrico — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:24:09 GMT

Excellent work! ^^
Interesting way to use a Mobile Device!
Regards =)

Enrico.-

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carlclarke — Mon, 15 May 2006 14:38:41 GMT

I think this is a great project and a wonderful way to show use of WM5. I can't wait to see the details as some of what you have done with WiMo is relevant to a commercial project that I am working on.

By the way - I think Windows Mobile is great too, it reminds me of the 'good old days' of Windows (286/386/3/95/98/NT..) when we were all pioneers working at the leading edge and we all worked around 'bugs' - that was a big part of our knowledge and skill. Today it seems that if you don't score a perfect 100% you score zero and get flamed...

Keep it up - you are doing a great job.

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vattiat — Mon, 15 May 2006 16:19:20 GMT

Seems like WiMo might enjoy a cheap vision upgrade like "Crystal Vision Super Wide Angle Camera Phone Lens". For $30 on Amazon, I'll bet it makes Camera Mode a lot more interesting.

WiMo the Windows Mobile Robot

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CMorris — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:00:25 GMT

When will the source be available? I am very interested in seeing your directshow wrapper.

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BCross — Wed, 17 May 2006 21:13:36 GMT

I'll be posting the first of the information very soon (hopefully tonight?)... sorry to keep the suspense going :)

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Grade 'eh Canadian Beef — Fri, 19 May 2006 02:37:58 GMT

Could this be the beginning of a Windows monopoly in the robotics sector?

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kemal — Mon, 22 May 2006 22:27:18 GMT

That is a great idea. but where is the c# code ?

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BCross — Mon, 22 May 2006 22:34:22 GMT

Coming soon! I hope to start posting directions on building WiMo today. Source code will follow.

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Wilfred — Tue, 23 May 2006 01:13:09 GMT

having built a large number of remote imaging units and related embeded systems, I have now acquired this ppc-6700 as a demonstration that an entire autonomous fabrication system can be designed, implemented and utilized in the field -- literally-- using solar power and nothing more than the pocket size fab and cnc systems...

The primary problem, of course, is two fold on these pxa270 mmx units... pocketgcc does not run due to microsoft errors, intel's compilers do not run on intel systems, and the wince/m5 is troublesome to use, especially the foolish hacks required to access the camers via directshow. (opencv also has no compilation that runs on these)...

please concentrate on c# code that compiles using the available compilers for the devices, and post the directshow accessors asap so I do not find the need to find a full size box and reverse all of windows to get it out of the way...

looking forward to the c# accessors that successfully compile on the xscale devices.

feel free to contact me for testing if necessary.

-Wilfred
wilfred@cryogen.com
aim/msn/yp/gt/etc "wilfredguerin"

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BCross — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:12:16 GMT

qnx: Can you give me some context here? I really do not know what you are talking about?

I can answer that Windows CE is celebrating our 10th year anniversary this year.

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qnx — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:24:08 GMT

photon was referenced in your 9 video, as the next ce/moboile version

sorry, this pocketpc is crashing again, more info after ripping it to shreads... concentrate on c# plz :)

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qncx3 — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:28:31 GMT

feel free to eliminate redundant posts, your microsoft server has fauled 8 times and this ppc ce mobileb5 latest is crashed...

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BCross — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:30:11 GMT

There were duplicates of qnx's comment, but i accidentally deleted one too many, here is qnx original comment: "photon has been used by qnx for their graphical interface for over two decades. how old is the wince development team? if this means ms is buying out qnx, i cant say it is bad, as both sets of products have degraded to useless mess"

qnx: anything referenced in the channel 9 video had nothing to do with qnx.

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BCross — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:33:46 GMT

qnx: If you can provide me some details, I'd like to know why our pocket pc is crashing?

Realtime WinCE / Mobile5

Wilfred — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:42:29 GMT

BCross,

do you intend to further pursue your win based robotics hobby, and moreso, as one of 4 entities trying to engage consumer level machine interfaces as a windows application for users, do you intend to act as an interface to ms released systems developers for advanced yet simple techniques of standardized management of advanced machine vision or human interface for the specific purpose of common use implementation?

(hint: I would not mind offloading a number of refined systems for common use if you could effectively implement such in a published context...)

- Wilfred

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qnx4.1 — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:50:09 GMT

ms ie is amongs the biggest problems, using sprint's update, one MUST USE OPERA OR FIreFOX to penetrate any jscript dependent form, only to require another box to async install.. at this instant, even after 0-power reboot and reset, the touchscreen keyboard is excessiively lagged, thread stalling while running nothing else, and severely latant in delivering events, just to start... msg wilfred via some other medium if you want to pursue all few hundred technical issues ;)

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BCross — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:52:01 GMT

Wilfred: I do plan on pursuing my Windows Mobile based robotics hobby. What are the other 3 entities that you imply?

Unfortunately i am not the official interface to the systems you mention (although that does sound like fun :) ), but if you have specific requests or comments, i can see if the correct people exist and if so, forward them information.

Runtime compiled machine control optimizations

Wilfred — Tue, 23 May 2006 04:01:05 GMT

Runtime compiled machine control optimizations:

I assume you are familiar with Pocket C# by the same compiling author as PocketGCC, so it should be needless to indicate the need for on-board compilation, as well as the need to exacerbate the dysfunctional dependancies on another machine and activesync for anything other than a yearly hardware rom update...

-Wilfred

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BCross — Tue, 23 May 2006 04:04:48 GMT

Wilfred: I have heard of those tools, but have never used them myself. What is your question?

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Wilfred — Tue, 23 May 2006 04:22:53 GMT

perhaps such things are critical to any worthwhile pursuit when using these tools and their pre-loaded operating sys?

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carlclarke — Tue, 23 May 2006 11:59:27 GMT

Wasn't this about WiMo? Isn't this the Windows Mobile blog? Maybe some of the previous posts are better served by Windows CE Embedded. I wouldn't like to think that anything is delaying BCross from posting his WiMo projects.
:-) The suspense is killing me...

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BCross — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:57:59 GMT

Sorry for the suspense :) I'll be posting part I momentarily

just a thought

Wilfred — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:18:23 GMT

just a thought...

given your positon as an authority figure on CE embedded/fone systems, it might be logical to assume the responsibility of introductary teacher, especially given your lack of background in physical systems prior to this project, you are in the ideal position to not only describe your encounder and developments, but also go beyond and produce an easily understood framework and library demo that allows all levels of similar minded individuals to pursue their new found interest in their respective scope... I have produced (and am currently revising) a k-12 curriculum to introduce classooms to the ethical uses of technology and enlighten the students of all backgrounds that they DO have the option of producing entire technological systems on their own without dependancies on patant or other illegetimate extortion expenses... in short, the project provisions all software tools necessary to handle physical engineering, environmental reverse engineering, and technical simulation, thus allowing for effective and optimal use of tools and resources available to them. of course, usingg an authoritive and supported module for the base system software to neutralize client troubles is desirable; the obvious reason i suggest to concentrate on software library production of video and raw comms resources, thus allowing for unburdened creativity on the client side...

more later..

-Wilfred

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mindmaker — Wed, 24 May 2006 04:24:14 GMT

Which programming languages will be able to run on the WiMo robot?

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BCross — Wed, 24 May 2006 10:01:44 GMT

mindmaker: WiMo is written in C#. Most of the functionality is separated into classes, so you could create a class library and then use VB if you'd like.

You could use native C++ for WiMo if you'd like to, but I find that C#/VB is easier, quicker to write, and less prone to bugs.

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Eric D. Burdo — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:28:30 GMT

Looking forward to more information. Robots are great fun, and when you can build them yourself, and use geek gadgets, they are even better!

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BCross — Wed, 24 May 2006 21:13:04 GMT

Check out my post "WiMo 101" if you haven't already and check out http://www.wimobot.com as well. I have some good starter information on WiMo there (how to get started, what parts i used, where to get them, etc). Source code and then hardware instructions to follow.

WiMo: o robot controlado por PDA

domelhor.net — Wed, 24 May 2006 23:55:43 GMT

O WiMo um robot controlado por um PDA equipado com o sistema operativo Windows Mobile que se move, tira fotografias, responde a comandos de voz e... dana?!

myz0qht@google.com

myz0qht@google.com — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:10:22 GMT

funny ringtones

Which Phones can be used to make WiMo

Kishore — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:29:55 GMT

It would be great if we have list of phones on a page or some info about which all phones can be used to make WiMo.

I want to buy a phone which can be used to make WiMo.

Also, one suggestion, if there is a kind of Phones USB interface(or Serial) interface to control Microcontroller it be more easy.
I think its possible to use some USB to Serial interface to Microcontroller.

Thankyou for the great stuff.
Kishroe. pra_kis@hotmail

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BCross — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:10:40 GMT

Kishore,

The software that I have been writing for WiMo uses APIs that can be found in Windows Mobile 5.0 and beyond, but that doesn't mean you couldn't write software that would work on earlier versions.

Any phone that can talk to the microcontroller will work fine. Even if the phone doesn't have WiFi, you can still talk to the desktop via bluetooth or even gprs/evdo. There are also a ton of scenarios where you don't even need a desktop really. The skies are the limit.

As for the USB interface, it seems to me that that should be possible, but i don't know for sure. I can check on that. I found using Bluetooth was extremely easy (it actually surprised me that it was so easy. I figured talking wirelessly through bluetooth to the microcontroller would HAVE to introduce some difficulty that i wasn't thinking of, but nope.).

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