Windows CE Base Team Blog

Windows CE kernel and storage technologies and system tools.

What is kernel mode?

Posted by: Sue Loh I've talked about this before but I want to really highlight it because I still...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/29/2007

Automating the Creation of an OS Design Project

Posted by: Brent Bishop As promised in my previous post this time we'll get started automating...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/26/2007

Measuring TLB misses

Posted by: Sue Loh Question: How can I measure TLB misses on Windows CE? Answer: If you are running...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/23/2007

Introduction: Kurt Kennett

Hi! I’m a development lead on the Windows CE base team here at Microsoft. I just started back in...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/18/2007

Replacing a COREDLL component in CE 6.0

Posted by Kurt Kennett The Windows CE Operating System is composed of many modules. Some modules are...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/15/2007

Creating an Add-in for Platform Builder 6.0

Posted by: Brent Bishop As Shane Tangen mentioned earlier this week, Platform Builder for CE 6.0 is...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/12/2007

Introduction: Brent Bishop

I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to the Seattle area after graduating from university. I...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/12/2007

Books and other resources for learning about Windows CE

Posted by: Sue Loh I am occasionally asked whether I know any good books or other resources to help...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/11/2007

Platform Builder Automation Introduction

Posted by: Shane Tangen Hello from the Platform Builder test development team. Due to the increasing...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/08/2007

Fix: time stamp mismatch on celog.rel

Posted by: Sue Loh Posting a full explanation of this error from CE 5.0. Error: Mismatched time...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/04/2007

CE6 Module Security

Posted by Upender Sandadi Happy New Year to everyone!!! I hope you all had a wonderful start to the...

Author: ce_base Date: 01/02/2007

KITL and OAL debug messages in Windows CE6.0

Posted by Travis Hobrla KITL and OAL debug messages in Windows CE6.0 Introduction Last time we...

Author: ce_base Date: 12/22/2006

Debug messages and debug zones in Windows CE

Posted by Travis Hobrla (thanks to Sue Loh who assisted with many portions of this article)...

Author: ce_base Date: 12/18/2006

Other Windows CE Videos

Actually I posted too soon (too focused on myself! tssk tssk). Wow! I should look at Channel 9 more...

Author: ce_base Date: 12/15/2006

Windows CE Tools Videos

Posted by: Sue Loh They've put some videos online, which I recorded earlier this year. Funny, I...

Author: ce_base Date: 12/15/2006

What exactly is an SDK?

Posted by: Sue Loh To explain SDKs I will start with what an OS Design is. The CE OS has a ton of...

Author: ce_base Date: 12/14/2006

CE6 documentation is now online

Posted by: Sue Loh It appears that the MSDN online help was revised in the last day or so; my old...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/30/2006

Marshalling Helper APIs

I am told that our APIs are not part of our documentation. :-( I know for sure we documented these,...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/22/2006

KITL First.

When I was in college learning C programming, they told us there was a debugger we could use, but I...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/21/2006

CE6 OAL: What you need to know

Posted by: Sue Loh This material is drawn from a talk that Travis Hobrla gave at MEDC 2006 (thanks...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/21/2006

Other CE6 blog posts

Posted by: Sue Loh It seems that Jason Browne, a BSQUARE employee who used to be a co-worker of mine...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/20/2006

What’s new in Windows CE Platform Builder’s System Debugger 6.0?

Posted by: Greg Hogdal Windows CE 6.0 introduces a new kernel with a new virtual memory model –...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/16/2006

Matt Anfang: Introduction

I’ve lived in the Seattle area for my whole life. I graduated from the University of Washington in...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/15/2006

Optimizing OEMIdle for lower power consumption

Posted by Matt Anfang Optimizing OEMIdle is crucial for battery powered devices. While many power...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/15/2006

Application Compatibility in Windows CE 6.0

Posted by: Upender Sandadi One of the goals for Windows CE 6.0 design was full backward...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/14/2006

CE6 Drivers: What you need to know

Posted by: Sue Loh One of the biggest concerns people have about the new CE6 release is backward...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/09/2006

Memory marshalling in Windows CE

Posted by: Sue Loh This article explains how memory access and memory passing is implemented in...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/09/2006

The CE6 tools differences in a nutshell

Posted by: Sue Loh Note: Big thanks to Jonathan Lyons who is the true author of most of this post!...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/01/2006

The CE6 OS differences in a nutshell

Posted by: Sue Loh Ha! Some nutshell. This post is rather long -- though for me, that's nothing new....

Author: ce_base Date: 11/01/2006

CE6 Virtual Launch Keynote: Post 3 (Q&A)

Q: Will the real-time capability of Windows CE be impacted by the new kernel changes?A: No. CE6...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/01/2006

CE6 Virtual Launch Keynote: Post 2

Back to Todd Warren. He is talking about all the connectivity options that are now part of Windows...

Author: ce_base Date: 11/01/2006

CE6 Virtual Launch!

Posted by: Sue Loh It is last minute notice, but in case you missed Mike Hall's post about it and...

Author: ce_base Date: 10/31/2006

What is Virtual Memory?

Posted by: Sue Loh This is really a generic topic, not something specific to Windows CE, but I’ve...

Author: ce_base Date: 10/30/2006

CE 5.0: unresolved external symbol __imp__CeGetVolumeInfoW referenced in function WinMain

It turns out that we shipped Windows CE 5.0 with a mistake in the coredll .def file: the...

Author: ce_base Date: 10/25/2006

Sha Viswanathan: Introduction

Hi! I'm a developer on the Windows Mobile BSP team. I came to Microsoft after graduating as an EE...

Author: ce_base Date: 09/27/2006

Understanding the Variable Tick Timer

Posted by Sha Viswanathan. Today I wanted to talk a bit about the variable tick timer, and how it...

Author: ce_base Date: 09/27/2006

Windows Embedded Student Challenge 2007

Posted by: Sue Loh You may already know, our WESC competition is now part of the larger Imagine Cup...

Author: ce_base Date: 09/14/2006

Windows CE 6 kernel and driver videos online

Posted by: Sue Loh Hello all, sorry it has been so long since I've posted any real info. Thank...

Author: ce_base Date: 09/07/2006

Understanding Memory Sections in config.bib, boot.bib, and OEMAddressTable in Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0

Understanding Memory Sections in config.bib, boot.bib, and OEMAddressTable in Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0...

Author: ce_base Date: 09/01/2006

Travis Hobrla: Introduction

Here's a quick introduction before I start posting anything technical (updated 5 Feb 2008). My name...

Author: ce_base Date: 09/01/2006

RTFx Powertoy Linker Error, and a solution

Posted by Dave Edson If you get this error when building a plugin for the Microsoft Smart Devices...

Author: ce_base Date: 07/20/2006

New Powertoy Released

Posted by: Dave Edson Hello Everyone... The Microsoft Smart Devices Remote Tools Framework Power Toy...

Author: ce_base Date: 06/29/2006

KITL Overview: Packet layout

Posted by: Upender Sandadi Overview of KITL KITL, which stands for Kernel Independent Transport...

Author: ce_base Date: 06/27/2006

WESC: Finals Judging

Posted by: Sue Loh We just completed the final competition of the Windows Embedded Student...

Author: ce_base Date: 06/25/2006

TESTING WITH TUX: MULTI-THREADED TESTS

Posted by: Vadim Yushprakh After giving a talk about Tux at MEDC ’06 in Las Vegas, a lot of people...

Author: ce_base Date: 06/19/2006

INTRODUCTION: VADIM YUSHPRAKH

Before coming to Seattle I was a longtime resident of California, and originally I am from Belarus....

Author: ce_base Date: 06/19/2006

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