Windows Embedded Blog
A look at Embedded and other Cool Stuff.
Imagine Cup 2009, Egypt – Embedded Competition Day One
Imagine Cup 2009 is now complete – here’s a look at Day One from the event in Cairo Egypt. Having...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/05/2009
Imagine Cup 2009 – Cairo/Egypt
The Imagine Cup 2009 competition starts in roughly two days – one part of the evnet is the Embedded...
Author: mikehall Date: 07/01/2009
CE 6.0 tools on 64-bit Windows
The CE 6.0 development tools are designed/tested on 32-bit Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista) –...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/22/2009
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 Released.
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R2 is now released. More information, and download...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/18/2009
Hosting a Silverlight 2.0 Application on CE 6.0 – Calling SOAP
Here’s some background reading before we get into the rest of the blog post. Hosting a Silverlight...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/18/2009
Steps needed to install Windows Embedded CE 6.0 from scratch.
Yesterday I paved my development PC (I was running a 32-bit beta of Windows 7) and moved to 64-bit...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/10/2009
CEFileWiz now available on MSDN Code Gallery
The CEFileWiz utility now has a new home on MSDN Code Gallery – The project page can be found here....
Author: mikehall Date: 06/08/2009
Quote of the day…
I’m working on a side project, trying to get some code up and running that uses an old software...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/04/2009
Creating compelling user interfaces for embedded devices
Let’s get started with a disclaimer, I’m a developer, I write code, that’s what I do, that’s what...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/03/2009
NY Times: Microsoft wants gadgets to run Windows
Saul Hansel, “Bits Editor” for the New York Times has just posted an article to the NY Yimes web...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/03/2009
PowerToy: PipeTerm for Virtual PC 2007
We recently released a CE 6.0 Binary BSP for Virtual PC 2007 – This can be quite useful for building...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/02/2009
Hosting a Silverlight 2.0 Application on CE 6.0 – Calling the CE Host.
Recently I posted some information about hosting a Silverlight 2.0 application on a Windows CE 6.0...
Author: mikehall Date: 06/01/2009
Spark: Follow Make Magazine as they build a green building monitor
Make magazine have started building a green building monitoring system based on Windows CE and one...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/30/2009
Video: CE 6 – Wave your hand to change picture frame images
We recently posted the CE 6.0 Virtual PC Binary BSP to the MSDN Code Gallery – I wanted to build...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/29/2009
Disabled blog “Contact me” form
I’ve temporarily disabled the blog e-mail contact form for my blog due to blog e-mail spam. I will...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/25/2009
Download: Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Virtual PC Binary BSP
I get a reasonable number of questions about supporting Virtual PC 2007 from Windows Embedded CE...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/21/2009
MSDN Code Gallery: CE 6.0 XML Web Services WSDL/WSML Generator
I’ve just created an MSDN Code Gallery page to host a utility initially created for Windows CE 4.2...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/21/2009
A new Embedded Blog – Fun with embedded development
David Shoemaker, a developer in the CE shell team has started a new blog on MSDN called Fun with...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/20/2009
Video: Olivier Bloch: Windows Embedded Sensors to Servers
Check out Olivier Bloch talking through a demo he built for the Embedded Systems West keynote demo....
Author: mikehall Date: 05/19/2009
Hosting Silverlight 2.0 Web Applications on Windows CE 6.0
I presented a session at TechEd yesterday called “Windows Embedded: From Sensors to Servers” – the...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/15/2009
Video: Understanding CE 6.0 Real-Time capabilities
Here’s the next thrilling installment of video goodness from Kurt, this time we take a look at the...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/14/2009
Video: CE 6.0 Startup
Have you wondered how the CE 6.0 operating system starts? – Kurt Kennet’s been at it again, he’s...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/14/2009
At TechEd 2009 this week.
I’m going to be at TechEd 2009 for a couple of days this week, I fly down on Tuesday evening, have a...
Author: mikehall Date: 05/11/2009
Video: Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Image Creation
Here’s the next video from Kurt Kennett, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Image Creation – In this video Kurt...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/24/2009
Rockwell Automation – Web Enabled HMI
Here’s a snip from Rockwell Automation’s site - Web-enabled access to plant-floor systems is...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/24/2009
Windows CE Autonomous tank.
Check out this autonomous tank on Hack A Day – this is another cool/interesting project from those...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/24/2009
CE 6.0 Hard Real-Time Embedded O/S – Here’s the proof.
Windows CE is a hard real-time embedded operating system, need proof? – read on… Dedicated Systems...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/23/2009
TechEd USA – Embedded Pre-Conference Tutorials.
Olivier Bloch has just posted information about this years TechEd USA Embedded Pre-Conference...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/17/2009
Enabling ClearType on Windows CE 6.0
I’m working on some code to get an old Digital Picture Frame up and running (Kurt found the hardware...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/17/2009
Let’s build a Digital Picture Frame (again)…
I’ve posted some articles in the past about making Digital Picture Frame operating system images....
Author: mikehall Date: 04/09/2009
Video: Windows Embedded Standard 2009 – Top Tips
Using Windows Embedded Standard 2009? (XP Embedded) then here’s some “top tips” to make your life...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/08/2009
Video: Windows CE 6.0 Bare Essentials
Kurt Kennett is back with another interesting video (15:39). This video introduces the fundamental...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/08/2009
ESC West: Windows Embedded Vision Video.
During Kevin Dallas’s general session at ESC West we played a Windows Embedded vision video, I...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/03/2009
Quick question… Managed or Native?
It’s been interesting to see the adoption of managed code for Windows Mobile devices, the majority...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/02/2009
News from Embedded Systems West keynote.
There were a number of interesting announcements made at the ESC West keynote yesterday – Kevin...
Author: mikehall Date: 04/01/2009
IE8 – Visual Studio Smart Device project issues.
The Visual Studio team have blogged about an issue with Visual Studio 2005/2008 after installing IE8...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/31/2009
Embedded Systems West – a strange place…
I’m at Embedded Systems West in San Jose for a few days – Today we had a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/31/2009
CEFileWiz 3.2 Available
I've just uploaded an update to CEFileWiz (v3.2) - There are a couple of changes. For a CE 6.0...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/20/2009
Zune Game Development using XNA 3.0 published…
Just spotted this on the MSDN Game Theory blog – Zune Game Development using XNA 3.0 (book)...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/16/2009
SPARK contest finalists named (watch the videos)
The finalists for the SPARK contest have been named – this from the SPARK contest web site. Listed...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/13/2009
What do you want to learn in 15 minutes or less ?
It looks like Kurt’s video providing an overview of KITL was very useful to a number of you, and I’m...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/11/2009
Adeneo CE 6.0 Training, Europe & USA – Free reference board!
Adeneo, Windows Embedded Gold Partner are running a series of training sessions in Europe and USA....
Author: mikehall Date: 03/11/2009
Where to place your custom CE 6 catalog files ?
The Windows Embedded CE 6.0 product typically installs to the \Wince600 folder, and has a number of...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/06/2009
D150 Acer Netbook – Impressions…
I decided to get myself an Acer D150 Netbook (link to Engadget, image on left also from Engadget,...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/06/2009
Windows Embedded Cookbook… learn to code and cook at the same time!
Here’s a link to another cool blog, similar in some ways to Abhinaba’s blog in that there are some...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/03/2009
Compact Framework – Understanding GC/Memory management
Abhinaba from the .NET Compact Framework team has been writing a series of blog posts on the subject...
Author: mikehall Date: 03/03/2009
Understanding KITL
Kurt Kennett, a developer in the Windows Embedded group has recorded a video that explains KITL...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/27/2009
CE6 - Capturing .NET Compact Framework application statistics.
You’ve just finished writing the worlds most amazing .NET Compact Framework application running on...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/19/2009
Getting started with Windows Embedded Standard (XP Embedded)
The Windows Embedded Standard team have updated their "Getting Started" page - the new page layout...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/17/2009
Windows Embedded Standard Certification (MCP) now available!
Windows Embedded Standard (XP Embedded) MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) certification is now...
Author: mikehall Date: 02/17/2009