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News Release from: Winsystems | Subject: Windows CE 5.0 Developers Kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2005
Embedded boards gain Windows CE 5.0
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Winsystems has added Windows CE 5.0 support to its PC/104, PC/104-Plus, EPIC and EBX single board computers.
Winsystems has added Windows CE 5.0 support to its PC/104, PC/104-Plus, EPIC and EBX single board computers (SBCs) Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 is an open, scalable, 32bit operating system (OS) that integrates reliable, real-time capabilities with advanced Windows technologies
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 combines an advanced real-time embedded operating system with powerful software development tools for rapidly creating the next generation of smart, connected, and small-footprint solutions using Winsystems' PC/104, EPIC, or EBX SBCs boards and stackable modules.
These SBCs are designed and built for rugged, embedded industrial applications that require an extended operating temperature of -40 to +85C.
CE 5.0 has been ported to the boards plus each configuration has a quick start kit to provide the essential components needed to immediately speed development of the user's application.
The kit includes a board support package (BSP) which provides driver support for Winsystems' I/O not native in CE and which simplifies the process of getting Platform Builder ready for hardware-specific development.
The CE 5.0 Support CD contains sample operating system images built for the target SBC, sample application code, sample driver code, board manuals, Quick Start documentation and other support files.
The kit also serves as a primer with tutorials that allows an engineer to build their knowledge of the CE development process.
To further speed the development of software for Winsystems' SBCs, a hardware development platform has been developed called the SDK-4.
Its purpose is to reduce clutter and space on the developer's bench by integrating the power supply, disk drives, and cables together in a single hardware platform.
The SBC mounts on the top of the box to allow easy access to debug the hardware and software associated with the embedded computer portion of a project.
The price of the Windows CE 5.0 Developers Kit which includes the CE 5.0 support disk, quick start guide, evaluation copy of Microsoft's Platform Builder, SDK4 development platform, memory, and bootable SSD starts at $1395.
Run-time licences for CE 5.0 are available from Winsystems or an authorised Microsoft distributor.
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