Anith Gopal

Kurt Kennett has just released a new PowerToy to MSDN Code Gallery – the Powertoy is called DiskPrep – the tool can be used to create bootable media and transfer a Windows CE o/s image to the media – this could be something like USB Key, or even a .VHD file (really useful for demos) – creating a stand-alone VHD from a CE 6.0 NK.BIN file can be completed in just a few clicks. Here’s a link to the DiskPrep PowerToy page on Code Gallery

Alberto Silva , MVP para Device Application Development , acabou de publicar um artigo que cobre uma temática interessante em torno do Windows CE. Realço ainda a sugestão disponibilizada pelo Alberto Silva de um webcast sobre o tema. MSDN Webcast: Windows Embedded CE and Handheld Solutions (Level 100) http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=122&webcastid=5241 Obrigada e parabéns Alberto!

The Imagine Cup Embedded competition has reduced the number of teams to the final six – get a view of the teams, their projects, and the competition overall (video below). – Mike

Here’s a look at day two of the embedded competition at the Imagine Cup in Cairo/Egypt – This is where the judging starts – Here a view of day two, including some of the judging process. – Mike

The CE 6.0 development tools are designed/tested on 32-bit Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista) – I’ve been using the CE 6.0 development tools on 32-bit Windows 7 for some time without any issues.

Make magazine have started building a green building monitoring system based on Windows CE and one of the SPARK hardware kits. You can follow along with the project on the SPARK blog .

Introduction: There are two ways that a desktop application can get notification when a Windows CE-based device gets connected with the desktop application. Registry based notification:           Registry based notification has two predefined events, AutoStartOnConnect and AutoStartOnDisconnect, each of which has its own Registry key.

1. To help you deliver their next generation of embedded devices successfully, we have announced the availability (as of July 1) of Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition with Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Embedded subscription.  This provides a cost-effective way to license the entire line of Windows Embedded platforms and tools, receive technical support, and obtain early access to the latest Microsoft updates and resources.

The finalists for the SPARK contest have been named – this from the SPARK contest web site . Listed in alphabetical order: Doug Conn, aka ‘CogswellCogs,’ – “The Smart Pill” : An intelligent medication dispenser that combines disparate technologies into a machine that recognizes a patient’s medications, understands the pharmaceutical information, and helps the user take the correct medication at the right time. Jason Hershkowitz, aka ‘JHershkowitz,’ – “Home Brain System (HBS)” : A central nervous system that manages network-enabled devices in the home, allowing them to function together based on the occupants’ wants and needs.

It looks like Kurt’s video providing an overview of KITL was very useful to a number of you, and I’m sure there are a number of topics you would like to learn more about for Windows Embedded Standard or Windows CE. Perhaps learning about the startup sequence of Windows CE, or the build system and different build options, or building a Windows Embedded Standard component, shell replacement, remote debugging, writing and deploying managed applications to a Windows CE device, and more ! Drop me a comment and I will ping the appropriate people in the dev team to go generate the content

This months Windows CE online chat is coming up, here’s the details.