Overview of Windows CE Development (Windows CE 5.0)
Microsoft® Platform Builder is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building customized embedded OS designs based on the Microsoft Windows® CE OS.
Platform Builder comes with all development tools necessary for you to design, create, build, test, and debug a Windows CE–based OS design. The IDE provides a single integrated workspace in which you can work on both OS designs and projects.
To develop an OS design based on the Microsoft® Windows® CE OS, you must complete the following major tasks:
- Create a board support package (BSP) for your specific target device.
- Create an OS design, based on a standard or custom BSP, that you can use to create a run-time image that you can download to a standard development board (SDB), which is also called a hardware platform.
- Create and customize device drivers for your target BSP.
- Customize the OS design with additional projects and Catalog items.
- Build the run-time image, download it to your SDB, and debug the run-time image by using the debugging tools found in the Microsoft Platform Builder integrated development environment (IDE).
- When the run-time image is complete, export a software development kit (SDK) for your application developers.
The following image map shows the sequence of large-scale tasks in the process of developing a Windows CE–based run-time image with Platform Builder.
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See Also
Getting Assistance | Tutorials | How-to Topics | What's New in Windows CE | How to Create a Windows CE OS Design | How to Develop an OEM Adaptation Layer | How to Create a Device Driver | Debugging and Testing | Catalog Overview
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