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