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An overview of NAND flash memory controllers —
by Datalight Inc. (Jun. 27, 2006) —
Introduction
The demand for NAND flash memory is growing at a phenomenal rate. In 2005, worldwide revenue for NAND flash rose to $10.8 billion, up 60 percent from 2004. The inclusion of NAND flash in an increasing number of MP3 players, high-end cell phones, and digital cameras has fueled expectations ...
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Leveraging processor-supplied SRAM to facilitate OneNAND bootloaders —
by Timothy Johns (Jun. 27, 2006) —
Introduction
NAND flash memory densities for device-resident memory are increasing -- and the price decreasing -- with designers desiring to remove NOR flash devices from their design, and instead boot their processors from less expensive NAND. However, due to the architecture of NAND memory devices, NAND flash can't be used ...
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Windows Embedded Student ChallengE 2006 -- winning projects —
(Jun. 25, 2006) —
Representatives of 30 student development teams from seven countries converged on Microsoft's Redmond, Wash. campus June 23-25, to compete in the third annual Windows Embedded Student ChallengE, which featured the theme, "Preserving, protecting, and enhancing the environment." Five winning teams collectively were awarded $24,000 in cash....
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Embedded is a Services Industry - Part 2 —
by Curt Schacker (Jun. 22, 2006) —
Foreword -- Positioning the intellectual property that goes into embedded systems as "service" rather than "product" distributes risk more evenly between client and vendor, writes embedded services company founder Curt Schacker. The service model fits the "no-cost" nature of software copying, and has been proven successful by free software vendors, ...
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Booting Windows CE from a hard drive through PC BIOS —
by K. Ashok Babu (Updated Jul. 3, 2006) —
Introduction
This article explains the build process for the Windows CE BIOS bootloader and is derived from build instructions developed by engineers at e-con Systems together with a collection of postings on the MSDN Embedded newsgroups. It is intended for embedded engineers who are involved in the development of Windows ...
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Device Profile: HTC MteoR Smartphone —
(Jun. 16, 2006) —
Billed on its introduction as the world's first 3G Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, the MteoR is also the first Smartphone to carry the HTC nameplate. This slim handset weighs only 4.2 ounces, sports a 2.2-inch TFT LCD screen, and is designed for single-handed jog wheel control, according to HTC....
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Device Profile: HTC TyTN Pocket PC phone —
(Jun. 16, 2006) —
The TyTN is the first Pocket PC phone HTC has shipped under its own brand. The focus of this combination PDA and 3G mobile phone is on worldwide connectivity, via Tri-Band UMTS, Quad-Band EDGE, Bluetooth, and WiFi....
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Introducing the Mobile Client Software Factory —
by Microsoft Corp. (Jun. 13, 2006) —
Foreword -- Developers building line-of-business applications for Windows Mobile devices now have a new source of assistance. The Microsoft patterns and practices team has released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of its new Mobile Client Software Factory (MCSF), formerly known as the Mobile Baseline Architecture Toolkit. ...
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Coping with RoHS -- the case for fast-turn design —
by Lawrence Ricci (Jun. 5, 2006) —
 Foreword: This guest perspective explores the options available to board and device makers that are faced with premature chip obsolescence due to the EU's new Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) guidelines. The author contends that product manufacturers basically have two alternatives: ...
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Small teams dominate embedded software development —
by Venture Development Corp. (Jun. 1, 2006) —
 This brief article highlights key findings from a recent survey of 467 embedded developers by Venture Develpment Corp. (VDC). Also discussed are findings from recent VDC research on vertical markets, including mobile phones, automotive telematics, and Internet services. ...
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WinHEC 2006 -- a mobile and embedded perspective —
by Carey Butler (May 31, 2006) —
 In this guest column, Carey Butler, Bsquare's Vice President of Professional Engineering Services, reports on the recently concluded Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) from the perspective of someone heavily involved in the mobile and embedded industry and a member of Microsoft's WinHEC Technical Advisory Council....
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Let's call Embedded what it is -- a Service Industry —
by Curt Schacker (May 31, 2006) —
Foreword -- The embedded market is a service industry, because off-the-shelf products are fundamentally ill-suited to the unique requirements of specialized embedded devices, argues Curt Schacker in this brief guest column. Schacker is CEO of embedded services company Embedded Solution Partners, and a veteran of Wind River and Ready Systems....
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Device Profile: Lagotek wireless home automation system —
(May 30, 2006) —
[Updated June 1] Lagotek's Home Intelligence Platform (HIP) is a wireless home automation system that enables simplified control of lighting, climate, security, entertainment, video surveillance, irrigation, and other residential applications. HIP, which is based on devices running Windows CE 5.0, integrates easily with third-party data acquisition and control products, ...
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Introducing the June 2006 Windows CE Shared Source Contest —
(Updated Jun. 14, 2006) —
 WindowsForDevices.com and Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices (MED) Group are teaming up to invite developers worldwide to compete, using Microsoft's Windows CE Shared Source, in an exciting real-world project. The contest's theme is "Show-It-Off at the Shared Source Project Competition."...
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Device Profile: IP Trade Profile securities trading turret —
(May 18, 2006) —
The Profile series of IP-based multimedia terminals, known in the securities business as "trading turrets," provides all the standard functionalities required by securities dealers together with the integration flexibility and cost effectiveness of a native IP-based telephony infrastructure, according to IP Trade, a startup specializing in financial trading terminals....
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Using Mini-ITX for embedded computing —
by Roland Groeneveld (May 18, 2006) —
 Foreword -- This article summarizes the appearance, evolution, and current state of Mini-ITX as a form-factor for embedded applications. It was written by Roland Groeneveld, who founded Logic Supply, a PC board and parts distributor specializing in Mini-ITX. ...
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Convergence comes of age —
a guest column by David Wood (May 4, 2006) —
Foreword: In this guest column, David Wood, co-founder and executive vice president of research at Symbian, explains why increasingly powerful and useful smartphones are beginning to proliferate. Noting the different categories of devices that smartphones are likely to supersede -- such as music players, games consoles, messaging terminals and digital ...
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Device Profile: AMD Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) —
(May 2, 2006) —
 AMD developed the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) reference design as part of its "50x15 Initiative," which aims to equip 50 percent of the world's population with affordable Internet access and computing capability by the year 2015. It runs a "customized" version of Windows CE, ...
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Device Profile: Hog iPC theater lighting console —
(Apr. 28, 2006) —
The Hog iPC console, from High End Systems, is a small, mid-range theater lighting controller controller based on an integrated PC motherboard (hence the name iPC) running Windows XP Embedded. It directly controls up to 2048 DMX dimmer channels with an additional 2048 channels available through USB connected devices....
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Device Profile: DT Research WebDT 366 rugged tablet —
(Apr. 20, 2006) —
DT Research's (DTR) WebDT 366 is a rugged, slate-style tablet with an 8.4-inch touchscreen display. The network-ready "information appliance" is based on a choice of AMD Geode processors, runs Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded and a thin client software stack, and targets applications in education, healthcare, manufacturing, and hospitality, ...
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Guest retrospective: Outsourcing comes out at ESC —
by Curt Schacker (Apr. 13, 2006) —
 A trend toward outsourcing emerged at this year's Embedded Systems Conference, writes Curt Schacker, CEO of embedded outsourcing specialist Embedded Solution Partners (ESP), in this guest retrospective. Schacker formerly served as VP of marketing at Wind River, and founded ESP together with Jim Ritchie, ...
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Device Profile: Mentor Ranger in-vehicle computer —
(Apr. 10, 2006) —
The Ranger rugged fixed-mount in-vehicle computer from Mentor Engineering is aimed at a wide range of "enterprise-specific" fleet management applications. It runs Windows CE 5.0 on an Intel XScale processor and can include an integrated GPS receiver as well as 802.11 and Bluetooth wireless communications....
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Device Profile: Acer n30 Pocket PC —
(Apr. 10, 2006) —
Acer's n30 Pocket PC runs Windows Mobile 2003 on a 266 MHz Samsung S3C2410 processor, equipped with 64MB of SDRAM and 32MB of flash memory. The device boasts a 3.5-inch QVGA LCD screen, SD/MMC expansion, and both Bluetooth and IrDA wireless connectivity....
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