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This guide helps you become familiar with Platform Builder and the new functionality of Windows CE. It provides a step-by-step tutorial for building and debugging a custom run-time image. The tutorial also shows you how to run the OS on a CEPC.
In this tutorial you build a run-time image for an Enterprise Web Pad, add a Hello World application to the run-time image, and then boot the run-time image on a CEPC.
This tutorial makes the following assumptions:
- You installed Platform Builder and Windows CE as described in the installation instructions
- You selected x86 as one of the CPUs to install on a CEPC that meets the following minimum system requirements.
64 MB RAM
Run-time images based on Debug configurations require at least 64 MB of RAM to run.
Run-time images based on Release configurations require at least 32 MB of RAM.
A mouse
An Ethernet card
Note Microsoft recommends that the CEPC Ethernet card be a NE2000 compatible network adapter. For information on additional configuration if the CEPC Ethernet card has a DMA-capable Ethernet controller, see article Q317432 at this Microsoft Web site.
- You are familiar with the terms defined in Terminology.
In this tutorial, which takes approximately 90 minutes to complete, you complete the following steps:
- Tutorial Step 1: Creating a Custom OS Design for a CEPC
- Tutorial Step 2: Building the Custom Run-Time Image for the CEPC
- Tutorial Step 3: Creating a Boot Floppy Disk for the CEPC
- Tutorial Step 4: Setting Up a Connection to the CEPC and Downloading the Run-Time Image
- Tutorial Step 5: Debugging the OS on the CEPC Using the Kernel Debugger
- Tutorial Step 6: Localizing the Run-Time Image for the CEPC
- Tutorial Step 7: Creating and Building an Application for the CEPC
- Tutorial Step 8: Running the Application on the CEPC
- Tutorial Step 9: Creating an SDK
General Tips
For troubleshooting purposes, use a null modem cable to connect the COM1 port of the target CEPC to your development workstation and keep a Microsoft HyperTerminal window open and connected at 38400 baud and 8-N-1.
This allows you to see the debug information sent during boot, which is useful for troubleshooting. For more information, see Configuring HyperTerminal for BSPs.
See Also
Tutorials | Tutorial: Building a Run-Time Image for the Emulator | Creating a Boot Disk for the National Geode SP4SC30 | Modifying an OS Design
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