Windows CE Embedded System
[Added later] This is the book info link on China-pub: <img src=http://style.blogcn.com/blogcnpage/style/images/images/aurl.gif align=absbottom hspace=2 alt=’::URL::’ border=0>http://www.china-pub.com/computers/common/info.asp?id=32406 [/Added later]
It’s been a long time since I last updated my blog. What have I been busy with? Good news: after a year of effort, the book “Windows CE Embedded System” has reached its final stage. Here’s the cover. It should be available in October.
I also want to thank Dr. Zhang Yaqin for taking time out of his busy schedule to write the foreword for this book:
Foreword
In recent years, the rapid growth of embedded technology and products has become a distinctive feature of global IT industry development. Embedded systems are increasingly integrated into people’s lives and work. Embedded technology, along with internet technology, personal computing, and high-performance computing, builds the “computing everywhere” blueprint of the post-PC era.
Embedded operating systems are the core of embedded systems, the vital component connecting embedded devices and applications. They must support hardware of various functions and specifications while providing consistent functional call interfaces for various applications, all while completing computing tasks as quickly as possible within limited system resources.
Windows CE is a powerful real-time embedded operating system from Microsoft with many excellent features. Windows CE’s modular design allows developers to customize devices according to requirements, helping quickly develop products and services with different functions. The integrated customization and development tools Windows CE provides significantly lower the barrier to embedded software development. Windows CE is increasingly supported and used by developers, rapidly becoming one of the mainstream embedded OS platforms. Windows Mobile, based on Windows CE, has enabled rapid global development of smartphone platforms and markets. Windows CE is also widely used in PDAs, set-top boxes, and various network media devices.
Currently in China, cultivating复合型 embedded software talent has become a bottleneck for sustainable development of the embedded industry. Strengthening and improving embedded system teaching in universities is urgent.
Microsoft has launched the Windows CE course source code sharing program to support university embedded teaching, allowing universities to incorporate Windows CE source code into course materials and teaching content. In this sense, Windows CE as an embedded system teaching example both reflects the current direction of embedded OS development and combines with practical applications, making it a very ideal embedded system teaching platform.
The author, Mr. He Zongjian, based on his research and teaching experience in the embedded field and Microsoft’s latest Windows CE 5.0 technology, explains Windows CE system principles and development processes in simple terms, providing numerous examples and technical resources. This book can serve as an excellent aid in university embedded system teaching.
I would like to take this opportunity to express Microsoft and Microsoft China R&D Group’s long-term commitment and sincerity in supporting China’s education. We hope to work with more Chinese universities to understand the latest trends in mainstream computer technology, help combine university teaching with the latest industry technology, and cultivate more outstanding talent that society needs.
Zhang Yaqin
July 2006, Beijing