Building Powerful Platforms with Windows CE(R) (Paperback)

~ James Y. Wilson (Author), Aspi Havewala (Author)

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Product Description

(Pearson Education) Text and CD-ROM describing the Windows CE architecture in-depth, presenting a utility called the Driver Mapper as an example that doubles as a tool for debugging device drivers. The CD-ROM also contains all of the code for the text, and other utilities. System requirements not listed. Text also lists Web resources. Softcover.

From the Back Cover

Building Powerful Platforms with Windows CE is a comprehensive, practical guide on the use of the Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder. Drawing on the authors' extensive industry experience, this book provides proven methods and real-world advice for the complete system integration of Windows CE on various platforms. It also examines how to adapt Windows CE to support a platform's unique features.

This book describes the Windows CE architecture in depth, explaining the rationale behind its design. It shows how to use the Platform Builder to quickly create a custom build of the Windows CE kernel and explores the complex and powerful Windows CE build process. Extensive information is provided on designing, implementing, and debugging Windows CE device drivers. A utility called the Driver Mapper is presented as an example device driver that doubles as a valuable tool for debugging device drivers on standard CE devices (e.g., H/PC, H/PC Pro, and Palm-sized PC devices.

Other valuable features include the following:

A project leader and manager's guide to the steps involved in completing a CE custom platform project

Creating and debugging a CE boot loader

Modifying the Platform Builder's OEM Adaptation Layer (OAL) sample source to work with a newly developed platform.

An introduction to writing CE display drivers.

Automated testing with the Windows CE Device Driver Test Toolkit (DDTK)

A simplified, automated build process for creating ROM images

All source code used in the book is provided on the accompanying CD-ROM, including the Driver Mapper debugging utility and the C++ display driver classes used to extend the Microsoft Graphics Primitive Engine (GPE) class library.

If you want to get Windows CE running on your platform, you will find this hands-on guide an indispensable resource for accelerating your progress and saving you much frustration!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 595 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (April 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020161636X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201616361
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #854,756 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too out of date to be of use., March 17, 2005

By	Carl T. Dreher (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was written in 2001 (as were most of the positive reviews for it here on Amazon.) It only covers up to Platform Builder and WinCE 3.0, which are now up to version 5. As a result, the how-to parts, as well as the references, are mostly useless. In fact, I'm not sure any of the sections are relevant or can be trusted since WinCE has changed so much.

Considering the price of the book, I feel cheated. The authors need to write a new version and THIS version should be pulled from circulation.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need this book to understand Platform Builder 3.0 anc CE 3.0, May 1, 2001

By	"cly2" (Andover, MA USA) - See all my reviews

You need this book if you are using Platform Builder 3.0 to build/create Windows CE 3.0 image on customs platform; this book is very up to date with regards to Platform Builder; I used "Windows CE From the Ground Up book before"; that book is good but it is outdated and refer to older version of Platform Builder. This book covers the material better than a course I took on Platform Builder; 2 things help in my project: 1. This book and Windows CE From The Ground Up book. 2. Intel StrongArm Dev. Kit for Windows CE; you can get a CDROM(free) from Intel with CE 3.0 drivers(in source forms).

By reading this book and poking into Intel stuffs you can go a long way in understanding Windows CE.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced for out of date information, July 27, 2005

By	J. ROW "CCODER32" (Dallas TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Book is out of date and is exteremly overpriced. Anyone who attends a DevConference receives more information that is upto date than what was covered in the entire book. Waste of time and money.