Ch1_CustomizingA.pdf

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Exam 70-571

Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Preparation Kit

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Contents at a Glance

Customizing the Operating System Design

Building and Deploying the Run-Time Image

Performing System Programming

Debugging and Testing the System

Customizing a Board Support Package

Developing Device Drivers

Chapter 1

Customizing the

Operating System Design

Whenever you want to deploy Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 R2 on a target device,

you must use a run-time image that includes the necessary operating system (OS)

components, features, drivers, and configuration settings. The run-time image is the

binary representation of the OS design. You can use Microsoft® Platform Builder for

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 to create or customize an OS design and generate the

corresponding run-time image. For each OS design, you typically create a new devel-

opment project in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 and include only the necessary

components for your target device and applications. This helps to reduce the footprint

of the operating system and to lower hardware requirements. However, in order to

generate compact and functional run-time images, you must have an intimate under-

standing of Platform Builder, including the user interface (UI), the catalog

components, and the specifics of the build procedure. This chapter covers these

aspects by explaining how to create an OS design and generate a new Windows

Embedded CE run-time image.

Exam objectives in this chapter:

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Creating and customizing OS designs

■

Configuring Windows Embedded CE subprojects

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Cloning components

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Managing catalog items

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Generating a Software Development Kit (SDK)

Before You Begin

To complete the lessons in this chapter, you must have the following:

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At least some basic knowledge about Windows Embedded CE software develop-

ment.

Chapter 1 Customizing the Operating System Design

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A basic understanding of the directory structure and build process of Platform

Builder for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2.

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Familiarity creating binary Windows Embedded CE run-time images and down-

loading run-time images to target devices.

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Experience using an SDK to develop applications for Windows Embedded CE.

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A development computer with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 and

Platform Builder for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 installed.

Lesson 1: Creating and Customizing the Operating System Design

Lesson 1: Creating and Customizing the

Operating System Design

You can use Platform Builder in Visual Studio 2005 to create an OS design with as

many or as few of the features available in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 as you find

necessary for your specific purpose. For example, you can create an OS design for a

particular target device, such as a portable multimedia device, and another OS design

for a remotely programmable wireless-enabled digital thermostat. These two target

devices might rely on the same hardware, but the purposes of the devices are different

and so are the corresponding OS design requirements.

After this lesson, you will be able to:

■ Understand the role and specifics of an OS design.

■ Create, customize, and use OS designs.

Estimated lesson time: 30 minutes.

Operating System Design Overview

The OS design defines the components and features contained in a run-time image.

Essentially, it corresponds to a Visual Studio with Platform Builder for Windows

Embedded CE 6.0 R2 project. The OS design can contain any or all of the following

elements:

■ Catalog items, including software components and drivers

■ Additional software components in the form of subprojects

■ Custom registry settings

■ Build options, such as for localization or debugging based on Kernel Indepen-

dent Transport Layer (KITL)

Additionally, every OS design contains a reference to at least one Board Support Pack-

age (BSP) with device drivers, hardware-specific utilities, and an OEM adaptation

layer (OAL).

Creating an OS Design

Windows Embedded CE includes an OS Design Wizard, which, as the name suggests,

provides a convenient way to create OS designs. To launch it, start Visual Studio 2005

with Platform Builder for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2, open the File menu, then

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