Windows Embedded Compact 2013 is Microsoft's platform for small-footprint devices requiring real-time performance. It supports ARM and x86 architectures. Development uses Visual Studio 2012 with support for C++, C#, and XAML. Applications can be developed natively or using the .NET Compact Framework. The presentation demonstrated creating virtual devices, connecting to devices for debugging, and developing applications using various languages and frameworks.

1. Windows Embedded Compact 2013
What’s news
Mirco Vanini
Microsoft® MVP Windows Embedded

2. Agenda
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WEC 2013 - What’s it
Development overview
Building WEC
Native Development
Managed Development
XAML for Windows Embedded

3. WEC 2013 - What’s it
Windows Embedded Compact 2013 (AKA WinCE)
is Microsoft’s platform for small-footprint devices
that need hard, real-time performance and silicon
flexibility with ARM and x86
Familiar tools like
Visual Studio and
Expression Blend
allow you to create
attractive and intuitive
user interfaces, and
bring differentiated
devices to market
faster than ever
before.
Real-time operating
system supports an
array of hardware
requirements and key
processor
architectures,
including x86 and
ARM, to power
everything from tiny
controls to fully
automated factories.
Improved file-system
performance gives
companies confidence
that their devices will
always be available;
the one -tier security
feature is SDL
compliant, with
reliable wireless
connectivity and
networking.

4. What’s news
 Hard real-time e small footprint
 x86 & ARM v7 Cortex-A (Thumb2)
 VS2012 support for C# / C++ / XAML for
Embedded
 Fast boot (2s from power on)
 Kernel update: increased file system
performance

5. Development overview
 Move to Visual Studio 2012
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Provides significantly improved IDE
New Arm complier (use desktop compiler)
Last C Runtime Library (CRT)
Application Builder For WEC 2013 (replace
VS for Device)
Platform Builder moved to VS2012 (Update
2)
VS >= Professional version
Native, Managed, XAML for Embedded
Integrated deployment and debugging
infrastructure, Ethernet connectivity to
remote device

6. Application Development Setup
 Windows Embedded Compact 2013
toolkit
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Install on VS 2012 Update 2
Install Application Builder for WEC 2013
Install Windows Embedded XAML Tools
Install Blend Templates
Install SDK created by Platform Builder 2013
License Terms (Compact

7. The Board Support Package
 Layer for OEM code written to port
Windows Embedded Compact to
hardware
 OAL – OEM Adaption Layer
 Drivers - code for supporting hardware
peripherals
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Board Support Packages

8. Set up a virtual test device
Use Hyper-V to create a virtual
machine (Compact 2013)
 Visual Studio and Platform Builder
run directly on the physical
computer
 Platform Builder connects to the
virtual machines through a virtual
network or virtual switch
 The virtual network or virtual
switch maps to a network adapter
on the physical computer and has
access to a DHCP server
 The virtual machines run Compact
2013, and they obtain their IPv4
addresses from the DHCP server.

9. Platform support for Application Debug
 Add the “Application
Builder Debugging
Support” component
 Add “Remote Tool
Support”
 Add “Network Utilities”

10. demo

11. Connection to the Device
 Uses “CoreCon” as the connection
(connects via network)
 New target connectivity device-side files
 Use OSDesign.bib file
C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesMicrosoft
SharedEmbedded ToolsCoreCon11.0Targetwce800x86

12. Connection to the Device
 Query IP device address
 Configure IP Address in VS Project
 Launch device side
 ClientShutdown3 (optional)
 ConManClient3
 CMAccept3
 Start debugging (3 min timeout)

13. demo

14. Create a Developer WM
Windows Embedded CE DiskPrep PowerT

15. demo

16. Using an SDK for an OS Image
 You can create a project for an
application that you will develop and test
on a stand-alone virtual device that
includes the run-time image in a virtual
drive or on a device that has the runtime image copied into flash memory.
 This type of project does not require
Platform Builder because you do not
need to download an run-time image to
the device or the virtual device to test a
change in your application code.

17. Native Application Development
 Move to latest Microsoft C++ Compiler
 C++11 standards (subset)
 Provider consistency with desktop
 Leverage performance work done by desktop team
 C++ improvements
 Lambda functions
 Strongly typed and scoped enumeration support
 “auto” keyword
 Last version of runtime libraries
 C++ runtime
 MFC
 ATL & STL

18. demo

19. Managed Application Development
 NETCF 3.9 (based on the NETCF
version that shipped with Windows
Phone 7.5)
 New generational garbage collector (5060% drops in GC time)
 NETCF runtime is now multi-core safe
 Sharing server features
 Reduce working set
 Improve app launch
 Framework assemblies shared across app domains
 ARM VFP instructions.
 Source compatible with NETCF 3.5

20. Managed Application Development
 Requires SDK exported from Platform
Builder (unlike earlier versions of
NETCF)
 Requires rebuild of managed code from
earlier releases
 Exports from COREDLL are not
backward compatible (P/Invokes)

21. demo

22. XAML for Windows Embedded
 Data binding expanded
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UI to UI data binding now supported
DataContexts con now be set in XAML
Data Binding resource references
Data Binding type conversion
Data Binding indexing
 New Blend triggers supported
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ChangePropertyAction
ControlStoryBoardAction
GoToStateAction
RemoveElementAction
 XAML for Embedded development free
from PB

23. XAML for Windows Embedded
 Windows Embedded XAML Tools limitations
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It does not create XAML files
It only generates C++ code
It does not support custom controls
It does not generate C++ code for the following XAML
elements:
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ControlTemplate
DataTemplate
FrameworkTemplate
ItemsPanelTemplate
MediaElement
Resources
RenderTransform
Storyboard
Style
VisualState
VisualStateGroups

24. XAML for Windows Embedded
 Create initial user interface designed in
Blend for Visual Studio 2012
 Create XAML project in Visual Studio
(C++)
 Compile and debug as a native
application
 Update to U/I brought in with XAML tools
in VS2012

25. demo

26. Q&A

27. Links
Windows Embedded Compact 2013
Windows Embedded Product Downloads
MSDN - Windows Embedded Compact
Windows Embedded Blog
Embedded101
Microsoft Intelligent Systems Video

28. Contatti
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• http://xedotnet.org/feedback
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• DEC06
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