Chapter 8. Building Devices

The process of building devices based on Windows Embedded CE can be separated out into several stages:

• Device planning.

  • Requirements definition.

  • Selection and/or planning of hardware development.

  • Selection of a base template for the operating system (OS) design.

  • Planning of image deployment for production.

• Development of the hardware platform (optional).

• Development and customization of a Board Support Package (BSP) for a selected hardware platform (optional).

  • Launching Windows Embedded CE on a selected hardware platform.

  • Driver development.

• Operating system design.

  • Configuring a run-time image.

  • Developing applications.

  • Building and testing intermediate versions of the image.

  • Creating a Software Development Kit (SDK) to enable third-party developers to build solutions for this device.

• Building the final version of the image for testing and release.

• Final testing of the image.

• Image deployment for production.