Advantech SPC-57 user manual System requirements, Building Windows CE program

4.7 Application Program Development

The SPC is bundled with built-in Windows® CE.NET operating system. In real application user need to execute various application programs on it. However, unlike its other CPU family, the Windows® CE.NET is a hardware-dependent operating system. That is to say, Windows® CE.NET application programs are only portable in the source code level. Users must rebuild the runtime file for a different Windows® CE.NET platform even though the source code may not be changed at all.

4.7.1 System requirements

•Intel® Pentium-90 CPU or more advanced

•Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional or Windows® XP

•Microsoft® eMbedded Visual Tools 4.0

•Platform SDK for SPC

•64MB DRAM

•CD-ROM drive

•Monitor with VGA resolution at least

•Mouse

•200MB free hard disk space at least

•SPC series platform

•Let the host PC and SPC connect on the same LAN to do kernel debugging if necessary

•USB cable (bundled in the standard SPC series)

4.7.2 Building Windows CE program

By the platform SDK bundled with the standard SPC, users can build the Windows CE runtime application program by the eMbedded Visual Tools.

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