Take advantage of a comprehensive set of powerful embedded development tools, technologies, and resources - building your vision and growing ours.

Microsoft’s partnership with several of the world’s premier hardware vendors offers hobbyists, those who are part of the non-professional embedded community, access to the same enterprise-class tools used by professionals – at an attractive price. It’s one of the ways Microsoft is nurturing its vision to grow and support this important developer community.

Master the skills professionals worldwide use to build smart, connected, and service-oriented devices.

SPARK Your Imagination offers a kit that combines Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2, Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and an embedded device. Backed by Microsoft and a large, active community of embedded developers, Windows Embedded CE provides you with industry-leading tools to help you build an endless variety of embedded solutions.

Features and benefits of SPARK Your Imagination include:

Whether you’re a student who’s dabbled in Windows Embedded at school, an individual who in his spare time likes to test out the latest technology, or the casual developer who just wants to see what she can create if she had the correct tools, SPARK Your Imagination and start building your vision today.

So what’s the catch? Spark Your Imagination is for personal, non-commercial use. In other words, what you develop using the Spark Your Imagination toolkit cannot be marketed unless you purchase a copy of Windows Embedded CE through an authorized distributor and recreate your embedded device. Read the complete Licensing Terms.