Automation, Gaming, and Medical Devices

The Windows Embedded componentized and customizable operating systems are suited for the next generation of industrial, instrumentation, and control systems, even in the harshest environments. With application services like Message Queuing (also known as MSMQ), Windows Embedded CE makes it possible to fully integrate devices on the factory floor with existing IT infrastructures. Real-time support provides the bounded, deterministic response times that time-critical embedded applications require. Flash disk boot capabilities prevent exposure to dust, temperature, and vibrations. Windows Embedded CE also supports 256 levels of thread priority, nested interrupt support, and per-thread quantums.

Developing in Windows XP Embedded also offers real-time performance, essential for the time-critical responses that industrial applications require. Easily add real-time capabilities and optimize Windows XP Embedded to meet real-time needs with third-party solutions, such as TenAsys INtime software or the Venturcom Real-Time Extension (RTX) solution.

Enhanced functionality like rich multi-media support and fast time to market are essential in keeping up in a gaming environment. Plus, in a casino gaming world, reliability and security, including remote monitoring, are essential requirements. Developing with Windows Embedded offers solutions to these requirements and more, while providing a foundation that allows for time-saving differentiation to provide a competitive edge.

From FDA compliance to fragmented and disconnected product information to lack of consistent business processes across disciplines, developing intelligent and reliable systems for the healthcare industry can pose several challenges. Developing with Windows Embedded products can help mitigate the barriers of various operating systems across a product line and meet widespread customer needs. With Windows Embedded CE . and Windows XP Embedded, focus development efforts on defining and designing the end-user experience, rather than on foundational device development.

Both Windows Embedded CE and Windows XP Embedded offer a toolset that includes a single, integrated development environment for building, debugging, and deploying an operating system image. Additionally, both products support application development with Microsoft Visual Studio, providing leveraging and transitioning of existing knowledge of desktop application development straight to smart, connected, and service-oriented medical devices.