With more than ten years in the automotive space, Windows Embedded Automotive is invested in helping car manufacturers and suppliers connect drivers with a wide range of devices, services and technology, including: | New Silverlight development tools to bring rich HMI to life Microsoft Tellme speech technology empowers designs that keep hands on the wheels Hands-free phone communication works with the most popular phones in the market Mobile device integration including iPod, Zune and mp3 players Rich content through connected services
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| Our Vision: Enrich the in-vehicle experience with an extensible innovative platform for communication, entertainment, navigation and connected services. |
| Windows Embedded Automotive 7 Highlights
| Windows Embedded Automotive 7 builds on the best of Microsoft Auto 4.1 and Windows Automotive 5.5 delivering a large set of integrated and flexible middleware components allowing automotive solutions to scale across a broad range of automotive makes and models and speed their time to market. Windows Embedded Automotive 7 integrates Silverlight for Windows Embedded, an extensible UI framework, which enables seamless integration between designer, developer and reviewer, saving months of unnecessary reworking.
Built on the industry leading embedded platform, Windows Embedded Compact 7 (next generation Windows Embedded CE), Windows Embedded Automotive 7 leverages hundreds of components. Along with Silverlight for Windows Embedded, other components available are Internet Explorer and the latest support for multi core IA, ARM v7 and SH4 architectures which allow devices to take advantage of the up-to-date innovations in hardware. |
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Seamless integration between designer and developer: Silverlight for Windows Embedded
| Experiences built in Silverlight for Windows Embedded can be refined rapidly on the desktop and deployed unchanged to the target device facilitating flawless delivery from designer to developer. These executable specifications mean you can design and review with working prototypes that are quickly built and easily modified. This new method of HMI development allows for reuse of assets from design to implementation saving significant time and development costs.
Using Silverlight for Windows Embedded, developers can create immersive user experiences with high performance animations and screen transitions. Designers can take advantage of HMI bezel simulator for interfaces with impact and integrated multi-touch input capabilities. The only constraint is the designer’s imagination. |
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Deliver Rich, In-Car User Interfaces: HMI Differentiation with Silverlight for Windows Embedded Automotive 7 | |
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Drivers linked to their car through unified connected experiences
| Windows Embedded Automotive 7 includes state of the art hands free phone control including address book and calendar download with secure simple pairing.
New in Windows Embedded Automotive 7 is SMS Reply by voice. Drivers can reply to text messages using voice controls where the system matches the drivers reply to stored messages like “Running late” or “See you in 10 minutes.”
Support for media devices like iPod and Zune, a cornerstone of past Windows Embedded Automotive platforms, have been upgrade and improved including iPhone/iPod Touch Firmware 3.x support, Bluetooth 2.1 and the latest DLNA.
Additionally Microsoft provides regular device updates to car makers so that the platform always works with the latest devices keeping your solution relevant for years. |
| Hands Free: Read & Reply to Email with Microsoft Tellme speech technology | |
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What’s New for Windows Automotive Customers?
| For those familiar with Windows Automotive, Windows Embedded Automotive 7 offers many new features and capabilities, including: | Hardware The development platform is a hardware implementation of all Windows Embedded Automotive 7 features, which helps to facilitate rapid prototyping. Board Support Packages (BSPs)/Drivers BSPs and drivers are available in the Windows Embedded Automotive 7 Platform Development Kit (PDK) and through hardware suppliers. Middleware A rich set of middleware and services, including a Bluetooth wireless technology stack, with automotive relevant profiles, and phone, radio, and media modules. Application cores The application cores are the most visible part of the software platform; they are organized and structured so that programming knowledge and techniques can be reused. Microsoft Tellme speech technology engines and Silverlight for Windows Embedded
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What’s New for Microsoft Auto Customers?
| Those familiar with Microsoft Auto can enjoy the new tools that the Windows Automotive development environment (the Automotive Adaptation Kit [AAK]) brings to Windows Embedded Automotive 7: | Next-generation Automotive System Tools The AST tools support the stable integration of advanced, high-performance systems. They include improved test modules and easy-to-use product engineering guidelines to help simplify the development process and increase reliability. A wider selection of middleware components These include Windows Internet Explorer and Windows Media technology, required for the development of an automotive multimedia system. Significantly improved middleware Updated Bluetooth profiles, enhanced media and phone modules and application cores all to make sure that Windows Embedded Automotive continues to be the preferred and leading in-car infotainment platform. Microsoft Tellme speech technology engines and Silverlight for Windows Embedded
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