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Welcome to the InfoBlast Newsletter where you will receive valuable content such as Windows Embedded product information, event listings, and the latest news from our Windows Embedded Partners.
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Microsoft works closely with silicon vendors and independent hardware vendors to offer you an extensive list of Board Support Packages (BSPs) supported on Windows Embedded CE. By covering a full range of the latest supported microprocessors and other hardware components, our goal is to help you find compatible BSPs that will rapidly:
• Evaluate Windows Embedded CE operating system features on your platform
• Bring up the operating system on your hardware development boards and reference designs
• Cut down on your time-to-market to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) Find more information about available BSPs here.
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The Windows Embedded Team is delighted to recognize those partners that stretch beyond the day-to-day requirements of being a Windows Embedded Gold Partner. Standards were high this year but after much deliberation we are pleased to announce the winners of the EMEA and Americas Windows Embedded Excellence Awards:
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2008 WE EMEA Excellence Award in the System Integrator category:
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2008 WE EMEA Embedded Excellence Award in the Consumer category:
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2008 WE EMEA Embedded Excellence Award in the IHV category:
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2008 WE EMEA Embedded Excellence Award in the Training Partner category:
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2008 WE EMEA Embedded Excellence Award in the Registered Partner category:
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2008 WE Americas Excellence Award in the System Integrator category:
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2008 WE Americas Embedded Excellence Award in the IHV category:
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2008 WE Americas Embedded Excellence Award in the Training Partner category:
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2008 WE Americas Embedded Excellence Award in the Silicon Vendor category:
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2008 WE Americas Embedded Excellence Award in the Point of Service category:
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Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) in Torino, Italy supports Microsoft partners and customers in designing and prototyping innovative products in the Embedded Technology space, and offers training courses on Windows Embedded CE, Windows XP Embedded and .NET Micro Framework. In just five months, the Center has worked with roughly 140 large, medium and small companies, reaching a total of 600 attendees.
For more information: info@mictorino.it
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BEPS, working with the Microsoft Innovation Center of Turin, presented Microsoft Embedded Solutions for University and Industrial purposes featuring real embedded products provided by BEPS. “The Ongoing Demonstration of Robotics Development” presented Microsoft Robotic Studio, “Diving into the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework” presented academic initiatives for Micro Framework and Microsoft, and the “Embedded Everywhere” featured local firms presenting industry solutions for embedded systems. The event ended with an exhibition of BEPS’ & MIC’s real customer solutions (Web-phone, Scales, Industrial Devices, Personal Navigator Devices, etc…).
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Windows Embedded Training Partner Offerings
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Direct Insight, a Microsoft Official Training Partner and WE Gold Partner is offering an in-depth, hands-on, three-day training course for Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Microsoft’s componentized, real-time operating system for small footprint, low-power devices (PXA270 and PXA320).
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This training is to provide an in depth understanding of all the internal mechanisms of Windows Embedded CE. Training session is based on Microsoft’s official course for CE 6.0.
We offer to each attendee as a special FREE gift, the ARM9 based development kit ($975 value) used during the training to continue your evaluation and development on CE.
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This course provides attendees the basics knowledge of the Windows Embedded CE kernel and device driver architecture by using the Armadillo-9 (ARM920) platform board (ARM9 Starter's Kit).
Customer can take hardware back to office to share information and train again.
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This July, DSTA, the official distributor of Windows Embedded Operating Systems, is conducting a Windows XP Embedded SP2 FP2007 1-day Hands-On Lab (HOL) training course. This is an excellent opportunity for fellow engineers to study Windows XP Embedded in depth from the market leaders in Embedded Technologies.
Please visit www.dsta.com.au “Events and Training” or e-mail us for further details.
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This training session will provide an in depth understanding of all the internal mechanisms of Windows Embedded CE and .Net Micro Framework. As a special gift, each attendee will receive the ARM9 based development kit ($975 value), used during the training to continue your evaluation and development on CE. Training is based on Microsoft’s official courseware.
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Windows Embedded Partner News
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BSQUARE Corporation, a leading software solutions provider to the global embedded device community, was recognized with the Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Awards in both System Integrator and Distributor categories, making BSQUARE the only company to receive two awards two years in the row.
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Microsoft Corp. announced the winners of the 2008 Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Awards for the Americas, which were presented at the Tech•Ed North America 2008 Developers conference. RMI was recognized for its innovative work in delivering highly integrated system-on-a-chip modules for portable navigation and digital picture frame devices based on Windows Embedded CE.
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PHYTEC America LLC has received a 2008 Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award for the Americas. PHYTEC received this award in the Independent Hardware Vendor category at the Tech•Ed North America 2008 Developers Conference.
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Adeneo, a Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner with facilities in Europe and in the USA, announced today the release of a new version of their Bluetooth manager for Windows CE and Windows Mobile. This product is the best cost effective solution for OEM willing to implement Bluetooth support on their devices
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Soleus version 1.50 supports 3G/3.5G high-speed wireless networks, including HSDPA and HSUPA. Soleus also includes a powerful framework that allows multiple GPRS, UMTS, and other IP connections (such as WiFi) to be used simultaneously. Soleus combines with Windows Embedded NavReady to provide an optimized solution for the development of connected PNDs.
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Adeneo, a Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner with facilities in Europe and in the USA, announced during the Freescale Technology Forum Conference Orlando Florida, the beginning of their collaboration with Freescale on the i.MX family of applications processors.
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Intrinsyc demonstrated Soleus ported onto a Freescale i.MX31 platform at the 2008 Freescale Technology Forum. This demonstrated how this powerful software platform enables the rapid development of next-generation consumer multimedia handsets, from connected personal navigation devices to telephony-enabled mobile digital televisions.
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Soleus licensee MiTAC International Corp has launched the Soleus-based Mio Moov 380 connected Personal Navigation Device (PND) at Computex Taipei. Designed for professional users, this Windows Embedded CE handheld includes an ultra slim, light-weight design, local search, and touch screen capabilities.
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BSQUARE Corporation a leading software solutions provider to the global embedded device community, today announced that Fujitsu Frontech, a leading Tokyo-based technology company, will be using BSQUARE’s SDIO Hx ultra-high-performance software stack to improve the SDIO performance of Fujitsu Frontech’s Windows Embedded CE-based products
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Moscow, Russia Quarta Technologies released first and the only book devoted to Windows Embedded CE 6.0 in the world. The book was written by Quarta veteran and Microsoft MVP Stanislav Pavlov with help from system engineer - Pavel Belevsky. This is the second book released by Quarta Technologies specialists and is aimed to help Russian Windows Embedded developers to create smart, connected, service-orientated devices.
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RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Communications Infrastructure, Enterprise and Media Rich Applications, announced that it has released a BSP for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 for its industry leading RMI Alchemy Processor Family aimed at Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices and Home Media Players.
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TenAsys' new eVM platform is a virtual machine manager that simultaneously hosts embedded and real-time operating systems (RTOS) along with the Microsoft Windows general-purpose operating system (GPOS) on a single hardware platform using multi-core Intel processors. eVM software partitions hardware resources and provides standard communications channels between the embedded RTOS guest and Windows, while isolating the two environments so that real-time determinism and the feature rich OS desktop experience are fully maintained.
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RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Communications Infrastructure, Enterprise and Media Rich Consumer Applications, announced a collaboration with Atheros Communications, a leading developer of advanced semiconductor system solutions for wireless and wired communications, to provide complete WLAN and GPS enabled processing platforms targeting personal navigation devices (PNDs), portable media players (PMPs) and digital entertainment products.
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RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Communications Infrastructure, Enterprise and Media Rich Applications, today announced that it has released a BSP for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 for its industry leading RMI Alchemy Processor Family aimed at Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices and Home Media Players.
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RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Networking, Communications and Media Rich Applications, and Horizon Navigation have announced a partnership to deliver the Horizon navigation software incorporated on the RMI Alchemy Au1250 media processor for the PND (personal navigation device) market. RMI and Horizon will demonstrate the combined technologies at Computex 2008, held in Taipei, Taiwan, June 3 to 7.
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RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Communications Infrastructure, Enterprise and Media Rich Applications, today announced that Thinkware, a leader in the personal and portable navigation industry, has selected the RMI Alchemy Au1250 Processor for its ThinkNavi T7, a DVB-T based Portable Media Player for the European Market.
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Advantech's new version SUSI Smart Utility is a comprehensive collection of APIs designed for fast embedded application development and time-to-market response. System Integrators can use SUSI v3.0 straight off-the-shelf with little or no need to write their own software applications.
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MSN Direct location-based service is now supported as part of the EB street director navigation SDK and application. This means navigation device makers in need of a customizable white label navigation solution can now benefit from all the services offered by MSN Direct such as integrated traffic, fuel prices, weather, news, stock information, movie and local event information.
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EB, a technology powerhouse with more than 20 years of experience in solutions for wireless and automotive industries, and TerreStar Networks, a North American wholesale operator of the first all-IP integrated satellite and terrestrial communications network, are showcasing the first-ever dual-mode satellite-terrestrial HSPA reference design handset in a PDA form factor.
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Featuring Intel’s dual core processors and 945GME chipset, Ampro’s ReadyBoard 830 is the newest addition to its EPIC single board computer family. With robust I/O in a small form factor, the ReadyBoard 830 is ideal for industrial computing that requires high performance such as gaming, digital signage, video surveillance, and medical imaging equipment.
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On May 28th an event prepared by Microsoft Innovation Center of Turin presented Microsoft Embedded Solutions for University and industrial purposes. Demonstration showed state of art Windows Embedded Products as well as BEPS’s collection of real embedded products made for its customers. “The Ongoing Demonstration of Robotics Development” has been made to present Microsoft Robotic Studio and “Diving into the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework” for Micro Framework and Microsoft has presented all its Academic initiatives in the embedded environment.
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Computer Lab International (CLI) announces enhancements to their exceptional SNMP Administrator Software with the release of SNMP Admin 2.0. CLI SNMP Administrator management software provides a powerful, yet simple and easy way to manage the complete family of CLI thin clients from a single, centralized management console.
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American Portwell announces its PCS-8230, a low power, compact single-DIN in-vehicle embedded Car PC infotainment system. Utilizing the Intel Embedded Compact Extended (ECX) Form Factor single board computer (SBC), Portwell’s PCS-8230 is based on the Intel Atom Z510 series processor using the Intel System Controller Hub US15W chipset.
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Italian Windows Embedded Silver Partner hosted a “Windows XP Embedded FP2007 Ru1” course at Microsoft Innovation Center (Turin- Italy) Labs. This training, organized with Abacus Group, was delivered by qualified MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) using Microsoft Official Curriculum.
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The PPC-E7 compact Panel PC has an embedded Cirrus ARM 9, EP9307 200Mhz Fanless Low Power Processor with a Hardware Floating Point Math Coprocessor. This Panel PC supports up to 128MB of SDRAM, 64 MB of Flash, and 128K bytes of serial flash, in addition to a MMC/SD card socket which is provided for additional storage.
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Real-Time Systems GmbH introduced the latest version of its Real-Time Virtualization Software during the RadiSys Technology Day 2008 in Hallbergmoos (nr. Munich). Starting immediately, this software product, which enables the simultaneous running of multiple operating systems on multi-core processors, also supports Microsoft Windows XP!
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Kontron extends its line of embedded mini-ITX motherboards with a new, ultra low power variant - the high quality Kontron KTUS15/miTX embedded motherboard based on the Intel Atom processor with up to 1.6 GHz and the highly integrated Intel System Controller Hub US15W.
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Eurotech launches the TITAN embedded computer based on the Marvell PXA270 processor. Impressive features include direct interfaces to quick-capture camera technology and the ability to switch power modes, including deep sleep, on the fly.
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Eurotech Inc. and Intel announce the release of a white paper which discusses trends in the industrial automation market and provides a detailed look at how the Catalyst Module from Eurotech meets embedded needs by leveraging the processing power of the Intel Atom processor.
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Device Solutions is pleased to announce distributors for their range of .NET Micro Framework products in North America and the United Kingdom. Orders can be placed with Arrow Electronics in North America via their ArrowDevTools.com web site, and in the UK with Sytech Designs Ltd. Contact information can be found at http://www.devicesolutions.net/Distributors.aspx.
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Kontron reinforces its worldwide leadership in 3U CompactPCI CPU boards by presenting the Rugged Conduction-Cooled (RC) version of the Kontron ITC-320 series at Eurosatory ’08. The Kontron ITC-320 series is a range of 3U CompactPCI CPU boards using a high performance and long-term available processing chipset from the Intel embedded architecture.
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AXIOMTEK released a new 15” expandable industrial panel PC, PANEL1153-841. Based on the Intel Core2 Duo processor and Intel Q965 chipset, it delivers powerful computing and advanced graphics for wireless self-service points, interactive kiosks, and building automation. Unique feature is equipped industrial-grade plastic front bezel; IO features include two 1394a ports, two Gigabit Ethernet, two PCI slots, and WLAN.
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Winwap Technologies Oy, specialist in providing mobile Internet browsers (WAP) and multimedia messaging (MMS) software announced today that it is cooperating with SiRF Technology Holdings Inc, a world leader in location technology, to make Winwap´s software applications available to SiRF´s customers.
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Kontron and Surf Communication Solutions have announced the completion of a fully validated AdvancedTCA-AdvancedMC fixed-mobile media server platform. Together, Kontron and Surf will be able to offer Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) a compelling commercial-off-the-shelf High Availability (HA) platform ideal for IP-based media processing applications that support today’s content delivery subscriber services including IPTV, VoD and Mobile TV.
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Kontron presents its family of AdvancedMC packet processing modules optimized for layer 4 to layer 7 data and security processing, targeting network equipment providers who design 3G/4G BTS, RNC, xGSN and Media Gateways.
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Moxa has released new embedded computer with rackmount installation and isolation protection, DA-662-I. It is an ideal solution for the applications requiring stable data transmission and protocol conversion in the power automation. It features powerful communication interfaces and ready-to-run platform that can effectively reduce the effort for system integration.
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Kontron and Astute Networks, Inc. have announced the availability of the market’s first fully integrated AdvancedTCA bladed server-storage solution for Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) to design edge-level content delivery solutions.
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Winwap Technologies Oy announced today that Neonode Inc, a world leading company specialized in optical finger based touch screen technology, will include Winwap Technologies Oy´s WinWAP Browser in its uniquely designed touch screen mobile phone, Neonode N2.
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The microMPEG4 is a 4-channel MPEG4 Codec on a Mini PCI form factor. At just 60mmx45mm, the sub credit card sized microMPEG4 is a tiny low power and high performance solution for capturing and compressing up to 4 concurrent live analog video inputs to MPEG4 standard.
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McObject, a Windows Embedded Partner, has released version 3.0 of Perst for .NET, its open source, object-oriented embedded database system for Windows Embedded platforms. Improvements in Perst 3.0 include built-in full text search; support for Language Integrated Query (LINQ), adding SQL-like data querying capabilities with .NET languages including C# and Visual Basic, and leveraging the IntelliSense® feature of Microsoft’s Visual Studio.
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Kontron’s latest range of 2U and 4U KISS industrial servers bring Intel Core2 Duo processor performance to PICMG 1.0 based PCI/ISA applications. These long term available, ultra quiet (<35 dB) industrial servers are especially designed for applications that require high data processing performance without the need for high-speed PCI Express features.
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Intelligent Instrumentation announces the release of a new Operating System and other improvements on their LANpoint industrial data collection computers. The LANpoint PLUS, LANpoint TIME, LANpoint CE.NET, and LANpoint 7 computers now run either Microsoft Windows CE.NET version 4.2 or Windows CE version 5.0 operating systems.
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"QQFORCE" is a tool that can improve the quality of your product by analyzing the program deadlock and the memory leak among other functions.
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Intel's latest chips form the heart of the new CoreExpress-ECO embedded PC module. Unlike the established standard form factors for Computer on Modules this new, tiny format allows the design of ruggedized mobile devices.
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