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Events
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Join us to learn about the features and benefits of Windows Embedded products, with a special focus on Windows Embedded Standard, the next generation of Windows XP Embedded). This workshop, sponsored by DSTA, is held especially for Embedded Systems Engineers/Developers, Project Managers, Technical Decision Makers and others who are interested in using Windows Embedded in their current or future projects.
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Join the Intel Health and Microsoft Health teams to see the latest in advanced computing platforms, designed to enhance the quality and efficiency of healthcare, during a light lunch and seminar at Microsoft on Thursday 12th March. Advantech will display their latest range of industrial & medical PCs, which meet tough industrial standards such as UL60601-1 and UN60601-1 medial safety approval ratings. These Medial PCs and Imaging devices all run the Windows Embedded range of operating systems, giving them advanced reliability with industry standard functions.
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With more than three billion devices currently shipping per year, embedded products are encountering a phenomenal growth rate in marketplace. The evolution of smart devices to smart, connected devices is expected to bring with it a customer demand for service-oriented devices that create connected experiences. This is an opportunity to have a whole picture of what kind of advantage of next major boom in the embedded device industry.
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Adeneo Embedded delivers Hands on and Instructor Led labs on Windows Embedded CE in collaboration with Microsoft. Rajesh Kakde, Senior Windows Embedded Consultant and Windows Embedded MVP at Adeneo Embedded will delivers these labs during ESC West event as well as a technical breakout session on “using Windows Embedded CE for critical security markets”. Adeneo Embedded will also present its latest products and be available to answer your technical questions on Microsoft booth 616.
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Media rich digital signage for information display and advertising purposes is a rapidly growing market with excellent opportunities for System Builders. Perhaps you’re already using standard desktop PCs and Microsoft PowerPoint for your basic digital signage platforms? Whatever the stage you are at we have the products and people with the experience to show you the “right” way – Digital Media Signage appliances using dedicated hardware and a robust, embedded operating system, Windows XP Embedded. Brisbane: 4/21 Melbourne: 4/23
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Windows Embedded Training Partner Offerings
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Gain an overall insight of Microsoft's Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 real-time operating system and find out how to create your own Windows Embedded device or get an in-depth tour through the architecture and basic concepts of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 plus learn best practices on generating operating system images, developing device drivers and building applications.
March 24: Windows Embedded CE Basic Training.
March 24-25: Windows Embedded CE Deep Dive.
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Watch instructive webcasts by Intrinsyc experts discussing key development issues. The first webcast available, Telephony: Modem Control Techniques in Smartphone Operating Systems, addresses the challenges of modem control and how to handle hardware abstraction for phone applications while dealing with radio fidelities and assuring adequate data throughput.
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Get up to speed with the new training course “Building Embedded Devices using Windows Embedded CE 6.0“. Michael Koster, MVP and Windows Embedded CE-Expert, introduces you to the fascinating possibilities of Windows Embedded CE. Michael offers to you his wealth of hands-on experience collected in numerous industry applications. Optimal for MCTS 70-571 exam! Course language: German (English on request)
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This 4-day training provides an in-depth understanding of all the internal mechanisms of Windows Embedded CE. The training is based on Microsoft’s official course for Windows Embedded CE 6.0. Adeneo Embedded offers to each attendee as a special FREE gift, the Atmel AT91SAM9263-EK development kit ($975 value) used during the training to continue your evaluation and development on Windows Embedded CE.
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The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing will run this course in Melbourne Victoria, Australia in May. The course will use the updated Windows Embedded Standard course content with due clarification for Windows XP Embedded. The course will provide an understanding of these operating systems along with hands on lab experience.
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Case Studies
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The Burny Phantom, a PC-based numeric control system (CNC) developed by Cleveland Motion Controls (CMC) of Cleveland, OH, is a fully integrated package featuring real-time coordinated multi-axis motion control and a Windows-based operator’s console.
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The need to preserve prior investments in real-time software code is particularly important for long-lifecycle applications where stringent agency certification or approval is required. Besides the cost of agency recertification, subtle incompatibilities can erode customer confidence and destroy chances of meeting market windows. One of the reasons Abbott Laboratories chose a TenAsys RTOS for Windows platform for their latest ABBOTT PRISM blood analyzer.
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To efficiently combine high-speed mathematical calculations with reliability and flexibility, Eitel Presses built their state-of-the-art control platform on Steeplechase VLC and the INtime RTOS for Windows; giving them a competitive advantage that cannot be easily duplicated.
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Recognizing that software is a vital part of their solution, ANCA Pty Ltd has built their CNC machines around a single PC controller that combines the flexibility and adaptability of embedded Microsoft® Windows® with the hard real-time consistency and reliability of the INtime RTOS. An emphasis on accuracy, high standards, and innovation has resulted in ANCA leading the CNC industry in the creation of machines that add value to, enhance, and even revolutionize their customers’ existing processes.
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Reduced fuel consumption, diminished emissions, optimized acoustics, and provocative new engine materials. Today only two or three global engine developers are designing and refining powertrain systems. Founded in 1948, AVL of Graz, Austria, is the world's largest privately owned company developing internal combustion engine powertrain systems and associated instrumentation and test systems.
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Convincing manufacturing managers to convert to PCs for industrial control has meant proving that Windows-based platforms can be both robust and reliable. Phoenix Contact, Ann Arbor Software has met that challenge, becoming a leading supplier of PC-based industrial-control software. To achieve the necessary critical level of platform stability, Phoenix Contact, Ann Arbor Software selected INtime as the real-time operating system for its Steeplechase VLC® solution.
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Windows Embedded Partner News
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Eurotech announces the Catalyst Module XL, based on the Intel Atom Z5xx processor for industrial-grade applications. The next generation of Eurotech’s power-stingy Catalyst Module, the XL version offers the 67 x 100 mm footprint, sub-5W power consumption, and full set of features supported by the Atom processor, and now extends rugged capabilities to industrial temperatures.
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Eurotech’s PC/104+-compliant ISIS XL offers the benefits of Intel Architecture in a robust, ultra-small package for fan-less, industrial-grade designs requiring low-power and high-performance. Requiring less that 5W of power and running at up to 1.3GHz, the ISIS XL is an ideal solution for infotainment, medical, HMI, industrial control, and many other markets.
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Eurotech announces a $5 million, multi-year contract with Astronautics for design and delivery of the embedded computing engine their next generation avionics systems based on Eurotech’s Catalyst Module XL with the Intel Atom processor. Astronautics selected Eurotech for the company's proven record delivering advanced technologies in embedded computer systems.
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During 3rd-8th March, YF International will attend 2009 CeBit fair at Hannover. Besides the basic function portable navigation devices, YF international will showcase a series of new models based on the SiRF Prima CPU or SiRF Atlas-IV CPU. These new ultra-slim models are with multiple advanced functions, such as Wi-Fi, TMC, Bluetooth, AV-IN, FM transmitter, etc . Our booth number is F38, HALL 15.
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The IXXAT Embedded Communication Interface driver (ECI) will be made available initially for the IXXAT iPC-I XC16/PCI module, an intelligent CAN interface board designed for industrial PC applications.
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The interactive QuaRC software suite for MathWorks Simulink brings rapid prototyping of complex real-time control systems to the INtime RTOS for Windows.
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Intrinsyc is providing an integrated end-to-end navigation and location-based services (LBS) software solution to Goodkap!, a GPS services operator. Goodkap! plans to offer connected PNDs and wireless handsets capable of delivering real-time location-aware services in France. The Intrinsyc solution includes the Soleus Transit platform, Destinator navigation software, and ToBe Gateway server.
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Danaher Motion's newly released Motion Programming Interface (MPI) library, Version 4.0, gives users a high-performance motion control library for embedded applications that use the embedded real-time INtime plus Windows environment.
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Rajesh Kakde and Nick McCarty, both Windows Embedded consultants at Adeneo Embedded have been awarded by Microsoft as Windows Embedded MVP for their significant involvement in the Windows Embedded community. With this award, Adeneo Embedded reaches now a total of 6 Windows Embedded MVPs in its staff, giving a new sign of its commitment in bringing to its customers top level expertise on Windows Embedded technologies, to secure their design in the best time to market.
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Unified Automation, ascolab GmbH, and TenAsys will work together to provide an OPC UA communication server for embedded x86 platforms running the INtime RTOS and Windows Embedded Standard.
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MPC Data are now demonstrating Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 running on the low-cost
BeagleBoard platform. The BeagleBoard is based on Texas Instruments high-end OMAP™ 3530 processor,
offering an amazing combination of low cost, low power consumption, and very high performance.
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Freescale’s ARM11 based i.MX35 multimedia applications processors family provides the perfect balance of performance, power consumption, connectivity and media capabilities necessary to drive today’s high-end industrial and consumer products requiring the best user interface possible. Comprehensive board support packages (BSPs) for the Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 operating system are available through Freescale and Freescale partners to enable quick time to market.
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Sophia Systems will demonstrate a Universal JTAG emulator with
eXDI-2 plugin for Windows Embedded CE/Platform Builder6.0 R2. This allows for a single JTAG Hardware Assist unit which supports all popular embedded CPU types: ARM, TI/OMAP, Freescale/iMX, Marvell/PXA, Renesas/SH, etc.
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iGO amigo, the smart, new navigation software platform from Nav N Go, has been launched at CeBIT 2009 in Hanover, Germany. The iGO amigo line consists of unique iGO amigo software products tailored for selected OEM partners with immediate availability. With its user-friendly functions and trendy appearance, iGO amigo targets a broader navigation user group than any previous Nav N Go software.
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EMAC, Inc. announces thePFM-540i, a PC/104 Single Board Computer that is based on the AMD Geode LX 800 Fanless processor. This low power PC/104 module is a versatile product featuring Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports and four Serial ports. The PFM-540i supports CRT and 18/24-bit TTL LCD panels, PC/104 expansion, and supports up to 1GB of DDR SDRAM.
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The success of a digital signage application is highly dependent on the quality of its graphics hardware and software. As a result, the quality and performance of the hardware solution driving the digital signage application graphics is a key decision factor. Why settle for inferior graphics technology when you could be enjoying the performance and quality of ATI Radeon HD graphics with ATI Avivo HD technology?
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The ICG group has developed a Point Of Sale solution with new .NET technology and based on SQL server Database running on Windows Embedded for Point of Service. It is available in 10 languages and is easy to configure and ready to use without training for a variety of uses, including TOUCH enabled POS, software, thermal printer, customer display and magnetic card reader.
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Based on the results of VDC’s independent customer satisfaction survey, Kontron has retained Platinum Vendor status for five years in a row. This award is the highest recognition VDC bestows upon embedded vendors and represents the pinnacle of customer satisfaction.
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The new Kontron microETXexpress-PC brings high-end 45nm Intel Core2 Duo processor performance with optimized power consumption and a full feature set to the smallest COM Express Pinout Type 2 compatible Computer-on-Module.
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McObject has released Perst 4.0, the latest upgrade of its open source, object-oriented embedded database for Microsoft’s .NET Framework. Version 4.0 greatly expands Perst’s usefulness in a broad range of C# applications by enabling it to add persistence to any object—including objects created by other programs, those for which source code is unavailable, and even objects created in different programming languages. The Perst 4.0 release caps a series of substantial upgrades, resulting in a Perst for the .NET Framework that is substantially faster and more scalable, provides richer programming tools and solves a wider range of application development challenges.
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Over their projected 10-year lifetime, compact LANpoint AutoID computers provide autoID functions like barcode and RFID at about ½ the cost of standard PCs. Based on conservative assumptions, the LANpoint 7 marginal Total Cost of Ownership is 59% of the cost of a PC. The LANpoint PLUS TCO is 43%. Depending on plant space cost and cost of electricity and other overhead, the savings can be more. For instance, cost per square foot of a work area is assumed to be 0.91 per month per square foot.
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Portwell's new WADE-8046 and WADE-8065, two additions to its portfolio of Intel 945GME chipset-based Mini-ITX embedded systems boards, utilize a wide selection of Intel mobile CPUs including Core 2 Duo, Core Duo, Core Solo and Celeron M to provide high performance and low power consumption solutions in applications such as medical, gaming, lottery machines, digital signage, kiosk/POS, industrial automation, industrial control, security and communications appliances. Both boards support a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows XP Embedded, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Embedded CE.
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Kontron gave telecom and network equipment providers during day one of Mobile World Congress a first look of what the future holds in AdvancedTCA processor blades. That future lies in the Kontron AT8050 node blade designed using the next-generation Intel Xeon processor.
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AXIOMTEK announces the SBC84831 3.5-inch embedded SBC with Intel Atom N270 processor. The SBC84831 incorporates an ultra low-power Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor and Intel®945GSE+ICH7M chipset, which offers an excellent balance between high performance and low power consumption. It is ideal for rugged and compact applications including digital signage, kiosks/POI, thin clients, digital surveillance, and industrial control.
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Three leaders in the burgeoning mobile TV market—DiBcom, Expway and Discretix—today announced the debut of an end-to-end, standards-based mobile TV reference design, which will be on display at the 2009 Mobile World Congress. The design, being exhibited at both the DiBcom and Expway booths, is a vertically integrated and highly secure receiver/ESG package that can reduce both risk and time-to-market for mobile device OEMs interested in capitalizing on the ongoing mobile TV revolution.
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At Mobile World Congress Kontron introduced the Kontron OM6120, a powerful cost-optimized MicroTCA platform that supports up to 12 standard compliant AdvancedMC (AMC) modules. The compact Kontron OM6120 brings exceptional performance and versatility to a wide range of quad-play telecom applications and high bandwidth datacom applications with significant cost improvements compared to conventional MicroTCA platforms.
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At Mobile World Congress, Kontron showcased its AdvancedMC packet processor IO modules – the Kontron AM42xx Intelligent IO series that are available now for full production orders. The Kontron modules were an integral portion of a live signalling and IPSec MicroTCA carrier grade gateway demonstration in collaboration with Adax.
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BVM has added the LV-67D to its extensive family of mini-ITX form factor motherboards for embedded applications. The LV-67D uses the Intel 945GSE chipset and incorporates the 45nm Intel Atom N270 processor. It is ideal for embedded applications such as digital signage, kiosks, point of sale terminals, thin clients, digital security, residential gateways and commercial and industrial control equipment where ultimate computing power is less important than power conservation.
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Moxa is pleased to announce that the IA260 and DA-682 embedded computers have received the 2009 Taiwan Excellence Award. The Taiwan Excellence Award is the highest accolade bestowed on products ''made in Taiwan'' in the areas of innovation, design, and quality.
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CLI now incorporates vmSight Connector ID on select thin clients. Similar to “Caller ID, Connector ID allows users and devices to be tracked while accessing virtualized systems. When activated with the vmSight product suite, administrators can track key performance and enduser experience indicators for each individual access to virtualized desktops/applications.
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Moxa is pleased to announce that the IA260 and DA-682 embedded computers have received the
2009 Taiwan Excellence Award. The Taiwan Excellence Award is the highest accolade bestowed on products
''made in Taiwan'' in the areas of innovation, design, and quality.
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Portwell's new Qseven family, which consists of the PQ7-M100G module and the PQ7-C200 carrier board, could be the best module form factor to implement the Intel Atom processor Z5xx series and Intel System Controller Hub (SCH) US15W in terms of space, power consumption and thermal and expansion interfaces. Portwell's new Qseven products are the perfect solution to enhance applications in the medical device, industrial control, gaming machine, portable device and COTS military markets.
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In this article, Amplicon, a leading Industrial Computer manufacturer explains why Windows XP Pro FES could be a lifeline for many system integrators and OEMs in the industrial market-place.
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