looking for sugestions on how to get started with embeded xp
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2316046
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22-09-2019 - |
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In the past I have worked with the microchip PIC family, but I would like to broaden my horizons by working with XP embedded systems, and I am looking for suggestions on where to start.
Solution
As a bridge between embedded PICs, which I love, and Windows XP Embedded as described well by @Michael Burr.
You might want to consider Windows CE/Mobile/whatever-call-it-this-week. Another interesting Microsoft area to consider is .NET Micro Framework. Either of these paths, in my opinion, are a better bridge from where you've been towards Windows Embedded. As Michael explains, XPE is just as way to create a very customized version of the desktop OS.
OTHER TIPS
Windows XP Embedded is quite a different animal from a PIC embedded system. It's really the desktop Windows OS with very fine-grained control over exactly which components of the OS actually get installed along with a few device drivers tailored to controlling how the file system and registry con (or cannot) be changed.
You can download a trial (they also have a CTP for the next version that's based on Windows 7, and I understand that an RC is soon to be released) from here:
You can install the configuration tools on your existing PC and installed the 'custom' build of the Embedded Windows OS on another partition, another standard PC, or a virtual machine.
To get a non-trial/eval version of the tools you'll need to have an MSDN Premium or better subscription or buy the "full packaged product" (FPP) which lists for about $1000. As David Pfeffer indicated, the licensing fees for a product based on Windows XP Embedded are negotiated with Microsoft - apparently they start at about $90 per unit and presumably go down from there depending on how many units you commit to.
Unless you are willing to pay extremely high licensing fees to Microsoft (extremely high being relative to free when programming a PIC) you are basically out of luck.
XP embedded is licensed on a negotiated basis. You'll have to make a connection with a Microsoft reseller and call them up.
