Creating shortcuts to Control Panel Applications
Vinoth - Microsoft® Most Valuable Professional (MVP)A recently invoked query on the MSDN news group for Windows CE has induced me to script this post. Most WinCE professionals might be aware of creating short-cut for a file.…
Customizing Power Manager for SetSystemPowerState()
Changing the system state can be as simple as a cup of tea! by calling SetSystemPowerstate() API. But not all power states can be allowed to set through this API…
Creating an effective image viewer in Windows CE
There are some cases where we may need to develop a DLL or application to show the images on the devices. For example, an Image viewer will be needed to…
Handling Real Time Tasks in Windows CE
There are certain use cases - we may have to handle the non-standard custom interface to communicate between the processor and the hardware. An example is controlling the brightness of…
Sharing I2C bus between OAL RTC part and Driver part on Windows CE
Real Time Clock or RTC is an essential component in all embedded systems. Though all the modern day CPUs have inbuilt RTC, designers are comfortable with external RTC for some…
Workaround to reload the Power Manager activity timeout upon every booting in Hive based Registry
Power management is an important aspect of the modern embedded devices. Flexibility in the OS Power Manager is the key driver to meet the requirements of myriad of devices. Windows…
How to remove Pop-up windows in Kiosk mode
Windows CE is a customizable OS and custom application has been executed on the top of the OS. Majority of the customers won’t prefer to use the windows CE standard…
Workaround for Suspend using core idle or ring Oscillator Mode in PXA320
Power Management is one of the crucial aspects of the handheld design. In various handhelds, the power management states and transition to these states without losing the operating context is…