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Congatec Product Change Notification
Congatec just released another PCN, telling customers they are updating their conga-QMX6 modules to the new hardware revision E.2. The changes are a different RTC chip (possibly, no details are...
View ArticleThe 'PBDbgPkg Package' did not load correctly
It's getting harder and harder to find answers when you encounter issues after installing Windows Embedded and its tools. The above error stumped me for a while, until I rediscovered that the Platform...
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Windows Embedded Compact is NOT an RTOS... Again!
We just received a report from one of our customers that saw their high priority thread on WEC2013 not being scheduled for a long time, even though that thread was set to the highest priority in the...
View ArticleiMX6 ENET RCR PADEN sillicon bug
This is just a quick blog post to prevent anybody from having to spend days finding out why your Gbps connection on an iMX6 (or any iMX with a similar or same ENET/FEC module) stops working when...
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Error: failed PB timebomb check
Today, 3 December 2021, Windows Embedded Compact 2013 decided enough is enough!At least romimage.exe did...According to Microsoft there should not be any time bomb checks in WEC2013. The last version...
View ArticleBruce Eitman's Blog
In Feb 2021, Bruce Eitman's blog on GeeksWithBlogs.net went down with gwbs. It appears nobody was notified of gwbs going down, but luckily Bruce kept all his blog items backed up and all the articles...
View ArticleWindows Embedded Compact / Windows CE Documentation problems - Part II
As you have undoubtedly noticed, the Windows Embedded Compact documentation search function is again completely broken.For instance, if you search for "OpenStore" or even "OpenStore Compact 2013",...
View ArticleWEC7 September 2020 update woes...
Here we go again... Update 77 (WEC7 September 2020) is again in the DDP (Disc Descriptor Protocol) format.Follow the instructions from this blog post to get a working .img file again...Apparently this...
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WEC7 December 2019 update woes...
Somebody at the Microsoft update team uploaded the WEC7 December 2019 update in the wrong format. If you try to update using WEDU it will fail, and if you download the file from the Device Partner...
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GuruCE iMX6 BSP release 2391
After many weeks of deep testing, GuruCE iMX6 BSP release 2391 is ready! This release adds some great new features, like High Assurance Boot and 100% flicker-free transition from bootloader splash to...
View ArticleCE Platform Abstraction Layer (CEPAL) for Windows 10 IoT
Since Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact is now officially out of its support life-cycle, many of our customers are looking to see what they can replace CE with. The choice is often between...
View ArticleTLS 1.2 support and fix for RTOS bug released for WEC2013
Microsoft has published the Wave 4 October 2018 update for WEC2013. This update adds support for TLS 1.2 in WEC2013 (WEC7 already had support added for TLS 1.2 in an earlier update) and fixes the...
View ArticleWindows Embedded Compact / Windows CE Documentation
In their infinite wisdom, some team at Microsoft decided to move all the Windows Embedded Compact / Windows CE documentation to docs.microsoft.com. That's fine, but unfortunately they also decided this...
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Windows Embedded Compact is NOT an RTOS!
IntroductionThere’s a bad bug in the Windows Embedded Compact scheduler code on WEC7 and WEC2013 (and possibly earlier versions as well) that causes the OS to become non-deterministic. This means WEC7...
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Finally, the new GuruCE iMX6 BSP release is out!
Let's call this the mystical release! It's taken much longer than planned to get this BSP release out due to a number of factors. Our last release was almost exactly 1.5 years ago, so what does 1.5...
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Meltdown and Spectre on Windows CE / Embedded Compact
Meltdown and Spectre have hit the world by storm and of course the Windows CE / Embedded Compact OS is also affected by these processor bugs.See this ARM bulletin:...
View Articlemsvsmon.exe exceptions when debugging CE applications in VS explained
If you have ever done any application development for Windows Embedded Compact (aka "CE" or "WEC") devices then you no doubt have seen this ugly exception coming out of the serial port of the...
View ArticleVisual Studio and Platform Builder problems on high DPI 4K displays
Working with Visual Studio 2015 in combination with Platform Builder on a 4K monitor is very frustrating. The Attach Device window always opens half outside the display area on the bottom right, the...
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Hosting webservices on Windows Embedded Compact gSOAP Part II (WEC2013)
IntroductionBack in 2011 I wrote an article about hosting webservices on Windows Embedded Compact with gSoap. I recently got some comments on this article and I am happy to notice that this subject is...
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