Windows Embedded Compact 7 (formerly known as Windows Embedded CE 7.0) is the seventh major release of the
Windows Embedded CE operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
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, released on March 1, 2011.
Windows Embedded Compact 7 is a real-time OS, separate from the Windows NT line, and is designed to target enterprise specific tools such as industrial controllers and consumer electronics devices such as digital cameras, GPS systems and also In car entertainment, automotive infotainment systems. Windows Embedded Compact is designed to run on multiple CPU architectures and supports x86, SuperH, SH (automotive only)
and ARM architecture, ARM.
During development, a Microsoft employee working in this division claimed that Microsoft was working hard on this release and that it shares the underlying kernel with Windows Phone. Microsoft officially confirmed this and said that Windows Phone 7 is based on Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 with some features borrowed from Windows Embedded Compact 7, thus making it a hybrid solution.
As with Windows Embedded CE 6.0, the platform builder for Windows Embedded Compact 7 is not a stand-alone product, but is implemented as plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio - the version required is Visual Studio 2008 with Service Pack 1 installed.
New features
Windows Embedded Compact 7 contains these features:
*Silverlight for Windows Embedded: Allows developers to develop application and user interfaces in Silverlight using Microsoft Expression Blend
*Internet Explorer for Windows Embedded: A web browser similar to that of Windows Phone 7 with integrated Adobe Flash v10.1 support
*Touch support: Windows Embedded Compact 7 recognizes Touchscreen, touch and Gesture recognition, gesture input types
*CPU support: Works on Multi-core processor, dual core CPUs in symmetric multiprocessing mode
*Platform support: Runs on x86, SuperH, SH4 (automotive only)
MIPS architecture, MIPS and ARM architecture, ARMv7 platforms
*Media playback: Supports Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) and Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)
*Networking: Now includes Network Driver Interface Specification, NDIS 6.1 and supports Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
References
Windows CE
Real-time operating systems
Microsoft Windows, Embedded Compact 7
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