Technical information

Introduction
Learning by example and learn by doing are effective methods to learn new technology. This
step-by-step guide, using hands-on-lab approach, is created to show the process of creating,
customizing, building and downloading a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 image on to eBox-2300
using the ICOP_Vortex86_60CS Board-Support-Package for CE 6.0. This guide also shows
how to create a Hello-world Visual Studio 2005 C# managed code application, establish a
connection between eBox-2300 and Visual Studio 2005 workstation using Corecon and
download the application to eBox-2300 for testing.
The samples in this guide have been tested on Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista
development stations.
• On the Windows XP Professional SP2 development station, Visual Studio 2005, Visual
Studio 2005 SP1, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and ICOP_Vortex86_60CS BSP for CE
6.0 are installed.
• On the Windows Vista development station, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2005
SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Vista, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and
ICOP_Vortex86_60CS BSP for CE 6.0 are installed.
An eBox-2300 is used as the target-hardware device. Detailed information about eBox-2300 is
available in appendix D. Both the development station and eBox-2300 are connected to the same
local LAN segment with DHCP service.
This guide provides a quick and easy overview showing how to create, configure and build
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 OS image for eBox-2300 and develop managed code application
that runs on CE 6.0. Additional subjects relevant to Vortex86 hardware and application
development using Visual Studio 2005 are provided.
Additional references and other technical information for Windows Embedded CE are listed in
Appendix C.
Note: To go through all of the exercises in this guide, you need to have Visual Studio 2005,
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Platform Builder and ICOP_Vortex86_60CS Board-Support-
Package installed on your development station. Refer to appendix A & B for device
preparation and setup information.
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