Windows® XP Embedded Goes to Space, Twice!
The Importance of Architecting Windows for Devices
As little departure from technical articles, the
pre-work that goes into a Windows IoT project that
has not been covered. Implementing Shell Launcher,
Group Policies, UWF, adding runtimes, etc. are all
things driven by a specification. The key to a good
specification is the questions asked before the
project. This article looks at the pre-work that
goes into a project, and how it translates into the
development process called out in the book Starter
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Starter Guide for Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise 2nd Edition, Addendum 3: Language
Package Integration - September 2024
The addendum takes a deep dive
into adding language packages to Windows 10/11 IoT
Enterprise LTSC. The addendum covers the different
types of language packages and different methods
to install the language packages.
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Starter Guide for Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise 2nd Edition, Addendum 2 – Windows 11 -
September 2024
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC has been
released. The development process called out in the
latest book remains the same. The addendum looks at
some of the Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC changes
and one big issue that are different from Windows 10
IoT Enterprise LTSC. |
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise: Unified Write
Filter and Boot Time Architecture Trade-Offs -
January 2024
A couple of developers noticed that the latest
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise release is booting up
slower than the older releases. Their investigation
also noticed a boot time difference when UWF was
enabled versus a clean install of Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise LTSC without UWF. Since there has been
more than one report on the same issue, a little
investigation was needed. This paper goes over the
boot time results for several Windows 10 releases
with and without UWF enabled, and discusses the
issue why UWF has an effect on boot time. |
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Starter Guide for Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise 2nd Edition, Addendum 1 - December 2023
/ Update July 2024 / Update Jan 2025
The addendum looks at the new improvements for
adding Windows updates and shrinking the image size. |
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UP Square (UP2) Board Firmware Settings
to Enable SPI/I2C/GPIO/UART for Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise - January 2021
Article discusses the BIOS settings to setup the
UP2 Board’s 40-pin HAT connector for GPIO, SPI,
I2C, and UART for use with Windows Apps.
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UP Board Firmware Settings to Enable
SPI/I2C/GPIO/UART for Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
- December 2020
Article discusses the BIOS settings to setup the
UP Board’s 40-pin HAT connector for GPIO, SPI,
I2C, and UART for use with Windows Apps.
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Windows ADK: Checking Run-Time License
Key Activations with the Volume Activation
Management Tool - November 2020
Windows Activation can be challenge for an
Embedded/IoT devices. No one wants to see the
activate now water mark appear on a fielded
system. What can really be a trap is the limited
number of activation per license key and how
quickly the number goes down if you are not
careful. The article discusses the Volume
Activation Management Tool (VAMT) that can help
monitor the remaining activations.
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise: The Case of
the Magical Disappearing Utilities - October
2020
Just when you think you have seen everything,
something new happens like utilities disappearing
from c:\Windows\System32.
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise: Image
Development Workflow - September 2020
A sound design process leads to a successful
project. This paper looks at the Annabooks’
workflow for developing Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
images. Developed over the last 20 years starting
with Windows NT Embedded, the workflow provides a
foundation to create a custom image and prepare
the image for production.
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise: Why No
Components Like Previous Windows Embedded
Releases? - February 2020
The size of the OS image is an important factor
in design. The size can impact disk space and RAM
requirements, which can impact costs. Also, if a
CRC check on bootup is needed, the smaller the
image the better. Gone are the days of Windows
Embedded where one could select the features put
into an image. Developers get the whole Windwos 10
IoT Enterprise footprint whether features are used
or not. This article looks at the history that has
led to this point, and some ideas to reduce foot
with what we have today.
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (17763): Block
Device Installation - September 2019
Windows comes with many security and lockdown
features that we have covered in detail in various
books and articles. The one area that we have not
covered is block removable devices connecting to a
system. This article covers 2 solution to block
devices from connected to an embedded/IoT system.
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How to Get Started with Windows 10 IoT
Licensing - August 2019
Building images have been covered in books and
articles, but when it is time to ship, you company
needs to be signed up for license Windows IoT.
Finding a distributor and signing the CLA is only
the first step as there are other websites to sign
up for and image development steps to follow.
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Windows® 10 IoT Core Retail Build with
Code Signing Certificate - March 2019
The article goes through the steps to setup the
code signing certificate to build Windows 10 IoT
Core Retail image.
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DISM + FFU Capture and Restore an Image -
February 2019
In the past, OEMs had to use 3rd party tools to
capture disk images. With the release of Windows
10 Build 1809, version 17763, a new solution to
capture .FFU files using DISM is now available.
This article walks through the steps to perform a
disk capture and restore using DISM and .FFU
files.
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Windows® 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 – First
Look for Device Manufacturers -
October 2018
Microsoft has released the new long-term service
version of Windows 10. The article takes a first
look at the changes to consider to migrate from
version 14393 to version 17763.
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Windows® 10 IoT Enterprise: Multi-Project
/ Multi-Platform Support in SIM - July 2018
Article looks at a solution for supporting
multiple projects under the $OEM$ Folders in a
System Image Manager Distribution Share.
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Windows® 10 IoT Core: to VM or not to VM?
- July 2018
'Can IoT Core run in a Virtual Machine?' is a
question that has come up a few times in the
forum. The article explores what is and what is
not possible.
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (14393): Turn
Off Windows Update and Managing Updates
- May 2018
Controlling how a system gets updated is an
important part of the product life cycle. Poor
planning can hit the bottom line. Article looks a
solution to turn off Windows Update and how to get
the operating system update files to manually
update a system in the field.
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Sparkfun ADXL345 I2C Interface to the
Minnowboard Max/Turbot/Dual Ethernet - January
2018
The Sparkfun
ADXL345 Triple Axis Accelerometer supports
SPI and I2C connections. The article looks at how
to connect to the Minnowboard Max/Turbot/Dual
Ethernet via I2C.
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Embedded/IoT OEMs and Windows as a Service
(WaaS) Rev. 1.2 - January 2019
Some clients have asked about
using the Windows 10 Enterprise non-LTSB releases.
Article looks at the changes to the servicing and
discusses why Embedded/IoT OEM device
manufacturers should continue to stick with
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB / LTSC.
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Industrial PC Requirements to Access
GPIO/I2C/SPI/UART from Windows 10 UWP
Applications - January 2018
Provides background and a check list to help
investigate what is required for UWP Applications
to access GPIO, SPI, I2C and UART on Industrial PC
platforms.
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Windows® 10 IoT Core Pro Running on
Intel® Architecture Platforms -
One Year Later! - November 2017
After two updates, several improvements have
opened the door for running Windows 10 IoT Core on
different Intel Architecture platforms.
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Windows® 10 IoT Core Native Remote
Debugging - November 2016
The article looks at how to add remote debugging
support for native C/C++ application development.
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Windows® 10 IoT Core Pro Boot Media and
Sudden Power Loss Review -
October 2016
Protecting a system from sudden power loss and
preserving flash drives has been an important
topic for Windows Embedded. Even though Windows
IoT Core is a smaller version of Windows, the same
attention to power loss and flash drive protection
is also required. The article presents our test
results for boot time and power loss for different
flash media.
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Windows® 10 IoT Core Pro Running on
Intel® Architecture Platforms -
October 2016
The article first looks at the firmware
requirements and tools to see if Windows 10 IoT
Core can be supported on a PC platform. The
article then investigates the possibility of
running IoT Core on Intel Core i-Series processors
and the efforts to create device driver packages.
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Starter Guide for Windows® System Image
Manager: Addendum 1: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
Build 10240 - November 2015
The addendum to the book covers Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise and the changes from Windows Embedded
8.1 Industry. The addendum covers the product
naming, changes to activation, new tools coming,
changes to the Lockdown Features, code examples
for customizing programmatic management of the
Lockdown Features.
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Windows® 10 IoT – The Big Reboot - July
2015
By Sean Liming and John R. Malin - Introduction
to Windows 10 IoT and a transition roadmap from
previous Windows Embedded editions.
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Custom Power Settings for WES 7/8 and WEI
8.x - May 2014
By Sean Liming and John R. Malin - A method to
implement custom power systems in ICE and SIM
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