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The Customer
Our customer is a software service provider focussing on automotive sector.

The Challenge
Our customer wants to port WinCE onto an XSCALE based board. The end customer is in the process of building a device that would be used in test and measurement equipments. The board supports Serial interface, LCD display, Flash and Ethernet.

The Solution

The project involved :

Phase 1 :

Writing a boot loader for downloading and writing the image into the flash. It supports both Serial and ethernet download.
Customizing the OAL to run on the target board.
Writing/Customizing the drivers for :

- Serial interface

- Display device

- Flash

- Ethernet

Phase 2 :

Providing support for KITL
Power Management Support

With the kind of technical expertise we have, the Phase 1 has been done in a short time. Currently phase 2 is being carried out.

The Result

WinCE was supported on the PXA250/255 processor based hardware platform . GRACELABS acquired technical expertise on one more SOC platform in areas like boot loader, OS porting, driver development and BSP development.