embedded-device

Installing Windows CE on a x86 embedded device

What is the general procedure to install Windows CE on an embedded device (like the eBox4300? Is there an equivalent of the PXE boot in windows so that I can boot the device over a network, and then install Windows CE on it? I have googled extensively, and the only thing I've gathered is that there is a dos bootloader that if present (p...

Embedded Development Board

I'm new to the embedded development world and am looking to get my very first board. After some research, I realize that there aren't many choices with FPUs. This is important in my project as I'm going to be doing quite a bit of floating point computations. I found the Mini2440 which seems to run on the ARM920T core. This particular u...

Debugging Cortex M3 (ARM) Embedded - How do you tell what ISR is being run from xPSR.ISR?

I am debugging a piece of firmware on an arm-family cpu (Cortex M3). The debugger shows the CPU registers, including one called 'xPSR' which includes a sub-field called 'ISR'. The mode in the CPU registers is 'Mode=Handler", which means that the m3 cpu is in interrupt handler instead of 'thread' mode. This much I know. I see the value...