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ctacke

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CE Files and Build Revision History: VGX

The following are links to the Windows CE files used for the ADS VGX. These files include more recent releases of the CE image and configuration files than may have been shipped on your development system.



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These Windows CE images are intended to update VGX product for which a Windows CE license has already been purchased. You must purchase a new license for every unit that is updated to a new version of Windows CE (e.g. 5 to 6) or updated to a different license model (e.g. Core to Pro).

By downloading any Windows CE image from this site, you agree to the following Microsoft statement:
"This software is subject to the terms and conditions of the end user license terms. This software is provided only for use with, and for licensed end users of, the Eurotech VGX. Any other use of this software is strictly prohibited and may subject you to legal action."



Related topics: VGX CE boot code, VGX User Manual, ADSmartIO firmware

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Standard REG/HWT files: LQ64D343 (640x480 VGA TFT @ 16 bpp)


CE Build Revision History

The following summarizes the changes made between CE builds for the VGX. Release dates are approximate.

CE 5.0

5.00.49 (31-Mar-2008)
- Increased AVR reset to access time
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB, Core Hive 16MiB


5.00.48 (11-Jan-2008)
- Fixed PS2 keyboard F5 and F7 sticky keys
- Known issue: Reads invalid data when sending stream of data through com 6 and com 7
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB, Core Hive 16MiB


5.00.47 (15-Nov-2007)
- Fixed USB enumeration problem
- Fixed Ethernet 10BT problem
- Implemented IOCTL_HAL_GET_DEVICEID
- Known issue: Does not enumerate more than three simultaneous USB devices.
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB, Core Hive 16MiB


5.00.46 (19-Sept-2007)
- Fixed CAN bus queue error
- Implements CAN driver Rev 1.6
- Known issue: Problem enumerating USB disk drives
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB, Core Hive 16MiB


5.00.45 (18-Sept-2007)
- Unreleased

5.00.44 (31-Aug-2007)
- Power off PCMCIA during suspend
- Unreleased

5.00.43 (16-Aug-2007)
- Added support for AlphaBlend
- Restored Reliance icon to control panel
- Updated Zthreshold calculation for touch panel driver
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

5.00.42 (1-Aug-2007)
- Updates to resolve occasional hang during boot
- Resolves USB re-enumeration problem for powered hubs (along with CPLD Rev8).
  Check here for more information on USB re-enumeration
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

5.00.31 (4-Jan-2007)
- Update for RTC/I2C initialization at boot

5.00.30 (20-Dec-2006)
- Improves USB ActiveSync operation
- Corrects issue with setting breakpoints with Visual Studio
- Includes PCL printer driver
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

5.00.29
- Adds support for changing thread quantum
- Incorporates Microsoft QFEs through August 2006 (improved USB storage enumeration)

5.00.28 (11-Jul-2006)
- Supports changing default thread quantum (HWT entry)
- Microsoft QFEs improve USB mass storage operation (faster enumeration)
- Serial and CAN driver updates
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

5.00.27 (9-Jun-2006)
- Improved USB host port performance
- Solves persisting calibration data problem

5.00.26 (5-Jun-2006)
- Adds support for Intel P30 flash
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB


Important: CE build 5.00.26 and boot 1.15 support Intel P30 flash. You must use these or later builds on VGX boards with P30 flash. VGX revision E boards, which began shipping in spring 2006, use P30 flash.


5.00.22 (15-Mar-2006)
- Improved performance of launcher
- Touch panel driver: Bug fixes
- Known issues: doesn't resume after sleep, ActiveSync won't connect after first time
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

5.00.14 (13-Dec-2005)
- Improved interrupt handling
- Known issues: Does not support CAN bus
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro RAM 18MiB


Important: Beginning with VGX build 5.00.09, you must use VGX CE boot 1.11 or later.



CE 4.2

4.20.57 (23-Jun-2008)
- Added support for J1708
- Improved performance of self-powered hubs after sleep/wake
: 64 MiB DRAM : Core Hive 14MiB

4.20.56 (19-Sept-2007)
- Fixed CAN bus queue error
- Implements CAN driver Rev 1.6
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

4.20.55 (18-Sept-2007)
- Unreleased

4.20.54 (12-Jun-2007)
- Corrects issue where system hangs if SD card present during boot
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB

4.20.53 (Feb-2007)
- Corrects issue where sometimes hangs at "SP=" during CE boot

4.20.51 (3-Jan-2007)
- Latest Symbol wireless driver release (LA-4137)

4.20.48 (26-Sep-2006)
- Supports P30 flash on rev E VGX boards
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB


Important: CE build 4.20.48 and boot 1.15 support Intel P30 flash. You must use these or later builds on VGX boards with P30 flash. VGX revision E boards, which began shipping in spring 2006, use P30 flash.


4.20.43 (15-Mar-2006)
- Improved performance of launcher
- Touch panel driver: Bug fixes
Known issues: doesn't resume after sleep, ActiveSync won't connect after first time
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro Hive 20MiB, Core Hive 14MiB

4.20.40 (25-Jan-2006)
- Improved performance for serial, CAN and Ethernet
- Updates DIO driver to v1.1
- PCMCIA driver updated
- Launcher.exe: improved functionality and speed
- Corrects intermittent pauses in operation, esp, with USB mouse
- Known issues: IrDA not supported; occasional failures to wake from sleep

4.20.38 (12-Jan-2006)
- Serial drivers: Improved performance for TX and RX throughput
- Fixes bug that system hangs for a few seconds
- USB ActiveSync: fixes bug that occasionally drops connection

4.20.35 (4-Nov-2005)
- Flash disk uses latest Reliance and FFX Pro drivers
- Direct Draw: updated for mouse cursor and improved performance
- USB host: fixes bug in controller power-down
- Keyboard driver: now recognizes F7 key
- Touch panel driver: saves calibration settings automatically
- Known issue: Will periodically hang for a few seconds at a time
- Known issue: May drop USB ActiveSync connection over time
: 64 MiB DRAM : Core Hive 14MiB

4.20.32 (30-Aug-2005)
- Reliance 1.20
- FlashFX Pro 1.20
- New I2C driver
- Serial port fixes (COM2 handshaking)
- IrDA implemented
- Touchpanel can be fully disabled via registry
- Rollover bug fix in QueryPerformanceCounter
- Added PHM Registry Editor
- Hive based


Important! The flash disk driver has changed between builds 4.20.27 and 4.20.32. If you update your CE image from an older build, the flash disk will be reformatted.
Note also that builds after this point are also generally going to include hive-based registries instead of RAM-based registries.



4.20.27 (19-May-2005)
(follow list is a roll-up of changes from 4.20.24 through 4.20.27)
- New Ethernet driver from SMSC (use LAN90001 registry key instead of SMC90001)
- New I2C driver
- CAN driver: updated to v 1.4
- Backlight driver: spec 1.0
- New touchpanel driver (v 1.0)
- DIO driver: Updates and fixes for v 1.0 compliance
- Display driver: Improved support for rotated operation
- Display driver allow suppressing mouse cursor
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Drivers\\Display\\SMIVGX]
"EnableMouseCursor"=dword:1

- COM2 CTS/RTS fixes
- Sleep current improvements
: 64 MiB DRAM : Pro RAM 18MiB

4.20.23 (20-Jan-2005)
- Further improvements in backlight control during boot
- Corrected a sleep/wake bug
- Lower current during sleep

4.20.22 (14-Jan-2005)
- Updated boot sequence to keep backlight on
- Updated ADSmartIO driver to no longer require SelectOption calls

4.20.21 (11-Jan-2005)
- Implements digital I/O driver DIO 1.0
- Updated CAN driver to v 1.2 (major update from previous driver)

4.20.20 (16-Dec-2004)
- Fixed AVR Programming bug in ADSmartIO driver
- Updated ADSmartIO driver to allow unused keypad lines to be used for digital IO (requires AVR rev {not yet released})

4.20.18 (11-Oct-2004)
- Interrupt service routing eliminates debug port output, which affected ADSmartIO Rotary encoder performance

4.20.17 (6-Oct-2004)
- CAN driver: can set driver priority level with registry setting
- Quad UART driver: improved throughput, doesn't drop data when system is loaded
- Lower sleep current (requires boot code 1.05)
- ADSmartIO: Supports rotary encoders
- ADSmartIO: Supports keypad repeat and delay

4.20.16 (9-Aug-2004)
- SSP driver: Reinitializes port when the port is opened instead of only during driver initialization.
- ADSmartIO driver: Correct bug in which 8x8 keypad keys 58 and 60 did not respond properly

4.20.15 (6-Jul-2004)
- ADSmartIO: Supports in-system programming of both AT90S8535 and newer ATmega8535 chips
- USB driver: order changed to 3 to better support USB mouse

4.20.14 (11-June-2004)
- Allows registry file to specify custom display timings
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Drivers\\Display\\SMIVGX]
"UseCustomTable"=dword:0
;0=use display timings CE image's lookup table
;1=set display timings in system registry

- Known issues: USB devices won't work after system restart

4.20.13
- Not released

4.20.12 (9-June-2004)
- Add fix on Ethernet driver, toggling the reset line on PowerUp and hard reset
- Add fix on PCMCIA driver, reset PCMCIA on PowerUp or hard reset
- Added new version of SM501 SSP driver with circular buffer.

4.20.11 (24-May-2004)
- Added support for QVGA panel
- Fixed bug for I2C driver
- Fixed bug in PCMCIA driver . Reset Card on driver init.
- Fixed bug in OEMQueryPerformanceCounter function

4.20.10 (23-April-2004)
- Added New key to Backlight Registry key
- Add PWM1 port configuration
- Backlight ON/OFF control moved to SMARTIO driver
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Platform\\BackLight]
"ReverseBackLightContol"=dword:0 ;0=Normal 1=Reversed




akidder

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Posted - 14 Jun 2004 :  11:35:43  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.14 added.
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akidder

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Posted - 18 Aug 2004 :  11:40:01  Show Profile  Email Poster
We've updated the VGX build selector with run-time image 4.20.16.
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akidder

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Posted - 05 Oct 2004 :  19:14:07  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.17 released.
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akidder

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Posted - 13 Jan 2005 :  10:42:45  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.21 released.
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ctacke

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Posted - 14 Jan 2005 :  16:20:15  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.22 released in Pro-RAM and Core-RAM builds.
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akidder

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Posted - 11 Feb 2005 :  19:25:00  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.23 released in Core- and Pro-RAM builds.
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ctacke

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Posted - 25 May 2005 :  12:41:09  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.27 Released
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hchin

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Posted - 06 Sep 2005 :  18:37:05  Show Profile  Email Poster
Build 4.20.32 released.
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jjoseph

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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 :  15:04:38  Show Profile
Build 5.00.42 released addressing the VGX boot hang issue and re-enumerating powered USB hubs.
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jjoseph

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Posted - 21 Aug 2007 :  14:23:25  Show Profile
Build 5.00.43 released.
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jjoseph

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Posted - 08 Oct 2007 :  18:04:39  Show Profile
Build 5.00.46 and 4.20.56 released addressing a problem with the CAN queue prematurely reporting that it is empty.
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jjoseph

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Posted - 18 Dec 2007 :  12:35:15  Show Profile
Build 5.00.47 released
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