Hello!

Has anybody some information about the minimum system requirements for a
small WinCE build running a .NET CF application?

Especially I didn't find any information about the processor speed (let's
say if i want to use an ARM7 for example), and not very precise information
about the minimun RAM and ROM usage.

Thanks!
Martin

There are too many variables to answer that. Even your own question has
"small" and "a .NET CF application". What do either of those mean? A
"small" build might include no UI at all, for example, and might run in a
couple of MB of RAM. Or you might mean a build that 'only' includes Internet
Explorer, Media Player, and half a dozen other Pro version components of
Windows CE. "a .NET CF application" might use SQL CE and take 20MB of RAM,
or might run without a UI and take 5MB.

The only way to answer the question is to try it for your target build and
your target application. I would guess that 32MB of flash and 32MB of RAM on
an ARM processor would have most such situations. Of course, a DEBUG build
of that same OS might require 64MB of flash...

Paul T.

"MtheK" wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Has anybody some information about the minimum system requirements for a
> small WinCE build running a .NET CF application?
>
> Especially I didn't find any information about the processor speed (let's
> say if i want to use an ARM7 for example), and not very precise information
> about the minimun RAM and ROM usage.
>
> Thanks!
> Martin

In my experience I wouldn't think that 32MB of RAM would be enough, given a
typical image of about 15MB, especially if it's not using XIP. I like to ee
64 minimum, and in some cases 128MB helps.

-Chris


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <paultobey _at_ earthlink _dot_ net> wrote in message
news:6681B699-F0B2-4D65-95B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> There are too many variables to answer that. Even your own question has
> "small" and "a .NET CF application". What do either of those mean? A
> "small" build might include no UI at all, for example, and might run in a
> couple of MB of RAM. Or you might mean a build that 'only' includes
> Internet
> Explorer, Media Player, and half a dozen other Pro version components of
> Windows CE. "a .NET CF application" might use SQL CE and take 20MB of
> RAM,
> or might run without a UI and take 5MB.
>
> The only way to answer the question is to try it for your target build and
> your target application. I would guess that 32MB of flash and 32MB of RAM
> on
> an ARM processor would have most such situations. Of course, a DEBUG
> build
> of that same OS might require 64MB of flash...
>
> Paul T.
>
> "MtheK" wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Has anybody some information about the minimum system requirements for a
>> small WinCE build running a .NET CF application?
>>
>> Especially I didn't find any information about the processor speed (let's
>> say if i want to use an ARM7 for example), and not very precise
>> information
>> about the minimun RAM and ROM usage.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Martin

I guess it depends on whether the OS is running from RAM or flash. More RAM
almost never hurts. I ran with 32MB of RAM and 32MB of flash for quite a
while, in a smaller OS situation (10MB), where the OS was executing directly
from flash.

Paul T

"Chris Tacke, MVP" wrote:

> In my experience I wouldn't think that 32MB of RAM would be enough, given a
> typical image of about 15MB, especially if it's not using XIP. I like to ee
> 64 minimum, and in some cases 128MB helps.
>
> -Chris
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <paultobey _at_ earthlink _dot_ net> wrote in message
> news:6681B699-F0B2-4D65-95B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > There are too many variables to answer that. Even your own question has
> > "small" and "a .NET CF application". What do either of those mean? A
> > "small" build might include no UI at all, for example, and might run in a
> > couple of MB of RAM. Or you might mean a build that 'only' includes
> > Internet
> > Explorer, Media Player, and half a dozen other Pro version components of
> > Windows CE. "a .NET CF application" might use SQL CE and take 20MB of
> > RAM,
> > or might run without a UI and take 5MB.
> >
> > The only way to answer the question is to try it for your target build and
> > your target application. I would guess that 32MB of flash and 32MB of RAM
> > on
> > an ARM processor would have most such situations. Of course, a DEBUG
> > build
> > of that same OS might require 64MB of flash...
> >
> > Paul T.
> >
> > "MtheK" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> Has anybody some information about the minimum system requirements for a
> >> small WinCE build running a .NET CF application?
> >>
> >> Especially I didn't find any information about the processor speed (let's
> >> say if i want to use an ARM7 for example), and not very precise
> >> information
> >> about the minimun RAM and ROM usage.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Martin
>