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From: MtheK on 18 Apr 2010 13:28
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
From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] paultobey _at_ earthlink _dot_ on 19 Apr 2010 12:45
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
From: Chris Tacke, MVP on 20 Apr 2010 16:16
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-F0B2-4D65-95B2-6D22B1DD7DCA(a)microsoft.com...
> 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

From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] paultobey _at_ earthlink _dot_ on 20 Apr 2010 19:24
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-F0B2-4D65-95B2-6D22B1DD7DCA(a)microsoft.com...
> > 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
>
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