Testing Windows CE (part 2)

Perhaps “strange”
was inappropriate above – CE is definitely different, but I guess I should let
you form your own opinion.  I’ve already established that we don’t necessarily deliver
what the end user sees.  Most of the time, in fact, a CE based device is
delivered on hardware that we’ve never seen before.  The device manufacturers
need to perform a lot of testing on these devices before they get to market,
but we try to make the testing process as simple and effective for them as we
can.  We provide a test kit (CETK)
which they can use to test the low level functions of their board support package
as well as all of their common device drivers.  The CETK also contains useful
utilities (like App
Verifier for CE, a CPU
monitor, and others) which can be used both for testing, analysis, and
investigation.  We provide a framework for writing tests (TUX),
and we provide education on how to use these tools through our Windows CE Test Fests,
and targeted lectures at embedded developer conferences.  Finally, we host a newsgroup where we answer
questions and take feature requests.  We understand the challenges in getting
an embedded device to market, and try to do as much as we can to ease the
burden on device manufacturers.