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What is Socrates? Notify me when a new item is added In a word, well in a few words, this web site is dedicated to sustaining Socrates, the project, not the philosopher. And what is project Socrates you ask? Socrates is the code name for a project dedicated to writing a book on embedded systems development for the engineering student. Windows CE is used as the stage to accomplish this feat, and CEBot, a mobile robot platform, is the primary player in this unfolding drama. Why write a book on embedded systems you ask? I have given this a lot of thought, particularly since it has been done many times before. I have already coauthored a book on Windows CE with Aspi Havewala (“Building Powerful Platforms with Windows CE”), so I bear no illusions on the amount of required effort and the meager financial reward. The answer, I think, lay in what I believe to be a growing deficit in the engineering talent pool produced by U.S. universities. Most new grads are equipped with sufficient skill to write application software, but are unable to compose this software in the context of untried, newly developed hardware. I have coupled this need with two of my personal passions, developing software for Windows CE devices and mobile robots. Though there are many alternatives for operating system software which runs on devices such as network routers (headless) and PDA’s (headed), I believe Windows CE has the best combination of well integrated features, scalability, and debug tools. This is certainly a subject worthy of debate, and I am hoping that you will be willing to share your point of view using this website. Default OrderDate PostedTitlePopularityAuthor Descending Ascending Book Proposal Posted by jywilson on Saturday, January 22, 2005 (PST) Attention Professors and Students! I have created a proposal document which describes the content of each chapter in "Learning Embedded Systems With Windows CE". It also describes the intended audience, and the example project or "Core Project". (Read More...   6 comments)