Recently, I wrote an short post on using Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi devices for Digital signage. I wanted to detail a little bit more about what hardware I use for testing in the lab.
I have a SmartiPi Touch and Raspberry Pi setup in the home lab, which is really neat for giving demos and quickly testing stuff- as long as I don't need smooth video playback. It is small and also shows what the UI looks like at a lower resolution
Otherwise, I use our Now Micro IoT Player 4k, since I can quickly PXE boot it and reimage for greenfield testing. Prior to that product release, I used a variety of Intel BayTrail based devices, depending on what I was trying to accomplish at the time.
Overall, the IoT Player 4k is a lot faster and easier to work with when debugging UWP apps, but having a second monitor with me isn't always convenient.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Adding Non-BSP Drivers to Windows 10 IoT Core
Windows 10 IoT Core has a significantly different way of handling drivers over a traditional Windows OS. In particular, BSP drivers are compiled into the image during FFU creation.
If you are looking to install Windows 10 IoT Core on a different device than the FFU was built for, you can install drivers at run time on the device. Early on, while trying to find a commercial Windows 10 IoT Core platform, I did extensive testing with Intel Compute Sticks and can verify that the Wi-Fi module (Intel AC 7265) in the STK1AW32SC can is fully functional after installing a driver.
Basically, follow these steps, but copy the driver for the device from Intel. You will need a Windows 10 driver (not Windows 7/8.1) and may need to search through the INFs to find the correct device ID.
The command itself is simple- Use PowerShell to connect to the device, CD to the directory you copied the files to and run:
If you are looking to install Windows 10 IoT Core on a different device than the FFU was built for, you can install drivers at run time on the device. Early on, while trying to find a commercial Windows 10 IoT Core platform, I did extensive testing with Intel Compute Sticks and can verify that the Wi-Fi module (Intel AC 7265) in the STK1AW32SC can is fully functional after installing a driver.
Basically, follow these steps, but copy the driver for the device from Intel. You will need a Windows 10 driver (not Windows 7/8.1) and may need to search through the INFs to find the correct device ID.
The command itself is simple- Use PowerShell to connect to the device, CD to the directory you copied the files to and run:
After rebooting, the device will be functional. So far, I've only used this method for Wi-Fi drivers. I would not expect all drivers to work, especially if they call APIs not available on Windows 10 IoT Core or install additional components.devcon.exe dp_add DRIVERINF.inf
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