Device Driver Development

Windows CE supports a wide range of device drivers that you can customize for various Windows CE–based platforms. Windows CE provides several models for device driver development, including models from other operating systems. Because of this diversity of device driver models, Windows CE accommodates almost all device types, including native devices and peripheral devices.

To assist you in creating custom device drivers, Platform Builder and all platform-specific SDKs include a device driver kit, programming guidelines, an API reference, and code samples that you can use to create device drivers for Windows CE.