Some broad questions

Hi,

I am a little discouraged and confused.

I am a <newbie> in the embeded world. I have been programming in C using the
WIN32 environment within the VC++ IDE. I eventually wish to program an
embeded application using a reference board which can support a WCE image.

I will probably go with Visual studio 5 and the platform builder along with
the WCE OS. I am planning to program with native languages such as C/C++
with WIN32.

I have recently downloaded the trial version of Embeded WCE from the
microsoft site, and it installed WCE components and platform builder. I have
not started to explore it though.

*QUESTIONS*

Q1-Can someone suggest me a vendor that can sell me a reference board that
would complement the programming tools I currently have. (Visual studio/EVC++)

Q2-What is exactly an SDK?

Q3-I have watched Mike Halls video at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceintro5/html/wce50tutplatformbuildertutorials.asp

I viewed the last tutorial which is on WCE and he says a phrase I don't
quite understand. If you wish to view it, the phrase starts at 2 minutes and
52 seconds of the video. Here is the phrase:

"The operating system its self is abstracted away from the in line hardware
so in effect the components you choose from the WCE catalogue are layered on
top of the appropriate BSP at build time."

I don't know what a BSP is and what does he mean by this phrase?

Q4-When vendors sell their reference boards, do they also sell you their
version of programming tools which replaces "Visual stidio/EVC++". Also do
they sell you their version of platform builder?

In other words, can I just buy the board that they sell and use Microsoft
programming tools to create my application?

Q5-How would I know if WCE would have all the libraries neccessary for what
I want to do, ex: Play music, video and WIFI and hwo does the reference board
relate to these hardware capabilities?

Thanking you in advance for your time!

--
Best regards
Robert
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