QNX iPAQ Hardware Requirements

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Hardware and Software Requirements

This topic covers what hardware and software you will need to install the Software Reference Platform. It also includes the requirements for creating custom applications on the iPAQ with the use of the Board Support Package.

Minimal Requirements

This document is part of the iPAQ Reference Platform, a demonstration of the QNX operating system for Compaq's iPAQ hardware. Assuming you have downloaded the QNX iPAQ package, you will need a number of pieces of hardware and software to install the QNX operating system on your handheld device.

Here is a summary of the required hardware:

The iPAQ Reference Platform Package
A 37xx or 36xx Compaq iPAQ (38xx is not supported)
An iPAQ Serial Cable or Serial Cradle
A PC with Microsoft Windows

Development Requirements

If you plan on doing custom application development, we recommend that you test your software via a network connection. You will need a QNX development environment to compile your iPAQ applications. A version of the QNX operating system is a freely available, while Windows and Solaris development tools are commercially available. At this time the Solaris development tools do not support development of graphical applications.

If you are looking at commercial development, you should contact a sales representative about our latest tools and environments at sales@qnx.com.

Important: We strongly recommend this additional hardware and software:

A Workstation with a QNX development environment (version 6.2 or later)
A PCMCIA or Compact Flash sleeve for your iPAQ
An NE2000 ethernet or Orinoco 802.11(b) Wireless PCMCIA card

Hardware Support

This release includes drivers and custom startup code for the iPAQ hardware. Additional drivers may be included with your QNX development environment.

The following hardware has been tested and is supported in this release:

The Compaq iPAQ, 37xx or 36xx series
PCMCIA sleeve, dual or single
Compact Flash sleeve and media
An NE2000 PCMCIA card
Orinoco 802.11(b) Wireless PCMCIA card

The following hardware is not supported in this release:

USB devices
IrDA communication devices not presently supported include the and IrDA ports.
With this release of the iPAQ BSP, we only offer a host side USB stack while the iPaq requires a device side stack.

If you are involved in a commercial project and your hardware is not supported, please contact QNX about our custom engineering services.

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