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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:


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:


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 following hardware is not supported in this release: 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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