hello fellow minded tech people, I have another question for you (I know how annoying this is getting lol) but I don鈥檛 know who else or what else to ask.
let鈥檚 say I had a device that was running a modified version of windows CE 5.0 or something like that and I wanted to get it鈥檚 processor and RAM information. Would there be any way of doing this? also note that there is no such application on the device to view the information that I鈥檓 looking for.
3 years ago
How confident are you in your hardware ability and how critical is the device. If the answer is "I can fix any sort of electronics" or "it doesn't matter if it breaks" then one option is to open it and google the part numbers on the IC's.
However I would question if the information is useful. If you are trying to replicate the hardware you don't necessarily need the same specs. 路 3 years ago
@kevinsan I want to get the information for a project. There is a device I've had ever since my childhood that was made for people like myself. The manufacturers decided not to disclose the processor or ram information. I'm now trying to get at it the hard way. Keep in mind that this device is the only one of its kind which means that I can't trace the information down without talking to the manufacturers themselves which (of course) would go nowhere. 路 3 years ago
I'd go down the bootloader route, with a view to getting serial comms from it. Though really, I'd have opened it by now and held a magnifier to the PCB. Take some photos and upload them. It sounds quite interesting. 路 3 years ago
@kevinsan what if the device wasn't a mainstream one and it doesn't have a screen that you were able to look at? Wouldn't you have to look for said info remotely? 路 3 years ago
First I'd look for a specific product code, usually under the battery, or some number related to FCC compliance, and web search for the specs. Second, if I knew roughly the device family, I'd look for the bootloader key sequence (e.g. hold volume up and power on) and video the screen as it boots. Often useful information, or at least firmware/board-id codes are shown. 路 3 years ago