Real-Time Clock Hardware Considerations (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/5/2010

For information about developing device drivers for a specific type of device, see Windows CE Drivers.

The real-time clock hardware manages the date and the time. For informational purposes, the user interface (UI) displays the date and the time.

The real-time clock must have an alarm and a backup battery. When appropriate, the alarm generates events to wake the system from standby.

Certificate validation and key validation rely on the real-time clock to verify whether they have expired.

For more information about real-time clocks, see Real-Time Clock.

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