Part of the Abacus Group of companies, you can find many offices across the UK with our Head Quarters based in Newbury, Berkshire with the Microsoft Embedded office based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

What is an embedded device?
In brief, an embedded device is generally a computer system or computing device that performs a dedicated function or is designed for use with a market specific embedded software application.

Licensing your embedded devices can be confusing at the best of times – you will find lots of information to help answer many of those licensing questions on this website. Don’t hesitate to phone if you need clarification - we are always happy to help you.

We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding any aspect of your embedded device. Please use us as a portal of information whether it is about advice around LCD/TFT technologies or SBC’s or Microsoft licensing. We are committed to providing you a central resource for all your embedded device requirements by facilitating Abacus Group expertise via our own specialised distributors in Microsoft Embedded Licensing, LCD/TFT, Single Board Computers, wireless communications and over 200 electronic component franchises.

With a successful Microsoft Embedded Franchise that goes back to 1999 we are at the heart of a fantastic ecosystem of embedded professionals just like you. We pride ourselves on nurturing and maintaining relationships with industry expert technology partners such as MPC Data, DSP Design and Intrinsyc who are Gold Level System Integrators and Gold Partners.

We have helped many customers (OEMs) get their device to market quickly by helping with facilitating the right technical expertise. We can help get your device to market quicker. Whether you use the OS chooser to develop using XP embedded SP2 with feature pack 2007 or Windows Embedded CE 6.0 we offer an invaluable one day hands on workshop at our head offices in Newbury. Here you will use the software development kit tools to configure and deploy Windows Embedded images. The next workshops are detailed on the events page and are inclusive in the price of the development kits.

Market Trends
Successful OEMs are found within all market verticals with a particular focus within gaming, Kiosks, Digital Signage, Retail and Industrial.

We can leverage our Microsoft relationship to enhance your device profile within the market vertical or even collaborate on case study or PR activities. With specialist distributors our strengths are directed toward x86 platforms running XP Pro for embedded devices or XP embedded. We can provide franchised hardware, Windows Embedded license and contract manufacturing capabilities. Typically, retail POS, Gaming, Kiosk and Digital Signage are superb fits for these technologies.

Abacus Embedded is the premier distributor for Microsoft Windows Embedded operating systems in the UK. It is the long term availability and support of all our products that is enabling the plethera of embedded devices we see in our everyday lives.