Touted as the first Windows CE implementation of the OPC (OLE for process control) communications standard for distributed factory automation systems, the Intrinsyc DeviceCOM OPC Kit is a software tool that makes it easy for process control engineers to incorporate OPC communications into inexpensive Windows CE-based client and server devices such as sensors, actuators and soft PLCs. The software requires no programming and includes all the run-time libraries, OPC stub/proxy interface libraries and configuration utilities needed to add OPC functionality to a Windows CE platform. The kit also includes a sample test OPC client and server for Windows CE. For developers who need to create and access custom COM objects, a DeviceCOM ODK is also available.