In the previous post we saw how to sign an assembly (my M2Mqtt library) to include it directly into the Windows Embedded Compact 2013 operating system image and register it into the GAC (Global Assembly Cache). During this post, we will see how it is possible to make a component for the Platform Builder catalog items through which include our library into the image in a very simple way. How to create a component ? The available solutions When we build an Windows Embedded Compact 2013 operating system image for a target device, there is often the need to add our custom component (an application, a library or any other type of file) to the image itself, without using the Platform Builder catalog items because this component is proprietary and it isn’t in the catalog itself. Unfortunately, in many cases, the simplest solution but also less "elegant" is to copy the files to include in the folder of our OSDesign (operating system solution) and change the corresponding BIB file to set inclusion ...