MansOS

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MansOS = Mobile agent netted sensor Operating System.

MansOS is an operating system for wireless sensor networks and netted embedded systems. It is designed for users familiar with C programming and Unix-like environment. MansOS supports various platforms and controllers, including TelosB and MSP430, Atmega controllers and Arduino, and others. Users may develop and test their systems on a PC as a virtual "mote".

The new MansOS homepage and git repository is at GitHub

The information below is outdated. Please read the wiki at github.

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General information

• Introduction
• Philosophy
• Architecture
• MansOS features - a simple list of features supported by MansOS
• MansOS tutorial
• Declarative programming with MansOS
• API - reference manual/wiki

Installing MansOS

MansOS GitHub link is at mansos.net. From there you can download or pull the MansOS repository with all the sources and support tools. The Wiki there will help you to get started:

• How to setup the MansOS and related toolchains
• A few tutorials
• A reference to the main components.

Here is some information about the older versions Installing MansOS.

Development with MansOS - tools and techniques

• MansOS tutorial
• Building MansOS - description of make targets.
• MansOS configuration options - configuration file syntax and options.
• MansOS platforms - List of supported platforms and platform specific notes, e.g.:
  • make syntax
  • dependencies for this platform,
  • where is the particular executable built
  • what options are available for this platform
• MansOS API
• MansOS IDE
• Application examples
• Setting up and using Makefiles
• Eclipse setup
• Compiling MansOS with IAR Embedded Workbench
• Debugging and testing
• Mote network emulation on PC
• FAQ

Developing the MansOS - notes

• Source directory structure
• Coding standard
• Adapting a new hardware platform
• Future developments - Reference Guide for a simpler interface

Hardware notes

• An Ideal_mote should... | would have... (notes for future HW designs)

Chips

• MCU: MSP430
• Radio: CC2420
• Atmega chips
• Nordic Sermiconductors chips family

Platforms

• Supported platforms, such as telosb, Tmote Sky, Mini, Arduino, generic msp430, Atmel chips, etc.

Related publications and papers

• G. Strazdins, L. Selavo, "Wireless Sensor Network Software Design Rules", Baltic Journal of Modern Computing, VOL. 2(2014) NO. 2, 2014.

• G. Strazdins, A. Elsts, K. Nesenbergs, L. Selavo, "Wireless Sensor Network Operating System Design Rules Based on Real-World Deployment Survey", Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. 2013; 2(3):509-556.

• A. Elsts, J. Judvaitis, L. Selavo, "SEAL: A Domain-Specific Language for Novice Wireless Sensor Network Programmers," Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), 2013 39th EUROMICRO Conference on , vol., no., pp.220,227, 4-6 Sept. 2013.

• A. Elsts, G. Strazdins, A. Vihrov, L. Selavo, "Design and Implementation of MansOS: a Wireless Sensor Network Operating System," Scientific Papers, University of Latvia, volume 787, pp 79–105, 2012.

• A. Elsts, L. Selavo, "A User-Centric Approach to Wireless Sensor Network Programming Languages." In SESENA ’12: Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications, pages 29–30, New York, NY, USA, 2012.

• G. Strazdins, A. Elsts, L. Selavo. "Mansos: easy to use, portable and resource efficient operating system for networked embedded devices." Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems. ACM, 2010. (pdf)

• LiteOS, the original OS from which MansOS branched

• Flexible Hardware abstraction describing the HPL - HAL - HIL architecture