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".

General information

• Introduction
• Philosophy
• Architecture

Access (Download)

• Installing MansOS
• MansOS_Platforms - make syntax and platform specific notes, e.g. where the particular executable is built and what options are available

• MansOS quick access
  • MansOS SVN repository is open to public for reading. For example, to get the whole MansOS tree in the current-directory/mansos do this:

svn co http://mansos.net/svn/mansos/ mansos

• • Authenticated developers may access the MansOS_SVN repository via svn+ssh.

svn co svn+ssh://yourloginname@mansos.net/svn/mansos mansos

• TRAC - Bug tracking and task lists: http://mansos.net/trac

Development with MansOS - tools and techniques

• MansOS API (pdf)
• Application examples
• Setting up and using Makefiles
• Eclipse setup
• Debugging and testing
• FAQ

Developing the MansOS - notes

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

Internals

• Source code
• Kernel
• File system
• Todo

Hardware notes

Chips

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

Platforms

• telosb: Tmote Sky, Mini, etc.

Related publications and papers

• Flexible Hardware abstraction describing the HPL - HAL - HIL notion
• LiteOS paper, the original OS from which MansOS branched