HI Joe,
Sorry to say that, but the recent changes of MoteIV.com is way too
quick. Giving our (old Tmote family customers) with nothing (all
supporting martial). Could you migrate all supporting information for
old Tmote products to TinyOS.net or other open source site?
Also, what are the differences between Tmote (JavaVM or JavaME) and
SunSPOT (JavaVM)?
regards;
Peizhao
Joe Polastre wrote:
There has been some confusion surrounding our change to Sentilla on
the TinyOS mailing lists. Let me clarify a few items so that we are
all on the same page.
We at Sentilla (formerly Moteiv) are extremely excited about the use
of Java technology in our products. We fully support the academic and
research communities, and we expect that there will be a tremendous
amount of innovation in applications and services that come directly
from this community and are built with Java technology.
Why Java? There's a lot of reasons. Most students are now learning
Java at their universities rather than C or C++. There's also over 6
million Java developers out there today, who can now use, develop,
deploy, and manage small computers that we refer to as "motes".
Opening pervasive technology to the masses, including classrooms and
research labs where Java software has already been adopted, is
tremendously exciting. We hope that all of you will continue with the
great work that you're doing and will consider Sentilla as a great
alternative to the embedded, low-level systems of the past.
About our hardware products: Please note that Sentilla is not going
to completely stop making motes, and we are not exiting the market --
rather we are providing an alternative based on open standards and
familiar interfaces. We're moving the market for pervasive computing
forward by making the software easy and familiar. As of February 1,
2008, all of our new motes will now come with Sentilla Point -- our
Java runtime, application frameworks, networking, and APIs --
pre-loaded. As such, we're excited that everyone in this community
will have the ability to use Java software to build applications. If
you'd like to get a "bare" mote with only TinyOS support, those are
still available too until January 31, 2008. All of Sentilla's new
products that are coming in 2008 are backwards compatible with Tmote
Sky and Tmote Mini, so you can remove Sentilla Point and load TinyOS
if you choose.
With a full software platform for development, deployment,
integration, and management, our customers -- both academic and
commercial -- now have the necessary infrastructure to quickly build
intelligence into embedded systems. No longer do you need to install
cygwin, configure gcc packages, learn a new language, or hack embedded
code. You can now use all the tools you know and love to write Java
applications -- including Eclipse and soon NetBeans.
As for details on the technical capabilities provided by our software
platform, I'll be writing up a blog post later in the week at
http://blog.sentilla.com that addresses a number of the questions
raised this list.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us here at
Sentilla. Our transformation to a software business and a Java
product is an overall win, and we're committed to working with our
loyal customers so that their business, research, and work are not
interrupted.
Best,
-Joe
Joe Polastre // co-founder and CTO // [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sentilla Corporation // 201 Marshall St // Redwood City, CA 94063
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