Ian,
Porting your apps from mica2 to iris should not be an issue. The radios are different, other than that they are pretty similar from the software point of view. On the iris, you will get better power consumption, twice as much ram and better radio range and bandwidth. Janos -----Original Message----- From: Ian Welch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:51 AM To: Janos Sallai Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tinyos-help] XM2100 IRIS Support Janos, It sounds like TinyOS does not currently support a zigbee stack therefore no zigbee "features" are available. Instead the IRIS and MicaZ motes just so happen to be zigbee compliant hardware. Could I port my current software from my Mica2 platform to either of these platforms (granted I update my tool chain for IRIS) with ease and in the future switch over to a zigbee stack such as ZStack instead of using TinyOS? Also, I have noticed that the radio used on the IRIS mote (Atmel RF230) is only 802-15.4-2003 compliant meaning it won't work with the current 802.15.4-2006 standard. I think this is a major drawback of this chip, even though it is more power efficient, so I will instead go with the CC2430 System-On-Chip hardware offered by Ti. Thanks everyone. On Dec 13, 2007 2:58 PM, Janos Sallai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ian, Iris support has been added to tinyos 2.x after the 2.0.2 release. You will need to get the latest sources from the CVS, and also, you will need to update your toolchain. Details on the toolchain update can be found at http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/projects/NEST/tinyos-2.x-iris/doc/html/inst all-tinyos-iris.html . Alternatively, Crossbow's MoteWorks also includes iris support. This is based on tinyos-1.x, though. If you wish, you can install them side-by-side, and use Xbow's toolchain (binutils, gcc, avr-libc) for to build tinyos-2.x applications. Regarding Zigbee: The TinyOS-2.x implementation on the iris mote sends 802.15.4 compliant data frames, however it does not implement the 802.15.4 MAC. TinyOS does not include a ZigBee stack. You may want to search the net for TinyOS based ZigBee implementations and ask the vendors about iris support. Janos -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Welch Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Tinyos-help] XM2100 IRIS Support I would like to upgrade from the Mica2Dot motes to zigbee for both interference and bandwidth purposes. I just noticed that X-Bow has come out with a new mote claiming to have better range and reduced power consumption? I have not used zigbee before and was wondering it TinyOS uses the true Zigbee-2006 stack and if there are modules supporting the IRIS mote? Regards, Ian No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1 - Release Date: 12/11/2007 12:00 AM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1 - Release Date: 12/11/2007 12:00 AM
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