Hi David, Just to add my experience to all the answers you got so far. I work with both MicaZ and TelosB motes. I find that programming the TelosB over USB is much easier as it avoids all the problems with having to properly plug the MicaZs into the programming board (is sometimes quite tricky). In addition, since every node is equipped with a USB connector, it is much easier to connect many nodes to a PC. Also, the motes can be uniquely identified by their USB ID, which makes it possible to automate the flashing process and to even individualize this automatic flashing process for specific motes.
On the other hand, there seem to be more sensor boards available for the MicaZ. Cheers, Urs David Li wrote: > Hi All, > > Being new to the TinyOS development, I have a few questions for more > experienced users: > > 1. Which software platform is better for development in terms of ease > of use? I have seen Windows and Linux. For Linux is it Ubuntu or > Fedora? > > 2. Which hardware platform is better to use, Mica based or Telos > based? Consider the factor that I might have to customize the radio > waveform (software defined radio), and other high level power control > stuff in the future. > > Thanks. > > David _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
