Linux comes with a great deal of drivers already available in the kernel (and most distros compile about every as modules, which then get loaded automatically if needed). To find out whether the motes will be automatically detected, I suggest that you plug them in and check what the kernel says (dmesg).
To switch the msp430 into programming mode, the usb->serial adapter has to perform a specific signal sequence on some of the pins, which is apparently typically done using some of the hardware handshake lines of the serial port. If the microcontrollers of these motes are connected differently, then the programming software (tos-bsl) might need to be modified. The easiest way to test this is trying to install the default binary (e.g. of the Blink application) compiled for the telosb motes. If you manage to install the Blink application, even if the LEDs do not blink, you already know that you can program the microcontroller. You can then use trial and error to find out how the LEDs are connected. Once you have the LEDs, the next step is to get the radio to work. I don't know about these specific radio chips. If the CC2500 is mostly compatible to the CC2420, you could try to use the code from the telosb motes, maybe with slight modifications to the wiring (which pin of the radio chip is connected to which pin of the microcontroller). In this case creating the support for this new platform would be relatively easy. Similarly, the CC1101 might be mostly compatible with the CC1000, in which case you can probably reuse a good part of the Mica2 radio code. Cheers, Urs aldo wrote: > The university bought them to Texas Instruments through Farnell. > But, you think if I create the platform it will be compatible with > TinyOS? Is it difficult to create this? > > > 2009/4/30 Michael Schippling <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Are there any special FTDI drivers that need to be installed > in order to access the USB device as if it was a serial device? > There is a set for Windows, don't know about Linux and VMware. > > MS > > Urs Hunkeler wrote: > > Hi Aldo, > > I have not heard of a mote called MSP430+CC2500. The > tmote/telosb has a msp430 micro-controller and a cc2420 radio > chip. If this is not a common mote, then maybe motelist will not > recognize it. > > Most likely the mote will be accessible under /dev/ttyUSB0. To > find out, you could click on the icon of the mote in the VMWare > screen to disable the mote, then wait a few seconds and > re-enable the mote again. The command dmesg (which shows system > information from the kernel) should tell you that a new USB > device was found and what device file it was assigned (as I > said, most likely /dev/ttyUSB0). > > You could then manually specify the port where the mote is > connected: > > make telosb install bsl,/dev/ttyUSB0 > > Note: I have no idea whether your mote really is compatible to > the telosb platform. > > Cheers, > Urs > > > aldo wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I'm trying to download the Blink application to a mote TI > MSP430 + CC2500. > > The programming environment I'm using is XUBUNTOS 2.1 and I > don't know > if it's the best. > > Concerning to Lesson 1 of TinyOS tutorial, when I type > "motelist" I don't > see anything (I plug the mote before switch on the VMWare > and when VMWare > starts It recognize the mote). What can I do? > The TI MSP430+CC2500 mote is USB. How can I download the > aplication into the > mote? It's a telosb platform? > > Forgive me my english level :). > > Thank you very much for advance. > > Aldo > > _______________________________________________ > > Tinyos-help mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help > > _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
