Thank you very much Urs!I'll try to do all you say :-)
If I have problems I will not hesitate to ask you :P

Regards

Aldo

2009/4/30 Urs Hunkeler <[email protected]>

> 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
>>
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