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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Tinyos-help mailing list >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help >> >> >> >
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