On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 1:02 PM, John Griessen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've developed a TinyOS telos-b variant platform


When you say telosb variant do you mean it is msp430f1611 based?


> and 12 ADC channel sensor board
> and now want to upgrade the platform to improve chip costs, use a folded
> dipole antenna on
> the radio module pcb, and allow using a CC1101 radio also with the same
> microcontroller.  These will be open hardware with a TAPR license and good
> documentation,
> so good for research or teaching use, and will have solar power supplies
> and good rainproof field enclosures
> after a little development time.
>
> I notice Tinyprod is a repository of code with newer microcontrollers
> and see that it has new updates just days ago, (
> https://github.com/tinyprod/prod.git).


Yes.   It is under active development.   It is intended for use in
production environments and has associated code for that environment.


> I guess code improvements
> done in TinyOS 2.1.2 get merged into the tinyprod repository?  Or, is it
> into tp-freeforall / prod?
>

TinyProd actively tracks the TinyOS development trunk.   They are my
upstream.

TinyProd the repository is intended to be the main stable release
repository.

TP-FreeForAll.   (TinyProd-Free For All) is a place where anything goes.
 New platforms, code in progress, etc.  It is intended to be a place where
code can be integrated and worked on.


>
> What is the status of using a newer chip like the MSP430F5438 mentioned in
> the T2 platform list?
>

What T2 platform list?

I am actively using the MSP430F5438.  I have two platforms defined that use
the 5438.  The mm5s (for simple) is intended to run on the TI
MSP-EXP430F5438 experimenter development board for simple applications.
 The mm5s platform is in the msp430-int branch on both the tp-freeforall
and tinyprod prod repositories.

The other platform the mm5t (for test) also runs on the experimenter board
but has custom configurations for various sensors we are developing drivers
for.   The mm5t platform lives in a seperate repository,
https://github.com/MamMark/mm.   You want the mm5t branch.


> Have the Mammark project folks built a platform mm5 as was discussed?
>

In progress.   We have a design and the h/w is routed but we are waiting
for GPS verification before fabbng.


> the chip MSP430F5438AIPZ has a decent price when you buy a hundred, so it
> could work...
> I wonder about the new FRAM chips though...
>

I don't know bout the new FRAMs.   Shouldn't be a problem, I beleive the
new toolchain will support these.


>
> I came across an old email about mm5s and it turns up only at
> wiesel.ece.utah.edu/redmine/.../tinyos-prod


That is a copy of the repository.


>
> Is Utah the place the Mam-mark platform is developing now?
> https://github.com/MamMark/mm/tree/master/tos/platforms
> has only mm mm3 mm4 -- no mm5 or mm5s.
>

You have to look at the mm5t branch.

mm5s lives on the msp430-int branch of the tp-freeforall/prod and
tinyprod/prod repositories.

eric


>
> thanks,
>
> John Griessen
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