Hi Guys,

That's great, and it should work almost out of the box on AVR (the
only platform dependent code I see is the power override consts).
Does it used by any msp430 based platform for system or radio timer?
Or is it just a possibility for the user?

Andris

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:13 PM, André Rodrigues
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Janos was kind to send to me and to the list:
>
> "
>
> The code is in tos/chips/msp430/timer. Start from
> LocalTimeHybridMicroC.nc, and follow the wirings from there. The most
> important part is in Msp430HybridAlarmCounterP.nc, which shouldn't be
> too hard to port to AVR.
>
> "
> André
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Decker
> To: András Bíró
> Cc: tinyos forum
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tinyos-help] Latest sensor node platforms!
>
> That is why the hybrid timing is a good idea.
>
> I don't remember where the code is but someone that knew what they were
> doing created a combination timinig system that uses the jiffies ticker
> (32KiHz) combined with the 1us ticker to get reasonable long and short term
> timing.
>
> Be careful, because sometimes the ticking is done in binary and sometimes in
> decimal.   Depends on the main cpu freq.
>
> I don't remember where the code is and am not going to go look right now.
>
> look on the tinyos-devel and tinyos-help mailing lists, look for Tmicro.
> See mail-archive.com
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:06 AM, András Bíró <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi wasif,
>>
>> Unfortunatly that's almost impossible. Every mote's timer I've seen so
>> far created it's timer on a 32768 Hz crystal. You can get us accuracy
>> using the main clock (usually 4-8-16MHz), but the main clock is
>> usually much more innacurate (especially if it's an RC oscillator),
>> but it's usually enough for short measurements.
>>
>> Andris
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM, wasif masood <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Sorry, I guess I was not discrete enough in my first email. I meant if
>> > there
>> > is something better than MSP430, more precisely a clock frequency that
>> > can
>> > give a timer of 1 usec granularity.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Antonio Liñán C. <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 11:32 +0200, wasif masood wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > thanks Antonio, but Z1 has the same resource constrainsts  as that of
>> >> > Telosb platform which I want to avoid for sure.
>> >>
>> >> Only the ram constrain, I know, but I had to include it along with the
>> >> other 2 motes I have recommended to feel good about it ;-), however I'm
>> >> curious about why you prefer working with non msp430-based platforms.
>> >>
>> >> --Antonio
>> >>
>> >> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Antonio Liñán C.
>> >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >         On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 09:14 +0200, wasif masood wrote:
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         > Hi all,
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         > I am planning to buy some nodes but now I am no longer
>> >> >         inclined
>> >> >         > towards Telosbs any more. I need some suggestions about
>> >> >         which platform
>> >> >         > to buy, I have the following criteria in mind.
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         > 1)- Resource Constraints > 48K RAM and 10K ROM,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >         I think you have this backwards :)
>> >> >
>> >> >         > 2)- Reliable Hardware, something better than MSP430.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >         Why do you think is unreliable?
>> >> >
>> >> >         > 3)- Reliable communication support, atleast CC2420 or
>> >> >         better.
>> >> >         > 4)- Not necessary confined to 802.15.4, or Zigbee
>> >> > standards.
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         > Your suggestions would be highly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >         Personally I would recommend you the Z1 mote (shameless
>> >> >         self-advertising, sorry), UCmotes and econotags (not ported
>> >> > to
>> >> >         tinyos
>> >> >         but this shouldn't be too dificult).
>> >> >
>> >> >         --Antonio
>> >> >
>> >> >         > Regards.
>> >> >         > Wasif Masood
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
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>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Wasif Masood
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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