[...] > > Thanks for the helpful feedback Antonio. I'd be interested in learning > about other similar projects out there if you (or anybody else) knows of > ones that exist. Hi.
I have done an adapter board for an MRF24J40MA 802.15.4 module. That module sells at <10EUR and is supported by the 802.15.4 stack of Linux version 3.7 and up. I have backported the 15.4 driver to the 3.6 RPi kernel as well. The appropriate board config for the SPI and the driver are in https://github.com/markushx/linux At the moment I am still struggling a little with attaching that module to an Arduino Uno, based on Johny Mattsson's TinyOS port to Arduino: https://github.com/markushx/tinyos-arduino-MRF24J40MA Markus > With regard to your comment about Raspberry Pi, I totally agree, it is a > much cheaper alternative (and a cool board!). However, for some people, > the BeagleBone is an attractive platform BECAUSE of the more expensive > Cortex™-A8 processor and feature set. For example, Ubuntu for ARM is > built for Cortex™-A8 and beyond with all the optimization features the > ARMv7 architecture offers, and can run on the BeagleBone. However, > Ubuntu is unwilling to support the Raspberry Pi because the processor is > an older Broadcom ARMv6 (http://elinux.org/RPi_Distributions#Ubuntu). > > Obviously, a design constraint for the Epic Cape was not cost (if I'm > really being honest, the ONLY constraint was "quick, what can I finish > in two days before the contest deadline in-between games of rummikub > with my inlaws!?!?" hehe ;) Using the Epic module + carrier cape adds > significant cost to the overall design, but made my life easier. The > goal for this first prototype was basically to get to a simple, clean > piece of hardware using building blocks I have experience with (i.e. > Epic). There are many cheaper and better ways to design a small 15.4 > boarder router, but for some people, this combination of well supported > hardware platforms might be attractive. > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Tinyos-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help ------------------------------------------------ | Dipl.-Ing. Markus Becker | Communication Networks | TZI - Center for Computing Technologies | University Bremen | Germany ------------------------------------------------ | web: http://www.comnets.uni-bremen.de/~mab/ | mailto: [email protected] | telephone: +49 421 218 62379 | building: NW1 room: N2260 ------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
