Hey Markus, I'd like to capture your code and Johnny's as well in tp-freeforall.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Markus Becker <[email protected]>wrote: > [...] > > > > 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 -- Eric B. Decker Senior (over 50 :-) Researcher
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