CSE466-03au Lab Assignment 6

CSE466-03au Lab Assignment 6 - TinyOS Experiments

This is a 2 part lab. In it, you will:

1. Setup your TinyOS working directory and check your mote hardware.
2. Run through three TinyOS tutorials

In this lab, you will learn the following:

The major concepts required for TinyOS programming
Basic communication using the RFM radio stack
How to analyze a mote's sensor readings using a PC (and an oscilloscope)
basic operations using the tools

Steps

Part 1

   1. Unzip apps.zip to your Z drive, creating Z:\apps\
   2. CAREFULLY plug one mote into your MIB510 programmer. Then plug the power and serial cables into the programmer. Battery power must be OFF!
   3. Launch Cygwin and type "cdapps" and then cd MicaHWVerify; this application will test your hardware
   4. To build MicaHWVerify, type
   make mica2dot
        if it compiled correctly, it will print out a profile of the memory used by the application.
   5. Now install the application on a mote:
         Flip your programmer's power switch on, the green LED labeled "SP PWR" should light up.
         Type
                    make reinstall mica2dot
          If all goes well, the red LED on your mote should be blinking once per second
   6. Repeat the above process with your other mote.

End of Part 1

Part 2

   1. Keeping in mind that you are using mica2dot motes, and the MIB510 programmer with a serial cable,
       do TinyOS tutorials:

       Tutorial 1: Getting started with TinyOS and nesC (http://webs.cs.berkeley.edu/tos/tinyos-1.x/doc/tutorial/lesson1.html)

Hints:
    Ignore the stuff on how to use the programmer. Here's what you need to know:
    To get to the right directory, type "cdapps" then "cd Blink".
    To make, type "make mica2dot".
    To install, type "make reinstall mica2dot".
    To make and install, type "make install mica2dot".
    To see command aliases, type "alias".

Tutorial 4: Component Composition and Radio Communication (http://webs.cs.berkeley.edu/tos/tinyos-1.x/doc/tutorial/lesson4.html)

Hints:
Your frequency is predefined. It's 433 MHz.
Use the number on one of your motes for your group ID. See Underlying Details in the tutorial.

Tutorial 6: Displaying Data on a PC (http://webs.cs.berkeley.edu/tos/tinyos-1.x/doc/tutorial/lesson6.html)

Hints:
    This does not require a sensor board.    export MOTECOM=serial@COM1:19200 # mica2dot baud rate          If you get a java error, follow the message directions. Something may not be compiled in the java tools.
          When you get the java oscope or othe programs running, try touching TP3, which is ADC6 on your mote.
          oscope may need you to hit Reset, Clear Dataset, or Zoom out y to get something to display.
        A 10k resistor between TP3 and TP6 should give you a full scale reading.

Deliverables

Part 2:

Demonstrate each completed TinyOS tutorial to a TA.

End