TinyOS

Based on a monolithic kernel

Built for networked and memory-constrained systems

Targeting on low-power and Internet-of-Things devices

TinyOS - Hands-on

Download VMWare Player at the url:

http://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer/

Download the Instant Contiki image (Ubuntu 14.04)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/contiki/files/Instant

Extract this file. Boot the Contiki image in VMWare Player Start Instant Contiki by running InstantContiki2.6.vmx.

Wait for the virtual Ubuntu Linux boot up. Log into Instant Contiki. The password is “user”. Also the sudo password is “user” Open a terminal window

Update the software repository

$sudo apt-get update

Install Nescc

$ sudo apt-get install nescc

Install Python

$ sudo apt-get install python-dev