MansOS
MansOS is an operating system for wireless sensor networks.
MansOS is a branch from LiteOS operating system because it shares several defining characteristics. MansOS like LiteOS is designed to be easily adopted by the system designers and IT community familiar with C and C++ languages and Unix operating system concepts. The goal is to avoid the steep learning curve present in some other specialized operating systems.
Key concepts common with LiteOS:
- MansOS is adopting programming in C and (eventually) C++, known to many people
- MansOS is treating a sensor network using Unix-like command tools and resources
- MansOS has a Unix-like file system (in development)
- MansOS enables thread-like programming environment (in development)
Additional key aspects specific to MansOS:
- MansOS is designed to be easily portable to new platforms
- MansOS has PC as one of the platforms, enabling development and high-level simulation and debugging on the desktop computer.
- MansOS enforces the hardware abstraction in three layers: HPL, HAL, and HIL at a mote level, ensuring clear interface for ease of portability to other platforms
- MansOS introduces device concept similar to Unix systems. Access to most resources and sensors can be done through a device interface, using standard API including open, close, read, write and configure functions.
- Future goal: The focus during the development should be the whole system - a collection of mote entities rather than a single mote
Contents
General
Development Notes
- TRAC - Bug tracking and task lists
- Getting MansOS source from SVN
- Source directory structure
- MansOS_Platforms - Platform specific notes, e.g. where the particular executable is built
- API
- Coding standarts
Internals
User development tools and techniques
Hardware notes
Chips
Platforms
Related publications and papers
- Flexible Hardware abstraction describing the HPL - HAL - HIL notion
- LiteOS paper, the original OS from which MansOS branched
