Iris Mote

Do you know what is Mote? In dictionary mote means a small particle.In a WSN(wireless sensor networks) mote is a device takes a sensor and sends data from this sensor to a gateway.Like the definition of mote in dictionary the Mote in WSN is quit small.
The development of the mote is increasing integration as dictated by Moore's Law,is smaller,faster and more numerous.
I'm using Iris Mote,a famous mote in the world,so that I will show you the characteristic of Iris Mote below.
Iris Mote is developed by Crossbow Technology,built upon the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.It is regarded as the successor of MICAz,one of the most commonly used mote systems in the world.
The spec of Iris Mote:

• AtMega1281
• Program flash memory with 128K
• Using radio RF230 2.4GHz
• IEEE 802.15.4
• Output 3dBm

Supported by TinyOS 2.x,Xmesh(MoteWorks),SOS,LiteOS,Mantis and Contiki

-> Iris Mote -> Programming board mib 520


->Base Station (receives signal from motes and sends packets to computer)

Notes from my experience maybe is so useful for newcomers:

• Installing a program on iris mote: "make iris install mib520,serialport",for example if you use VMware, a command like "make iris install mib520,/dev/ttyUSB0"
• Let's use the Blink example as the first example.I think this example very useful for newcomers.

PS: "iris means an eye :D"
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