TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the microsoft.NET micro framework for prototyping applied Wireless Sensor Networks
AU - Carlson, Jay D.
AU - Mittek, Mateusz
AU - Perez, Lance C.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Most Wireless Sensor Network platforms - such as the Mica, Iris, and Telos B families of motes - use low-power 8-bit microprocessors which have limited memory and processing capabilities, thus requiring researchers to implement communication protocols and data processing routines using low-level programming practices that are tedious and cumbersome. Rich features available in modern desktop operating systems - such as threads, memory management, and exception-handling - are largely absent. The Microsoft.NET Micro Framework implements a scaled-back.NET framework suitable for development on low-cost, low-power wireless sensors, while providing developers a rapid software development environment for prototyping embedded applications. Here, this technology is explored by comparing performance characteristics with those of traditional 8-bit platforms, as well as Sun SPOT, a popular platform that also uses a managed-language runtime. The.NET Micro Framework platform was found to offer researchers the most flexibility in terms of hardware and software prototyping.
AB - Most Wireless Sensor Network platforms - such as the Mica, Iris, and Telos B families of motes - use low-power 8-bit microprocessors which have limited memory and processing capabilities, thus requiring researchers to implement communication protocols and data processing routines using low-level programming practices that are tedious and cumbersome. Rich features available in modern desktop operating systems - such as threads, memory management, and exception-handling - are largely absent. The Microsoft.NET Micro Framework implements a scaled-back.NET framework suitable for development on low-cost, low-power wireless sensors, while providing developers a rapid software development environment for prototyping embedded applications. Here, this technology is explored by comparing performance characteristics with those of traditional 8-bit platforms, as well as Sun SPOT, a popular platform that also uses a managed-language runtime. The.NET Micro Framework platform was found to offer researchers the most flexibility in terms of hardware and software prototyping.
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U2 - 10.1109/EIT.2013.6632701
DO - 10.1109/EIT.2013.6632701
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84890055286
SN - 9781467352086
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2013
Y2 - 9 May 2013 through 11 May 2013
ER -