Equipment for course projects

The following is a list of sensor network equipment available for use in students' course projects.

TelosB-Family

• TelosB/Tmote Sky IEEE 802.15.4 radio, with temperature, light, and humidity sensors, quantity: 25

(Note: the Tmote Sky and TelosB are functionally equivalent. Any hardware or software information about the TelosB motes also applies to the Tmote Sky.)

• EasySen SBT80 sensorboard for TelosB, quantity: 3 (sample code)

(For reliability, you may need to solder a socket onto the TelosB expansion header.)

MICA-Family

• MPR410CB Mica2 mote, 433Mhz radio, quantity: 40

• MPR2400 MICAz IEEE 802.15.4 radio, quantity: 9

• MIB510CA MICA-Family Programming Boards, quantity: 5

• MTS310CA MICA-Family Sensor Board, with speaker, quantity: 2

• MTS310CA MICA-Family Sensor Board, with accelerometer and magnetometer, quantity: 2

Robots

• PPRK Robot, quantity: 1

• LEGO Mindstorms Education Base Set, LeJOS firmware:File:Lego.pdf quantity: 2

Other Available Equipment

• NSLU2 Network Storage Link ("Slug"), quantity: 10 (Linux firmware/hardware hacking information)

• Car OBD-II devices
  • 2 "OBD-II to DB9" cables.
  • "OBD-II to UART" kits
    • 2 sparkfun brand OBD-II UART boards
    • 2 USB-UART serial converters
    • 2 ribbon cables.

TinyOS 1.x-Only Equipment

This equipment is not supported by TinyOS 2.0. The TA will be unable to offer assistance with TinyOS 1.x. We offer this equipment for advanced students who are willing to debug their projects without the TA's assistance.

• MCS410 Cricket Mote, 433Mhz radio, quantity: 14

This equipment was made possible by NSF ITR Grant CCR-0325529.