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David Parker

Jul 31, 2010
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Hi everyone!
I hava a PIC18F2520 Interface Board with X-Bee wireless option:
http://microcontrollershop.com/produ...oducts_id=2370
I want to write tiny OS and upload it to the board above. Is it possible? If yes, how must I do?

Thanks !

I'm not exactly clear what you mean by "tiny OS", but I presume that you mean some limited form of operating system that can fit in the limited memory of the PIC. Yes, you can do this, and some people have already done this sort of thing. Your first task is to decide what you want your operating system to do. What did you have in mind?
 

nobitavn89

Aug 4, 2010
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I mean that I want to write Tiny OS for this board. The board has a X-bee module, so I think I can use it to transmit and receive data from other nodes in a wireless sensor network. TinyOS which is uploaded to PIC18F2520 will help me to do this.
I have installed Tiny OS from http://docs.tinyos.net/index.php/In..._install_on_your_host_OS_with_Debian_packages
Unfortunately, its library seem to support Atmel AVR(ATmega128,103) and MSP430. Therefore, I wonder if my project is possible. Should I change to work with AVR?
 

David Parker

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Sorry, I misunderstood you to mean that you wanted to write your own operating system. The Tiny OS website appears to indicate that the only microcontrollers that are supported are Atmel ATmega128, a 8-bit RISC microcontroller. Texas Instruments MSP430 a 16-bit low power microcontroller. Intel XScale PXA271 a 32-bit RISC microcontroller.
 
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