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Wireless Technology at TinyOS Technology Exchange

Wireless technology is at an all time high these days and every big software business is trying to develop the latest in wireless software. There seems to be no end to how great technology will become in the next decade. Between all-in-one wireless handheld devices to improvements in pre-existing computer and automotive technology, the sky is the limit. At the Third International TinyOS Technology Exchange conference in Stanford University, Luxoft Labs, a wireless sensing technology provider, introduced meshC, a new nesC-based language for the embedded distributed systems. MeshC boasts significant enhancements, compared to its predecessor.

Its primary purpose is to facilitate the development of eZeeNet, the networking stack software, based on ZigBee protocol. MeshC introduces some revolutionary features such as high-level algorithm optimization mechanism, advanced connection methods to wire new modules, and runtime wiring operators? support. MeshC translator contains built-in algorithm analyzer that detects non-optimal algorithms in the meshC code, and optimizes them. The module wirings implementation is not predefined, and a developer can use any user-defined connection method to wire the modules into the application.

That means that no source code modifications are needed. Overall it is highly adaptable and flexible language that meets the WSN developers? needs. ?Luxoft Labs is focusing on developing hardware designs and networking software for the wireless data acquisition applications, and we have consistently used TinyOS, as a platform for the embedded software development,? said Dr. Alexander Belenki, Product Director of Luxoft Labs. ?At Luxoft Labs, we base our long-term strategy on open standards and systems, such as TinyOS, ZigBee and OPC.?