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Introduction to
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References
Based on slides from Lus Lopes and Pedro Lopes
Nik Shaylor, Douglas N. Simon William R. Bus, A
Java Virtual Machine Architecture for Very Small
Devices, Language, Compiler, and Tool Support
for Embedded Systems: Proceedings of LCTES 03,
number 38(7), 2003
See also SunSPOTs programmers Guide
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This is a SunSPOT
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(OK 2 SunSPOTs )
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Board
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Antenna
Processor
ARM920T
180MHz 32 bits
Switch
Radio 802.15.4
IEEE 2.4 GHz
512 KB RAM
4 MB Flash
USB Interface
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Sensor Board
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8 LEDs
3 colours
Light sensor
digital and
analogue pins
Switchs
3 axis
accelerometer
Temperature
sensor
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Energy source
Lithium batteries, 3.7V/750 mAh, rechargeable
Deep sleep mode of 30 A
What components are running affects deep sleep
possibilities
Automatic power management by software
See the programmers guide on Powering a
Spot and Conserving power
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Squawk Virtual Machine
Architecture split-vm
Implemented in Java
No Operating system
Compacter Byte-
code
Simpler Garbage
collection
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Split-VM architecture
Classes loaded at host
Format (.suite)
compacter than .class
or .jar
.suite files have no
compression
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Simplified Bytecode
Compacter (35% - 45% of equivalent J2ME code)
No dynamic loading
Immutable
Simplified memory management
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.suite files
A .suite file is a collection of classes
Each class in a .suite file only refers to classes
within the file or in the father .suite.
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.suite files (cont)
When a .suite is closed no more classes can be
added
It becomes immutable
It can be kept in a single file and loaded from it.
A static and efficient process
Each SPOT can have several .suite in execution,
distributed in independent address spaces,
named isolates
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SunSPOT SDK
SunSPOTs applications are MIDLETs
They extend the
javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet class
Applications implement:
startApp, pauseApp e destroyApp
See the
/Demos/CodeSamples/SunSpotApplicationTemplate
Communications use wireless channel with:
radiogram and radiostream
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On to the demo
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