TinyOS 2.1 on Sentilla JCreate motes

I spent a little time last week getting TinyOS 2.1 apps to run on the cool little Sentilla JCreate motes and after I asked a few questions on the TinyOS mailing list it became apparent that there were others interested in doing the same.  I received quite a few requests via private mail and on the mailing list to post the directions on how I got things working so here you go!!

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ServiceMix and OSGi Webinars at FUSESource

If you are interested in ServiceMix and/or OSGi, we have some really interesting webinars coming up, brought to you by some of my coworkers at fusesource.com.  Have a look and register for one of the upcoming sessions.  Archived webinars are also available.

Webinar	Date	Register
Overview of OSGi Enterprise [agenda]	April 14th, 1:00 PM GMT
Overview of OSGi Enterprise [agenda]	April 14th, 1:00 PM EDT
Large Scale Deployments & ServiceMix 4 [agenda]	April 23 1:00 PM GMT
Large Scale Deployments & ServiceMix 4 [agenda]	April 23 1:00 PM EDT
Introduction and Demo of Distributed OSGi [agenda]	April 28 11:00 AM GMT
Introduction and Demo of Distributed OSGi [agenda]	April 28 1:00 PM EDT

Gumstix Overo Fire == nerdy gadget lust

I have been waiting a while for Gumstix to release a more powerful Overo board with the OMAP 3530 chip, and it looks like the waiting is over.  There are three new boards, but the one making me all hot and bothered is the Overo Fire.  For those not aware, the OMAP 3530 is a system on chip (SoC)where the CPU, RAM, 3D video and all the other goodies sit on a single chip.  The pics on the main web site above don’t do it justice, so here is a pic of the thing next to a AA battery.

So here is my plan…  I’m going to get Android running on this thing ASAP.  I think most of this work has been done already because the similarly spec’d BeagleBoard already has Android running on it.  I am hopeful that the patches are already documented somewhere but it wouldn’t be the first time I have hacked some Linux kernel and driver code.  The end goal is to have a sort of home hub or all in one remote console device with a touch screen LCD, VOIP speakerphone, all in one IR remote, , etc.  Bonus points if I can get ServiceMix or ActiveMQ involved somewhere along the line.  I think an OSGi API for the IR and home page would be rather sweet as well, don’t you?  I will post more in the next week or two once I get my feet back on the ground.  Too excited to think rationally right now 

The possibilities are endless, and I promise to open source everything under the Apache Software License where possible.  Should be a fun project, if anyone is interested in helping out let me know.