Elaine Cheong and Edward A. Lee and Yang Zhao

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2006-15

February 15, 2006

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-15.pdf

We describe Viptos (Visual Ptolemy and TinyOS), an integrated graphical development and simulation environment for TinyOS-based wireless sensor networks. TinyOS is a component-based, event-driven runtime environment designed for wireless sensor networks. Viptos allows networked embedded systems developers to construct block and arrow diagrams to create TinyOS programs from any standard library of TinyOS components written in nesC, a C-based programming language. Viptos automatically transforms the diagram into a nesC program that can be compiled and downloaded from within the graphical environment onto any TinyOS-supported target platform. Viptos is built on Ptolemy II, a modeling and simulation environment for embedded systems, and TOSSIM, an interrupt-level discrete event simulator for homogeneous TinyOS networks. In particular, Viptos includes the full capabilities of VisualSense, a Ptolemy II environment that can model communication channels, networks, and non-TinyOS nodes. Viptos extends the capabilities of TOSSIM to allow simulation of heterogeneous networks. Viptos provides a bridge between VisualSense and TOSSIM by providing interrupt-level simulation of actual TinyOS programs, with packet-level simulation of the network, while allowing the developer to use other models of computation available in Ptolemy II for modeling the physical environment and other parts of the system. This framework allows application developers to easily transition between high-level simulation of algorithms to low-level implementation and simulation. This paper presents our experiences with integrating the nesC/TinyOS/TOSSIM and Ptolemy II programming and execution models.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Cheong:EECS-2006-15,
    Author= {Cheong, Elaine and Lee, Edward A. and Zhao, Yang},
    Title= {Viptos: A Graphical Development and Simulation Environment for TinyOS-based Wireless Sensor Networks},
    Year= {2006},
    Month= {Feb},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-15.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2006-15},
    Abstract= {We describe Viptos (Visual Ptolemy and TinyOS), an integrated graphical development and simulation environment for TinyOS-based wireless sensor networks.  TinyOS is a component-based, event-driven runtime environment designed for wireless sensor networks.  Viptos allows networked embedded systems developers to construct block and arrow diagrams to create TinyOS programs from any standard library of TinyOS components written in nesC, a C-based programming language. Viptos automatically transforms the diagram into a nesC program that can be compiled and downloaded from within the graphical environment onto any TinyOS-supported target platform.  Viptos is built on Ptolemy II, a modeling and simulation environment for embedded systems, and TOSSIM, an interrupt-level discrete event simulator for homogeneous TinyOS networks.  In particular, Viptos includes the full capabilities of VisualSense, a Ptolemy II environment that can model communication channels, networks, and non-TinyOS nodes.  Viptos extends the capabilities of TOSSIM to allow simulation of heterogeneous networks. Viptos provides a bridge between VisualSense and TOSSIM by providing interrupt-level simulation of actual TinyOS programs, with packet-level simulation of the network, while allowing the developer to use other models of computation available in Ptolemy II for modeling the physical environment and other parts of the system.  This framework allows application developers to easily transition between high-level simulation of algorithms to low-level implementation and simulation.  This paper presents our experiences with integrating the nesC/TinyOS/TOSSIM and Ptolemy II programming and execution models.},
}

EndNote citation:

%0 Report
%A Cheong, Elaine 
%A Lee, Edward A. 
%A Zhao, Yang 
%T Viptos: A Graphical Development and Simulation Environment for TinyOS-based Wireless Sensor Networks
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2006
%8 February 15
%@ UCB/EECS-2006-15
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-15.html
%F Cheong:EECS-2006-15