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Treffer: Exploring the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework for Prototyping Applied Wireless Sensor Networks

Title:
Exploring the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework for Prototyping Applied Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors:
Carlson, Jay D., Mittek, Mateusz, Pérez, Lance C.
Source:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications
Publisher Information:
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Publication Year:
2013
Collection:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL
Subject Terms:
Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift text
File Description:
application/pdf
Language:
unknown
Relation:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/electricalengineeringfacpub/263; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/electricalengineeringfacpub/article/1262/viewcontent/Carlson_EIT_2013_Exploring_the_microsoft.NET.pdf
Availability:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/electricalengineeringfacpub/263
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/electricalengineeringfacpub/article/1262/viewcontent/Carlson_EIT_2013_Exploring_the_microsoft.NET.pdf
Accession Number:
edsbas.F024D113
Database:
BASE

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Most Wireless Sensor Network platforms – such as the Mica, Iris, and Telos B families of motes – use lowpower 8-bit microprocessors which have limited memory and processing capabilities, thus requiring researchers to implement communication protocols and data processing routines using lowlevel programming practices that are tedious and cumbersome. Rich features available in modern desktop operating systems – such as threads, memory management, and exception-handling – are largely absent. The Microsoft .NET Micro Framework implements a scaled-back .NET framework suitable for development on low-cost, low-power wireless sensors, while providing developers a rapid software development environment for prototyping embedded applications. Here, this technology is explored by comparing performance characteristics with those of traditional 8-bit platforms, as well as Sun SPOT, a popular platform that also uses a managed-language runtime. The .NET Micro Framework platform was found to offer researchers the most flexibility in terms of hardware and software prototyping.