Citation
Elaine Cheong, Edward A. Lee, Yang Zhao, Christopher Brooks. "Viptos: A Graphical Development and Simulation Environment for TinyOS-based Wireless Sensor Networks". Technical report, EECS Dept. UC Berkeley, 15, February, 2006; Presented in conjunction with BEARS 2006.

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.

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  UC Berkeley, 15, February, 2006; Presented in conjunction
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  Elaine Cheong, Edward A. Lee, Yang Zhao, Christopher Brooks.
  "Viptos: A Graphical Development and Simulation
  Environment for TinyOS-based Wireless Sensor Networks".
  Technical report,  EECS Dept. UC Berkeley, 15, February,
  2006; Presented in conjunction with BEARS 2006.

• BibTeX

  @techreport{CheongLeeZhaoBrooks06_ViptosGraphicalDevelopmentSimulationEnvironmentForTinyOSbased,
      author = {Elaine Cheong and Edward A. Lee and Yang Zhao and
                Christopher Brooks},
      title = {Viptos: A Graphical Development and Simulation
                Environment for TinyOS-based Wireless Sensor
                Networks},
      institution = {EECS Dept. UC Berkeley},
      number = {15},
      month = {February},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Presented in conjunction with BEARS 2006.},
      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.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/28.html}
  }
  

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