Is TelosB mote compatible with Contiki-OS? - contiki

Question

I found exp5438 and z1 motes, which have TI MSP430x as a MCU, in the Contiki code tree, and we know that TI MSP430 is the TelosB mote's microcontroller.
I would like to know if TelosB motes are compatible with Contiki ?

Answer 1

The telosB mote is compatible with Contiki OS, in fact I am using them with Contiki. To program them, in case you are using Instant Contiki, you will need to install the GCC for the MSP430 micro controller. You can use the next command:
sudo apt-get install gcc-msp430
On the other hand, I think to solve the problem of your answer I think you just need to be root. So try the next:
sudo -s
make TARGET=sky hello-world.upload
I hope that help you out.
Cheers!

Answer 2

currently I am using telosb to run contiki applications. I followed the official site tutorial and apparently if u do make TARGET=sky it compiles the source files. However, doing make TARGET=sky hello-world.upload does not work. Shows
make sky-reset sky-upload
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/user/contiki-2.6/examples/hello-world'
make -k -j 1 sky-reset-sequence
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/user/contiki-2.6/examples/hello-world'
Done
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/user/contiki-2.6/examples/hello-world'
make -j 1 sky-upload-sequence
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/user/contiki-2.6/examples/hello-world'
Done
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/user/contiki-2.6/examples/hello-world'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/user/contiki-2.6/examples/hello-world'
rm hello-world.ihex
which according to the official site tutorial means that the board is not connected. I am very certain it is connected. Also, make login never shows anything for me since the previous command didnt work.
Eventually, a friend of mine discovered a way to flash contiki applications into telosb. However, you need TinyOS development environment in your Instant Contiki. You can find information on setting up TinyOS environment in Ubuntu on www.eetutorials.com.
This doesn't seem like a proper way of doing it but well so far it works for me when running simple applications
Step 1:
Compile your applications by doing:
make TARGET=sky application-name
Step 2:
msp430-objcopy application-name.sky -O ihex application-name.ihex
sudo tos-bsl --telosb -c /dev/ttyUSB0 -r -e -I -p application-name.ihex
However, make login still doesn't show anything hence I have been seeing my printf outputs
via Serial Port Terminal application which need to be installed. My guess is that contiki supports sky but not really for telosb? I am no expert and I can't tell the difference between the 2 boards. However, hope this information help and hope a contiki expert can further clarify on this.
Cheers

Answer 3

telosb mote is the same as a tmote sky or sky. The name is all the same platform.
I dont know from which vendor you have the board, but they have to work.
I am also using sky motes with contiki and i had no complications from the beginning.
Try to use the code in the following site: Unreadable output results when typing "make login"
This will print a message every second.
PS: Try to update your question if you found more information, dont add an answer since it confuses people.