[Tinyos Core WG] Meeting: 3/14

[Joe Polastre]

> Right -- this goes back to my post to -devel a week or so ago. For
> telosa, telosb, and earlier TMotes -- e.g.,  board H014-4702 -- I see
> 8uA. On the newer TMotes -- e.g., board H914-4787 -- I see 40uA. I
> agree, it's probably a pin configuration problem. But given that I see
> different numbers for the different versions -- what changed? Knowing
> that would be really helpful in dropping the Telos numbers to what they
> should be.

Nothing changed.  The most likely explanation is that the silicon
revision on the MSP430 is different, and TinyOS 2.x does not abide by
the recommended TI unused pin configuration, thus causing a problem
when TI revs the silicon.

-Joe