[Tinyos-help] Introducing MeshNetics OpenMAC

[Bagrak, Ilya]

On behalf of MeshNetics (www.meshnetics.com), I am happy to announce a
new open source project that may be of general interest to TinyOS and
nesc developer communities.

A little about the project...

OpenMAC is MeshNetics' open source, _certified_ implementation of
IEEE802.15.4 Media Access Control (MAC) layer.  MAC layer forms the
basis of MeshNetics eZeeNet(TM) software stack, and provides support
to peer-to-peer and star network topologies.

OpenMAC has been ported to several AVR-based platforms, including
MeshNetics' own ZigBit OEM Module and development board, and Atmel's
RF Accessory (RZ502) and Demonstration (RZ200) Kits.  It is supplied
complete with code samples and device drivers for each of the
supported platforms.

MeshNetics OpenMAC has the following goals:
    * enabled users, who do not require full functionality of
MeshNetics eZeeNet Software Stack, to develop custom WSN applications
around MeshNetics ZigBit modules
    * enabled advanced users to modify OpenMAC internals to suit
specific application needs
    * jump start application development on top of MAC with thoroughly
documented sample applications
    * provide a convenient C API to developers not familiar with
TinyOS or nesC programming language (technologies at the core of
OpenMAC)
    * provide a reference design to be ported to analogous hardware
platforms

OpenMAC is production code and is included, virtually unaltered, in
MeshNetics commercial eZeeNet software.  It is heavily commented and
comes with extensive documentation.  It is distributed under CDDL.

How to get started...

MeshNetics OpenMAC is hosted on sourceforge.net.  Please visit
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openmac/ to download our latest
release or for instructions on how to access the OpenMAC svn repository.

How to order hardware and development kits...

http://www.meshnetics.com/buy/

Best regards,

Ilya Bagrak
Field Applications Engineer
MeshNetics
Tel.: +7 (495) 725 8125 ext. 5587
Web: www.MeshNetics.com