[Tinyos-help] [tinyos-1.x] No replies!!

[Steve McKown]

On Friday 08 June 2007 23:38, vipin kashyap wrote:
> Though I have personally not tried switching over to tinyos-2.x, i have
> nevertheless seen quite a few people struggling to do so around me. I must
> say that the transition is far from smooth. People have had trouble
> compiling their first apps like Blink on tinyos-2.x platform and that's
> what's kept me from making the switch.

Yes, TinyOS is quite a bit harder to install than a standard Windows 
application.  Not following the instructions exactly can lead to problems, 
and in the past the documentation has left out certain details that AFAIK 
have all been corrected.  We've had a number of people on staff go through 
this process and reach a working system.

We initially evaluated tos1 and tos2 over a year ago and chose tos2 even 
though it was still in beta because of the subtle improvements in nesC that 
yielded significant programming benefits in the TinyOS core code.

My personal opinion is that the only reason to stick with tos1 is that you 
have some pre-existing applications developed in it.  I think those still 
working through an initial learning curve with TinyOS would benefit greatly 
from biting the bullet and going to tos2.  All of our boards use an msp430 
right now, so my opinion mightn't apply as well to avr-based designs.

Steve