Energy model for the configured MSP430F1612 on a TELOSB mote with the help of contiki

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are attracting a wide range of application because of its exponential growth in its performance. However, there are certain drawbacks with respect to the power available in the node. In this paper, we present a hardware configuration of TelosB mote with the help of Contiki OS which improves the performance of the mote by supporting with additional inbuilt flash memory. The paper includes the energy calculation of the new hardware configured. The existing hardware MSP430F1611 provides 48 kB of flash memory which is replaced by MSP430F1612, and Contiki is one such OS which is specifically designed for WSN. In order to provide more flexibility to the application developer, requires of Contiki on a TelosB mote. Contiki support for this modified TELOSB is not available, thereby making an attempt to understand Contiki and port to the modified TELOSB. © 2014 Springer India.