Introduction

MansOS is an operating system for wireless sensor networks (WSN) and other resource-constrained embedded systems. Mansos strives:

• To be easy to use for people familiar with programming in C,reducing the learning curve
• To be easily portable to different hardware platforms
• To be extendable to domain specific languages (see SEAL)
• To be a great sandbox for trying out things with your embedded devices

MansOS supports:

• Analog and digital sensors (including I2C and SPI protocols)
• GPIO port access
• GPS data access (using NMEA protocol)
• Unlimited number of software timers
• Low energy consumption modes
• Parallel execution (optional preemptive multitasking)
• Radio communication
• Custom network stack (addressing, MAC protocols, multi-hop routing)
• IPv6 networking (using uIPv6 network stack as an external library)
• Intuitive compile-time configuration for inclusion and exclusion of specific options
• Run-time reprogramming
• Interactive shell for basic control and data access
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• Integrated easy-to-use scripting language (SEAL)
• and more…

Many of MansOS target platforms are based on MSP430 and Atmega micro controllers. Popular and supported platform names include Tmote Sky and other Telosb clones, Zolertia Z1, and a few models of Arduino.