Get and compile a wsn430 Firmware code

 

Difficulty: Medium

 Duration: 20 minutes

Prerequisites: Configure SSH Access

Description: The aim of this tutorial is to understand how to setup your environment and how to compile firmwares. As the toolchain (msp-gcc for wsn430 nodes) is provided on frontend SSH servers site we will use it. Moreover you have the possibility to install it on your computer ( See the GitHub IoT-LAB FAQ) and follow normally this tutorial.

1. Setup your environment

   ssh <login>@<site>.iot-lab.info (site = grenoble, lille, lyon, paris, rennes, saclay, strasbourg)
   <login>@<site>~$ git clone https://github.com/iot-lab/iot-lab.git
   Cloning into 'iot-lab'...
   ...
   <login>@<site>~$ cd iot-lab
   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab$ make
   
     Welcome to the IoT-LAB development environment setup.
   
     targets:
   	setup-wsn430 
   	setup-openlab
   	setup-contiki
   	setup-cli-tools
   
   	pull

2. Setup wsn430 target

   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab$ make setup-wsn430
   git clone https://github.com/iot-lab/wsn430.git parts/wsn430
   Cloning into 'parts/wsn430'...
   ...
   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab$ cd parts/wsn430

3. View and analyse the source code of the tutorial

   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab/parts/wsn430$ cd appli/tutorial
   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab/parts/wsn430/tutorial$ cat README.md
   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab/parts/wsn430/tutorial$ cat main.c

4. Compile the tutorial (generate binary files *.hex with radio chipset support cc1101 & cc2420)

   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab/parts/wsn430/tutorial$ make
   <login>@<site>:~/iot-lab/parts/wsn430/tutorial$ ls
   main.c Makefile  README.md  tutorial_cc1101.hex  tutorial_cc2420.hex