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  1. Contiki 3.0 Released, Retains Support For Apple II, C64

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the crucial-backwards-compatibility dept. · 44 comments
    An anonymous reader writes that on Wednesday the Contiki team announced the release of Contiki 3.0, the latest version of the open source IoT operating system. The 3.0 release is a huge step up from the 2.x branch and brings support for new and exciting hardware, a set of new network protocols, a bunch of improvements in the low-power mesh networking protocols, along with a large number of general stability improvements. And, yes, the system still runs on the Commodore 64/128, Apple II, Atari.

  2. Contiki 3.0 Released, Retains Support For Apple II, C64

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the crucial-backwards-compatibility dept. · 44 comments
    An anonymous reader writes that on Wednesday the Contiki team announced the release of Contiki 3.0, the latest version of the open source IoT operating system. The 3.0 release is a huge step up from the 2.x branch and brings support for new and exciting hardware, a set of new network protocols, a bunch of improvements in the low-power mesh networking protocols, along with a large number of general stability improvements. And, yes, the system still runs on the Commodore 64/128, Apple II, Atari.

  3. Contiki 2.7 Released

    Tech · Os · · posted by timothy · from the it's-cloudy-and-thingy-and-internetty dept. · 21 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Version 2.7 of the Contiki operating system has been released. The open source Contiki OS is known for its minuscule IPv6 stack that allows the tiniest of Systems-on-a-Chips – microprocessors with built-in 2.4 GHz radios – to connect to the Internet. The 2.7 release improves the IPv6 mesh routing mechanism so that the Systems-on-a-Chip autonomously can form wireless networks."

  4. Interview: Contiki OS Creator On Building the Internet of Things

    Cloud · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the atari-jaguar-power-meter dept. · 45 comments
    angry tapir writes "Last year Adam Dunkels, the creator of the open source Contiki operating system, launched a startup to build tools for the 'Internet of Things'. This week his company, Thingsquare, is releasing an evaluation kit that lets people test drive their IoT system. I caught up with him to talk about Thingsquare's plans and the hype around the IoT."

  5. Home Automation Kit Includes Arduino, RasPi Dev Boards

    Linux · Hardhack · · posted by Soulskill · from the can-you-make-it-feed-my-cat dept. · 49 comments
    DeviceGuru writes "WigWag has developed a home automation kit that combines a Linux-based 6LoWPAN router with sensor units running the open-source Contiki IoT (Internet of Things) OS. Users can add ZigBee, Bluetooth, and other modules to expand the home network, and the WigWam development kit provides shield development boards for use with Arduino and Raspberry Pi SBCs. Users control the devices with a smartphone app (initially Android-based) and associated WigWag cloud service, which lets the devices remotely respond to sensor-based events such as motion detection, rain, noise, etc. Developers can create rules-based scripts for controlling devices using WigWag's open-source Javascript-based DeviceJS development environment. WigWag used a Kickstarter page to fund production and has already tripled its goal."

  6. Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon

    Tech · Opensource · · posted by Soulskill · from the please-tell-me-i-can-play-quake-on-my-light-bulbs dept. · 401 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld has an interview with an Australian startup called LIFX, producing WiFi-connected LED light bulbs. Each light bulb is a small computer running the Thingsquare distribution of the open source Contiki operating system that creates a low-power wireless mesh network between the light bulbs and connects them to the WiFi network. The wireless mesh network lets the light bulbs be controlled with a smartphone app. Through a Kickstarter project, the company has already raised a significant amount of money: over one million USD. "

  7. Contiki Turns Ten

    Hardware · Internet · · posted by timothy · from the better-than-the-internet-of-ding-a-lings dept. · 28 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "The first release of Contiki, the open source operating system, was announced ten years ago today on Slashdot. From its inception, Contiki has been all about connecting 'unexpected things' to the Internet, including things like Lego bricks and Apple II computers. Today, Contiki is still going strong and is now being used in the Internet of Things, where it is connecting things like thermostats to smartphone apps throughout Europe."

  8. Contiki Turns Ten

    Hardware · Internet · · posted by timothy · from the better-than-the-internet-of-ding-a-lings dept. · 28 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "The first release of Contiki, the open source operating system, was announced ten years ago today on Slashdot. From its inception, Contiki has been all about connecting 'unexpected things' to the Internet, including things like Lego bricks and Apple II computers. Today, Contiki is still going strong and is now being used in the Internet of Things, where it is connecting things like thermostats to smartphone apps throughout Europe."

  9. New Contiki OS Network Regression Test Framework

    Developers · Opensource · · posted by Unknown · from the tiny-tests dept. · 13 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Contiki, the open source operating system for the Internet of Things, just got a regression test framework ported over from Thingsquare Mist that allows the Contiki developers to test the entire system on 9 platforms, 4 CPU architectures, and 1021 network nodes, for every new commit."

  10. Adam Dunkels On the Internet of Things

    Tech · Os · · posted by timothy · from the new-ways-to-disable-your-print-cartridge dept. · 27 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Techworld is running an interview with Adam Dunkels, author of the open source Contiki operating system for the Internet of Things. The interview touches on the Internet of Things, the future of Contiki, and his newly founded startup Thingsquare." If the whole "Internet of Things" concept still seems amorphous, FedEx CIO Rob Carter provides some concrete examples in which FedEx is using real-time tracking based on IP-enabled sensors.

  11. Contiki 2.6: IPv6 For Everything, Everywhere

    Tech · Networking · · posted by Soulskill · from the your-footstool-is-broadcasting-an-IP-address dept. · 62 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "The Contiki project just released version 2.6 of its open source operating system for the Internet of Things, used to track city sound pollution, control street lights, read power meters, monitor radiation, among other things. The technology behind it? A really tiny IPv6 stack that fits in a few kilobytes of memory, allowing everything, everywhere to have an IPv6 address."

  12. Contiki 2.6: IPv6 For Everything, Everywhere

    Tech · Networking · · posted by Soulskill · from the your-footstool-is-broadcasting-an-IP-address dept. · 62 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "The Contiki project just released version 2.6 of its open source operating system for the Internet of Things, used to track city sound pollution, control street lights, read power meters, monitor radiation, among other things. The technology behind it? A really tiny IPv6 stack that fits in a few kilobytes of memory, allowing everything, everywhere to have an IPv6 address."