Projects

Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT)

Small Java powered Wireless Transducer Devices

Primary Research Category: Network Clients  

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Principal Investigator: Roger Meike  
  • Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT) Project Pages



    Project Overview

    Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (SunTM SPOT).

    Programming the world with Java.

    The Sun SPOT project explores wireless transducer technologies that enable the emerging network of things. We are building a hardware and software research platform to overcome the challenges that currently inhibit development of tiny sensing devices.

    These changes may dramatically affect the nature and type of wireless sensor network applications.

    The Sun SPOT hardware platform is a small, battery operated, wireless device running the Squawk Java Virtual Machine (VM) without an underlying OS. This VM acts as both operating system and software application platform. We have created everything from device drivers and development tools to demos and tutorials so users can quickly create their own embedded wireles appliations.

    The Sun SPOT development kit can be purchsed at www.sunspotworld.com.


    Technical Reports

  • Experiments with a Solar-powered Sun SPOT
    By: Vipul Gupta
    Report Number: TR-2009-178
    Feb 19, 2009
  • A Platform for Wireless Networked Transducers
    By: Bernard Horan, Bill Bush, John Nolan and David Cleal
    Report Number: TR-2007-172
    Sep 30, 2007
  • Use of Capability Descriptions in a Wireless Transducer Network, The
    By: Bernard Horan
    Report Number: TR-2005-131
    Feb 1, 2005

    Latest Sun Patents

  • Method for detecting objects separated from a group
    (May 26, 2009)
  • Chemical time modification of an object
    (Jan 22, 2008)

    News

  • What's next for SIM cards?
    ZDNet

  • JavaOne 2009 Sun SPOT BOF
    javapda

  • WPI Wins Prestigious Award for Java Technology Developed with Sun Microsystems for FIRST Robotics
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute


    Team Members

    Roger Meike