Linked by David Adams on Tue 4th Dec 2007 19:41 UTC, submitted by Adam Dunkels
OSNews, Generic OSes The Contiki team has just released version 2.1 of the open source Contiki operating system for low-power, wireless, memory-constrained networked embedded devices that typically have as little a few kilobytes of RAM. The major highlight of this release is a unique energy profiling mechanism that measures where energy is spent, and how much energy that is consumed. This is extremely important when optimizing for low-power operation: to know where to optimize, one must first know where energy is spent. Other additions to the 2.1 release are low-power radio protocols that increase system lifetime from days to years, and improved data collection routing protocols.
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Nice, but not as nice as...
by madcrow on Wed 5th Dec 2007 13:13 UTC
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...SymbOS (http://symbos.de/) A microkernel OS with pre-emptive and priority-based multitasking, seamless memory management of up to 1 MB of RAM and a full Windows9x-style GUI (up to 512x212x16colors) all on a 3.5 MHz Z80...