Developing a low-cost general-purpose device for the Internet of Things

Author

Wilde, Adriana ; Oliver, Richard ; Zaluska, Ed

Author_Institution

Electron. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

3-5 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

490

Lastpage

494

Abstract

The Internet of Things concept relies on physical objects being Internet-enabled. This paper describes a device to allow an object to be Internet-enabled using wired-Ethernet, using an inexpensive and power-efficient implementation based on a port of the Contiki operating system (for use with the Texas Instruments LM3S6965 processor). We demonstrate that it is possible to run the Contiki operating system on an Ethernet-enabled microprocessor and that such a low-cost device is suitable for inclusion in consumer products as well as further Internet of Things research projects.

Keywords

Internet; Internet of Things; computerised instrumentation; local area networks; microprocessor chips; operating systems (computers); Contiki operating system; Internet of Things; Texas Instruments LM3S6965 processor; wired-Ethernet-enabled microprocessor; Hardware; IP networks; Internet; Operating systems; Protocols; Sensors; Servers; Contiki; Embedded devices; Internet of Things; Internet-enabled physical objects; Web of Things;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensing Technology (ICST), 2013 Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wellington

ISSN

2156-8065

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5220-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSensT.2013.6727701

Filename

6727701