ScatterEditor: An Eclipse based Tool for Programming, Testing and Managing Wireless Sensor Networks

ScatterEditor is an Eclipse-based tool for the WSN platform ScatterWeb with a plug-in oriented architecture. The already deployed Embedded Sensor Boards (ESBs) can be configured, controlled and monitored over-the-air at the same time that the ESBs are programmed and tested. This is made possible by the combination of plug-ins for ScatterEditor. Furthermore ScatterEditor offers the possibility of Over-the-air software updates on the ESBs. These features can be used locally or remotely, over the internet, due to ScatterEditor´s internet integration. Apart from the interconnection between IP and ScatterWeb, the focus of ScatterEditor lies with the aspect of human-computer interfaces for WSN. ScatterEditor provides the opportunity to test and discover different characteristics and properties of WSN illustratively and interactively. The plug-in oriented architecture encourages the enhancement of the tool, when new questions concerning WSN arise. ScatterEditor is based wholly on open source components, which are available at no extra cost.