This document details the software which needs to be installed on the host computer before taking the tutorial. Depending on the Labs you want to take, you only need to install a subset of the 5 tools described below.
Iar kickstart
This is required for all labs.
IAR is the tool used to program the eZ430-RF2500 boards. The free Kickstart version is limited to compiling 4kB of code.
Ti sensor monitor demo
This is required for all labs because it installs the drivers enabling your computer to talk to the mote.
Sensor Monitor is demo software which provides a graphical interface to the Texas Instruments Sensor Monitor Demo.
- Download from
(External Link) .
- Follow default installation for Demo Visualizer, Sensor Monitor Installer.exe
- Store the eZ430-RF2500 Wireless Sensor Monitor IAR Source v1.02 directory on your computer.
Putty
This is required for all labs.
PuTTY is used to read from the serial COM port created by the eZ430-RF2500
board when connected to the host computer.
- Create folder
C:/Program Files/putty/
- Download
(External Link) into that folder.
Xming
This is only used in
Lab 5 .
Xming is a Linux-like X server which enables cygwin script to display windows.
- Download from
(External Link) .
- Follow default install, but choose not to install any SSH client.
Cygwin
This is only used in
Lab 5 .
Cygwin is a Linux-in-Windows environment, enabling Linux-like script execu-
tion on a Windows machine.
- Install from
(External Link) .
- Follow default installation. When asked for a Download Site, choose
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu
.
- When packages are listed, click on the button in the upper right corner until obtaining Full. You obtain a list of all installable packages (much like programs in Windows), marked with the word Skip when not installed, or the version number when installed.
- Using that list, add the following packages. This is done by clicking on the
work Skip next to the package name.
-
python : An interactive object-oriented scripting language
-
python-numpy : Python scientific computing module
-
gcc-g++ : C++ compiler
-
gnuplot : A command-line driven interactive function plotting utility
- Click next several times to finish the installation.
The Python gnuplot extension enables us to visualize data output by the mote
connected to the computer. To install it:
- Open cygwin
- download
gnuplot-py-1.8.zip
- unzip that file and place folder
gnuplot-py-1.8/ within inside folder
C:/cygwin/
- open cygwin
- type the following lines
-
cd /cygdrive/c/cygwin/
-
python setup.py install
- open
C:/cygwin/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Gnuplot/gp_cygwin.py with WordPad
- change line
default term = 'windows' to
default term = 'x11'
- change line
gnuplot command = 'pgnuplot.exe' to
gnuplot command = 'gnuplot.exe'
While not strictly necessary, creating Start Menu shortcuts will make your life
easier.
- Create a folder
ezwsn in the Start Menu folder (typically
C:/Documents
and Settings/All Users/Start Menu/ )
- in that folder, create shortcuts to the following programs:
- PuTTY
- IAR Embedded Workbench
- XLaunch
(part of Xming)
- cygwin
- eZ430-RF2500 Sensor Monitor
