TinyOS, an Embedded Operating System

Subject of this work is to give an introduction to the TinyOS Embedded Operating System. It explains the internal structure of the OS and points out its characteristics by comparing it to another embedded Operating System called MicroC/OS-II.

By presenting several modules which have been written in the course of this project thesis the usage and practical applicability of TinyOS are shown. A setupguide for the used toolchain is provided in order to enable a quick and simple start into application developement.