Nano-RK

Nano-RK[1][2] is a real-time operating system (RTOS) from Carnegie Mellon University designed to run on micro-controllers for use in sensor networks. Nano-RK supports a fixed-priority fully preemptive scheduler with fine-grained timing primitives to support real-time task sets. "Nano" implies that the RTOS is small, consuming 2 KB of RAM and using 18 KB of flash, while "RK" is short for resource kernel. A resource kernel provides reservations on how often system resources can be consumed. For example, a task might only be allowed to execute 10 ms every 150 ms (CPU reservation), or a node might only be allowed to transmit 10 network packets per minute (network reservation). These reservations form a virtual energy budget to ensure a node meets its designed battery lifetime as well as protecting a failed node from generating excessive network traffic. Nano-RK is open source, is written in C and runs on the Atmel-based FireFly sensor networking platform, the MicaZ motes as well as the MSP430 processor.

The following article [3] discusses some of the tradeoffs associated with using an RTOS in sensor networks.

References

  1. ↑ nano-RK
  2. ↑ A. Eswaran, A. Rowe and R. Rajkumar, "Nano-RK: An Energy-Aware Resource-Centric Operating System for Sensor Networks," IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 2005.
  3. ↑ embedded.com

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