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Summary

TinyOS is an open-source operating system designed for wireless embedded sensor networks. It is released under the BSD license. It features a component-based architecture which enables rapid innovation and implementation while minimizing code size as required by the severe memory constraints inherent in sensor networks. TinyOS's component library includes network protocols, distributed services, sensor drivers, and data acquisition tools – all of which can be used as-is or be further refined for a custom application. TinyOS was originally developed as a research project at the University of California Berkeley, but has since grown to have an international community of developers and users.

Starting with TinyOS

Getting started: downloading, installing TinyOS, and where to go next
The simplest TinyOS program: simple example code that compiles
Tutorials: an introduction to TinyOS programming.
Using TinyOS: complete list of tutorials, programming guides, and other resources for getting started with TinyOS.

Detailed Documentation

TinyOS Programming Manual: This detailed (200 page) book on programming TinyOS 2.0 is an early version of TinyOS Programming.
TEPs: TinyOS Enhancement Proposals, which describe the TinyOS APIs and their implementations.
Source Code Documentation: HTML documentation of TinyOS source code
Platform Hardware layouts, chips, and other details
nesC 1.1 reference manual. The nesC 1.3 release includes a newer version in doc/ref.pdf (nesC 1.3 tarball from Sourceforge).
Other: Other documentation

Contributing to TinyOS

Contributing Code to TinyOS
TinyOS 2.x index of contributed code
New User/Development Environments

Site and other content

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Search engine: search TinyOS documentation and mailing lists
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Previous Documentation Sites: Old documentations.