Contiki

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For other uses, see Contiki (disambiguation).

Contiki

Screenshot of the VNC server running on the Atmel AVR port of Contiki.
Website:	http://www.sics.se/contiki/
Company/ developer:	Adam Dunkels
Source model:	open source
Latest stable release:	1.3 / 2006-07-09
Default user interface:	CTK
License:	BSD License
Working state:	current

Contiki is a small, open source computer operating system developed for use on a number of smallish systems ranging from 8-bit computers to embedded systems on microcontrollers, including sensor network motes. The name Contiki comes from Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki raft.

Despite providing multitasking and a built-in TCP/IP stack, Contiki only requires a few kilobytes of code and a few hundred bytes of RAM. A fully fledged system complete with a graphical user interface requires about 30 kilobytes of RAM.^{[citation needed]}

The basic kernel and most of the core functions are developed by Adam Dunkels.

Contents 1 Features 2 Ports 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Features

A full installation of Contiki includes the following features:

• Multitasking kernel
• Optional pre-emptive multitasking (on a per-application basis)
• Protothreads
• TCP/IP networking
• Windowing system and GUI
• Networked remote display using Virtual Network Computing
• A web browser (claimed to be the world smallest)
• Personal web server
• Simple telnet client
• Screensaver

More applications planned include:

• an email client
• an Internet Relay Chat client

[edit] Ports

The Contiki operating system has been or is being ported to the following systems:

• Computers:
  • Apple II family
  • Atari 8-bit
  • Atari ST
  • Atari Portfolio
  • Casio Pocketview
  • Commodore PET
  • Commodore VIC 20
  • Commodore 64
  • Commodore 128
  • GP32
  • PC-6001
  • Sharp Wizard
  • TRS-80 Color Computer
  • x86-based Unix-like systems, on top of GTK+ as well as directly using the X Window System^[1]

• Video game consoles:
  • PC Engine
  • Sega Dreamcast
  • Sony PlayStation

• Handheld game consoles:
  • Nintendo Game Boy
  • Nintendo Game Boy Advance

• Microcontrollers:
  • Atmel AVR
  • TI MSP430

[edit] See also

• Wheels (operating system)
• SymbOS (operating system)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Contiki main website
• Contiki demo server - A web server running under Contiki