Smart Dust Training Is Coming Up in Early February 2005 ...

Event - Crossbow, Smarter Sensors in Silicon

... "Mote Training Course Feb. 9-10, 2005, in San Jose:

The first day of the course will cover a basic technology introduction, hardware overview, including the latest developments - MICAz and 802.15.4 radios (ZigBee ready), MICA3 for outdoor applications, and new sensor boards. The first day will also include a TinyOS overview and hands-on session with the radio stack and multi-hop routing capabilities of TinyOS. One track is focused on TinyOS Programming, and the other Track is focused on using and deploying motes with minimal programming. Both tracks will be highly interactive, with onsite technical engineers to help answer your questions. On the evening of Feb. 8, there is an install session for those who have ordered kits for delivery at the training seminar or who have not yet installed TinyOS. All attendees are required to have a Crossbow Mote kit and a laptop computer. A 10% discount on mote kits will be available with your registration. " ...

Founded in 1995, Crossbow Technology, Inc. is the leading end-to-end solutions supplier in wireless sensor networks and the largest manufacturer of Smart Dust wireless sensors. Crossbow has for years been at the forefront of creating and deploying smaller, smarter, wireless sensing devices and mesh networking platforms for large-scale defense, environmental, agricultural, industrial monitoring and control, building automation, security and asset tracking applications. Crossbow’s open architecture, TinyOS-based platform enables highly intelligent multi-sensing devices to dynamically and reliably self-organize to efficiently capture and send detailed data anywhere, anytime. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Crossbow has distributors in 24 countries worldwide. The company received its ISO 9001/2000 Certification in May 2002 and its FAA Certification for AHRS500GA in January 2003.