DELTA Intelligent Mobile Sensor Foundry - the "DIMS" Foundry // Standard

		The DIMS Foundry describes platforms and applications that share the following features: They are open source They support wireless communication They support data-acquisition, -logging and -transmission from attached sensors
For the different hardware platforms in the DIMS foundry you can find: Cookbooks for establishing open source platforms (including links to external software and, for instance, SourceForge projects) Tutorials explaining how to generate a sample application An option to sign up for news e-Mails concerning the DIMS Foundry A list of related Open Source projects including contact information for developers wishing to have their Open Source mobile sensor project listed here. The DIMS Foundry will NOT include actual source code management for projects - but will promote and/or delegate the use of other services, like SourceForge. Foundry news 10-01-2006: The DIMS foundry has been established and the first few pages published. The DIMS platforms The platforms that will be supported, initially, on the DIMS Foundry will represent different classes of IMS platforms:
		Small DIMS This is an i386-based Linux platform. The foundry includes a “how-to” on installing Linux using PXE (netboot) and setting up wireless communications - illustrated by a commercially available hardware platform from Concept Distribution.
		Very small DIMS The VS-DIMS is running on an arm-based uClinux platform - specifically, the picoTUX. The foundry will includes a ”how-to” on setting up an IDE for the picoTUX, including using the toolchain, and transferring software. A small sample application is provided.
		Tiny DIMS The Tiny T-DIMS platform is based on tinyOS and Atmel-based motes, available, for instance from Crossbow or MoteIV. A walkthru of a small sample application, "The Howler", is, amongst other things, provided here.