© Agus Kurniawan 2018
Agus KurniawanPractical Contiki-NGhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3408-2_1

1. Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks

Agus Kurniawan1 
(1)
Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
 

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are a research and technology topic for which researchers, developers, and makers develop applications for specific purposes. In this chapter, we will learn and explore what a WSN is and try to develop one using the WSN platform Contiki and its update, Contiki-NG.

The following is a list of topics we will cover in this chapter:

  • Introduce Wireless Sensor Networks.

  • Introduce Contiki OS.

  • Explore WSN hardware and platform.

  • Introduce Contiki-NG project.

  • Set up Contiki-NG development environment.

  • Build a simple Contiki application.

  • Work with ...

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