Intro
Agenda
Sun SPOTs Small Programmable Object Technology
SPOT Processor Board
SPOT Demo Sensor Board
Squawk Virtual Machine
Interfacing Useful Hardware to SPOTs
Analog To Digital Converters
Accelerometer
Solid State Gyroscope
The P5 Data Glove
Data Glove Software
Game Pad Thumb Joystick
Compass Sensor
Servo Motor Control
SPOT interaction software
Robot Class
Determining Position
Radio Positioning
Architecture
Human Game Interface
Client SPOT Architecture
Host Module Architecture
Summary
Further Information
The Sun SPOT features a Java virtual machine running on metal, with developers able to write device drivers and other software. Using NetBeans open source tools or standard development tools, SPOT technology could be applied to devices ranging from toys to MP3 players to traditional sensor applications such as environmental monitoring systems and package-tracking systems. Another possibility is gesture recognition, where interfaces would be interacted with via gestures, for purposes such as transferring data on cell phones.
Simon Ritter specialises in looking at emerging technologies including grid computing, RFID, wireless sensor networks, robotics and wearable computing. Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Brunel University in the U.K. Originally working in the area of UNIX development for AT&T UNIX System Labs and then Novell, Simon joined Sun in 1996 and started working with Java technology; he has spent time doing both Java development and consultancy.