Himali Saxena

Topics
Configurations and Wiring
 Configuration implementation
 Basic Rules for declaration/definition

 Auto Wiring initialization

 ‘C’ and ‘P’ implementation

 The ‘as’ keyword and other namespace tricks

 Pass Through Wiring

 Combine Functions

Parameterized Wiring
Configurations and Wiring
Configuration : A Component whose implementation
is component wiring
Compose module into larger abstractions

Wiring : Connecting two components such that one

module to be able to call another
Configuration Implementation
implementation { component-list , connection-list}
The component–list lists the components thar are
used to build this configuration
The connection-list specifies how these components
are wired to each other and to the configuration’s
specification
An Example
Basic Rules for Declaring
Use component keyword to tell the names of the
component it is wiring
Any number of components names can follow
components, order doesn’t matter
Can have multiple component statements
Three operators : -- >, < -- and =
Direct wiring ( -- > or < --) always goes to a user to a
provider.
= operator exports interfaces
Example
Contd…
An Example (= operator)
Auto Wiring Initialization
C and P Implementation
C implementation : Externally usable abstraction
P implementation : an internal implementation
The ‘as’ Keyword and other
namespace tricks
The as keyword allows to rename an interface in a
signature
The as keyword can also be used within
configurations
Pass Through Wiring
Pass through wiring is when a configuration wires
two interfaces in its signature together. It must wire a
uses to a provides, and it does so with = operator.
Multiple Wiring,
Fan-in, and Fan-out
Combine Function
NesC provides mechanism of combine functions to
specify return value
A fan-ot always involves calling N functions with
identical signatures, the caller’s return value is the
result of applying the combine function to the return
values of all of the callees
When NesC compiles application, it autogenerates a
fan-out function which applies the combine function
An Example
Parameterized Wiring
Contd…
Another way of defining parameter
Defaults
A default handler is an implementation of a function
that’s used if no implementation is wired in. If a
component wires to the interface, then the
implementation is used. Otherwise, the (or signal)
goes to the default handler.
References
http://www.tinyos.net/tinyos-2.x/doc/pdf/tinyos-
programming.pdf
David Gay , Philip Levis , Robert von Behren , Matt
Welsh , Eric Brewer , David Culler, The nesC language:
A holistic approach to networked embedded systems,
Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 2003 conference on
Programming language design and implementation,
June 09-11, 2003, San Diego, California, USA
David Gay, Philip Levis, David Culler, Eric Brewer,
“nesC 1.1 Language Reference Manual” May 2003