The platform is based on uClinux - http://blackfin.uclinux.org provides an easy-to-use platform for rapid development of vision and general sensor network applications.
- Written in C language under GPL Open Source
- Compiled using GNU Blackfin uClinux tool-chains
- Easily and remotely firmware updated
- Simple API to access specialised features of the VSN
- Easy image capture and processing on-board
- Standardised mechanism for specifying and transmitting application-specific data in a compact form.
- Built-in interface to BSN nodes - http://vip.doc.ic.ac.uk/bsn/a1892.html for hybrid wireless applications, including TinyOS message support
- Automatic inter-node time synchronisation and time stamping
- On-board Python interpreter with bindings to all of the API for on-node rapid development
- Built on top of Linux, with full access to standard libraries and TCP/IP networking capabilities
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