Tuesday December 05, 2006 Meeting - Austin Java Users Group
The Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT): Java™ Technology-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
speaker Angela Caicedo - Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems
Presentation Abstract
The Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT) is a small wireless sensor that runs a version of Java™ technology called Squawk that is compliant with the Java ME platform. The Sun SPOT platform, developed at Sun Labs, is a small, battery-powered wireless device with an application development environment based on the Java programming language. The Sun SPOT, smaller than a deck of cards, comes equipped with a 32-bit ARM processor and an IEEE 802.15.4 radio for wireless communication. Stackable boards include sensors and actuators such as accelerometers, light detectors, temperature sensors, LEDs, push buttons, and general I/O pins. The devices can be duty-cycled to run for months on a single charge of their rechargeable battery. The small-footprint Java virtual machine, called Squawk, can host multiple applications concurrently and requires no underlying operating system. The full platform includes tools for programming, deploying, configuring, monitoring, and debugging the Sun SPOT network. So join us and learn all you need to know about Sun SPOT. click here of presentation slides
Speaker
Angela Caicedo - Tecnology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems
Angela Caicedo is a Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems. Angela's expertise includes: Java ME, Java SE, Java EE, and the entire Sun Java Enterprise System. She loves spending time in new and cool technologies like: Game developments, 3D, bluetooth, smartdust (Sun' SPOTs), and others. She has also presented these topics at developer conferences around the world. Angela graduated from the University EAFIT of Medellin Colombia in 1998 with a B.S. in Computer Science. During 1996-1997 Angela was a visitor student at Center for Educational Computing Initiatives at MIT. Prior to joining Sun, Angela worked for three years as a software developer and researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in Lausanne Switzerland, and participated in several European Projects. Angela has also done research on Intelligent Agents which is one of her specialties.
Integrated Profiling Tools
Abstract: There are several options for doing runtime analysis of your Java applications. Standalone tools have their place, but profiling tools that integrate with your development environment are usually easier to configure and use. This presentation describes several of the different tools that are available and includes some brief demos.
Speaker
Greg Sporar - NetBeans Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems
Speaker bio: Gregg Sporar has been a software developer for over twenty years, working on projects ranging from control software for a burglar alarm to 3D graphical user interfaces. He has been using Java since 1998 and his interests include user interfaces, development tools, and performance profiling. He works for Sun Microsystems as a Technical Evangelist on the NetBeans project.Location & Time:
Meeting in the Cafeteria in Building 8 at the Sun campus, 5300 Riata Park Court (off 3600 W Parmer Lane), from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm You can enter Building 8 through the door that is by the large flag pole.
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