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Is there an emulator or simulator for Sun SPOTs?

April 26, 2017Emulator simulator spots Sun

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Is there an emulator or simulator for Sun SPOTs?

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Yes, the 3.0 release includes an Emulator as part of SPOTWorld. This emulator is capable of running a Sun SPOT application on your desktop computer. This allows for testing a program before deploying it to a real SPOT, or if a real SPOT is not available. Instead of a physical sensorboard, SPOTWorld displays a virtual SPOT with a control panel where you can set any of the potential sensor inputs (e.g. light level, temperature, digital pin inputs, analog input voltages, and accelerometer values). Your application can control the LEDs’ color that is displayed in the virtual SPOT image, just like it would a real SPOT. You can click with the mouse on the push button switches in the virtual SPOT image to press and release the switches. Receiving and sending via the radio is also supported. Each virtual SPOT is assigned its own address and can broadcast or unicast to the other virtual SPOTs. If a shared basestation is available a virtual SPOT can also interact over the radio with real SPOTs.