An animation framework for improving the comprehension of TinyOS programs

Authors:
Sravanthi Dandamudi;Sally K. Wahba;Jason O. Hallstrom
Affiliations:
Clemson University, Clemson, SC;Clemson University, Clemson, SC;Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Venue:
Proceedings of the 27th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe an animation framework for TinyOS programs to enhance the comprehension of their runtime behavior. The framework enables application developers to specify, in an XML configuration file, the runtime elements to be captured within a given system, and the manner in which those elements should be displayed. The presented visualization is an animated playback sequence of the events that occurred during application execution. We describe the design and implementation of the framework and present an analysis of the runtime overhead it introduces.