have protocol 802.15.4 supported over usb port

[jsvalderrama]

Hi,
My aim is to make the robot communicate using protocol 802.15.4 through usb dongle 802.15.4 over 6LoWPAN.
the robot has to be able to get information from TelosB captor
Do you think it can be possible ?

[dlech]

Which specific 802.15.4 USB dongle are you planning on using?

[dlech]

This is what is available in out kernel. Of course none of it is turned on now. If you want to try compiling your own kernel, see mindboards/ev3dev-rootfs#8

  ┌──────────────────────────── Search Results ─────────────────────────────┐
  │ Symbol: IEEE802154 [=n]                                                 │  
  │ Type  : tristate                                                        │  
  │ Prompt: IEEE Std 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks supp │  
  │   Defined at net/ieee802154/Kconfig:1                                   │  
  │   Depends on: NET [=y] && EXPERIMENTAL [=y]                             │  
  │   Location:                                                             │  
  │     -> Networking support (NET [=y])                                    │  
  │       -> Networking options                                             │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │ Symbol: IEEE802154_DRIVERS [=n]                                         │  
  │ Type  : tristate                                                        │  
  │ Prompt: IEEE 802.15.4 drivers                                           │  
  │   Defined at drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig:1                               │  
  │   Depends on: NET_CORE [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && IEEE802154 [=n]       │  
  │   Location:                                                             │  
  │     -> Device Drivers                                                   │  
  │       -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])                       │  
  │         -> Network core driver support (NET_CORE [=y])                  │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │ Symbol: IEEE802154_6LOWPAN [=n]                                         │  
  │ Type  : tristate                                                        │  
  │ Prompt: 6lowpan support over IEEE 802.15.4                              │  
  │   Defined at net/ieee802154/Kconfig:14                                  │  
  │   Depends on: NET [=y] && IEEE802154 [=n] && IPV6 [=n]                  │  
  │   Location:                                                             │  
  │     -> Networking support (NET [=y])                                    │  
  │       -> Networking options                                             │  
  │         -> IEEE Std 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks s │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │ Symbol: IEEE802154_FAKEHARD [=n]                                        │  
  │ Type  : tristate                                                        │  
  │ Prompt: Fake LR-WPAN driver with several interconnected devices         │  
  │   Defined at drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig:13                              │  
  │   Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && NET_CORE [=y] && IEEE802154_DRIVERS [= │  
  │   Location:                                                             │  
  │     -> Device Drivers                                                   │  
  │       -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])                       │  
  │         -> Network core driver support (NET_CORE [=y])                  │  
  │           -> IEEE 802.15.4 drivers (IEEE802154_DRIVERS [=n])            │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  │                                                                         │  
  ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────(100%)──┤  
  │                                < Exit >                                 │  
  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  

[dlech]

Here is an interesting article: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/560384:how-linux-talks-to-the-internet-of-things-a-look-at-ieee-802154

[jsvalderrama]

Hi,
Thanks a lot for all this information. Here is the type of USB dongle TelosB Crossbow (http://www.willow.co.uk/TelosB_Datasheet.pdf) that I will use with the robot.
I will try to follow your advise and try to compile for the robot. I will let you know about the progress Best regards,

[dlech]

Since the dongle has it's own microcontroller, you may not need any of the 802.15.4 stuff compiled into the kernel. It looks like the USB just uses a standard USB/serial port driver.

[dlech]

Closing this issue since you mentioned that it was working in #43.