Contiki facts for kids
Contiki is a small, open source free operating system. It was developed to be used in 8-bit computers and embedded systems. It has a Graphical User Interface and the full installation needs about 30 kilobytes of RAM.
The name Contiki comes from Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki raft.
The basic kernel and most of the core functions were developed by Adam Dunkels at the Networked Embedded Systems group at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
Contents
Features
A full installation of Contiki includes the following features:
- Multitasking kernel
- Optional per-application pre-emptive multithreading
- Protothreads
- TCP/IP networking
- Windowing system and GUI
- Networked remote display using Virtual Network Computing
- A web browser (claimed to be the world's smallest)
- Personal web server
- Simple telnet client
- Screensaver
More applications planned include:
- an email program
- an Internet Relay Chat client
Ports
The Contiki operating system has been or is being ported to the following systems:
- Computers:
- Apple II family** Atari 8-bit** Atari ST
- Atari Portfolio
- Casio Pocketview
- Commodore PET** Commodore VIC 20** Commodore 64** Commodore 128** GP32
- PC-6001
- Sharp Wizard
- x86-based Unix-like systems, on top of GTK+ as well as directly using the X Window System
* cc65 based development
- Video game consoles:
- Handheld game consoles:
- Microcontrollers:
- Atmel AVR
- TI MSP430
Related pages
Images for kids
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Screenshot of the VNC server running on the Atmel AVR port of Contiki
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Contiki on the Commodore 64.
See also
In Spanish: Contiki para niños
