Poster Abstract: MSPsim – an Extensible Simulator for MSP430-equipped Sensor Boards

Software development for wireless sensor networks is a challenging and time consuming task. The resource limited hardware with limited I/O and debugging abilities combined with the often cumbersome hardware debugging tools makes low-level debugging on the target hardware difficult. We present MSPsim, an extensible sensor board platform and MSP430 instruction level simulator that simulates sensor boards with peripherals for the purpose of reducing development and debugging time. The use of a simulator also enables testing without access to the target hardware and makes more advanced debugging and instrumenting possible.