Contiki

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.

C128 port with 80 indications

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.

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:
  • PC Engine
  • Sega Dreamcast
  • Sony PlayStation
• Handheld game consoles:
  • Nintendo Game Boy
  • Nintendo Game Boy Advance
• Microcontrollers:
  • Atmel AVR
  • TI MSP430

Related pages

Media related to Contiki at Wikimedia Commons