-features not available in the official tree. The TMI repository contains
-code imported from CVS upstream, our internal working branches, and tags
-marking a series commits that are a clean patch series of the TMI enhancements
-against an official upstream release.
+features not available in the official tree. We use this this code for our
+internal and customer development efforts. TMI enhancements include:
+
+* Support for newer [[msp430]] chipsets, such as the MSP430F2618.
+
+* An implementation of the USCI peripheral, supporting UART and SPI
+ communications. Future plans to add I2C are in the works.
+
+* Enhanced clock framework supporting parts with the basic_clock+ peripheral
+ and simplifying changing msp430 clock speeds on a per platform or per
+ application basis.
+
+* Support for a number of other chips, including the Silicon Labs
+ [[cp210x]] USB to UART adapters, the Texas Instruments BQ2403x Li Ion/Polymer
+ charge controllers, and the VTI SCP1000-D01 barometric pressure sensor.
+
+* A modularized tos-bsl program that simplifies adding other msp430 boards using
+ different mechanisms to access BSL programming features. Included is support
+ for boards using the cp2103 and its GPIO pins.
+
+* Support for TMI reference platform design, [[tmicore]].
+
+# About the TMI repository
+
+The TMI TinyOS repository contains code imported from CVS upstream, our
+internal working branches, and tags marking a series commits that are a clean
+patch series of the TMI enhancements against an official upstream release.