news & landing-page - content-update

Author: orgua

docs/content/landing_page.md

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 # Shepherd Nova
 
 `Shepherd Nova` is the public instance of the Shepherd Testbed -
-a public testbed for rigorous experiments under repeatable energy-harvesting conditions.
-In the second half of 2023 a semi-open instance of the Shepherd testbed went live.
-Public access is scheduled to launch during the MobiSys 2025.
+a distributed platform for rigorous experiments under repeatable energy-harvesting conditions.
 
-**What does the testbed offer?**
+[The Paper introducing Shepherd Nova](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3711875.3729146) was published in the proceedings of the
+23nd ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services ([MobiSys 2025](https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2025/)).
+
+Direct Link: <https://testbed.nes-lab.org/>
+
+## What does the testbed offer?
 
 - [10+ observer-nodes](/content/deployment.md) for distributed operation
-- [nRF52-Targets](https://github.com/nes-lab/shepherd-targets/) with additional MSP430 that can be used as FRAM
+- [nRF52-Targets](https://github.com/nes-lab/shepherd-targets/) with additional MSP430 that can be used as FRAM for checkpointing
 - consistently replicate real-world spatio-temporal energy availability across multiple experiments
   - replay of [energy environments](/content/environments.md) in combination with
   - an energy harvesting-component called [virtual power source](/content/virtual_source.md) to supply power to the targets (optional)
 - record power traces at a rate of 100 kHz with separate values for current & voltage (optional)
 - timestamping with sub 1us accuracy across the testbed
 - recording of target-GPIO with up to 1 MHz and 9 / 12 channels (optional)
 - decoding of UART at configurable baud rate (optional)
-- patching of node-ID in target-firmware (optional)
+- patching of node-ID in `ELF` target-firmware (optional)
 - embedded logs, including an extensive warning-system that supervises & diagnoses every critical element during operation
 - tooling in and around the system (batteries included)
 
-Direct Link: <https://testbed.nes-lab.org/>
-
-```{seealso}
-[Our Paper introducing Shepherd Nova](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3711875.3729146) was published in the proceedings of the
-23nd ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services ([MobiSys 2025](https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2025/)).
-```
+## Sitemap

docs/content/news.md

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 # News and upcoming Events
 
-- the launch of public access was in January 2026
 - [extension of deployment](/content/deployment.md#changes-in-near-future) is currently ongoing (February 2026)
+
+## Past Events
+
+- the Launch of public access is in January 2026
+- [Our Paper introducing Shepherd Nova](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3711875.3729146) got accepted and published at [MobiSys 2025](https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2025/)
+- In the second half of 2023 a semi-open instance of the Shepherd testbed went live.