XBee Shield and Explorer USB Quickstart Guide. XBee Shield and Explorer USB Quickstart Guide Skill Level: Beginner by followr | January 11, 2011 | 5 comments XBee Shield and Explorer USB Welcome to the wonderful world of XBee wireless communications.
This page serves as a starting point for everything you need to get up and running with your XBee Explorer USB and XBee Shield for Arduino. How do I assemble them? For a step by step guide to assembling the XBee shield, see the XBee Shield and Explorer USB Assembly Guide. What do I do with them? How do I make them work? Stream] XBEE Tutorial. From : The technology defined by the ZigBee specification is intended to be simpler and less expensive than other WPANs, such as Bluetooth.
ZigBee is targeted at radio-frequency (RF) applications that require a low data rate, long battery life, and secure networking. ZigBee is a low-cost, low-power, wireless mesh networking proprietary standard. The low cost allows the technology to be widely deployed in wireless control and monitoring applications, the low power-usage allows longer life with smaller batteries, and the mesh networking provides high reliability and larger range. [ Foreword ] Xbee can be used for wireless communication with low power consumption. In this tutorial , I'll show you the most basic way to make a Xbee network communication happen which is only consist two Xbee.
It is simple to make XBee talk to another XBee( P2P , use 802.15.4) , however , it is not an easy job to setup a Zigbee Network. In my case , the USB Adapter has a FTDI chip : "FTDI FT232RL". Xbee Tutorial - TristanTech.net. This article is a step-by-step guide to help get started using the Xbee wireless modules.
You should already be familiar with computer serial ports, microcontrollers, UARTS, and etc. We will learn how to configure Xbee modules (set the baud rates, PAN ID, serial settings, etc) on your computer using X-CTU. What is Xbee? Xbee modules are bidirectional 2.4 GHz digital radios targeted towards hobbyists. They cost relatively cheap ($20 for a module) and are advertised to use small amounts of power. The modules have selectable baud rates (1200-230400 bps) and a 3.3 volt serial interface. The Xbee modules offer pretty good reliability. Another plus is that the newer Xbee modules also have built-in ADC's and digital I/O's so you can communicate simple information (like the output of a sensor) without bothering with a microcontroller. However, the coolest thing about Xbee is that it allows multi-point networks.