Chapter 1. A World without Wires
In this chapter, you are going to set up some XBee modules and send your first couple of bytes wirelessly. You will see how to wire up an XBee module, how to flash and configure it using the XCTU program, and how to manually transmit data. You will also learn about ZigBee networks, addressing, and network formation.
To follow the examples, the following components are recommended:
- Two XBee ZB modules (sometimes called "Series 2" modules, ordering code XB24-Z7xIT-xxx, https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11217).
- One SparkFun XBee Explorer USB adapter (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11812).
- One SparkFun XBee shield (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12847). Do not forget the stackable headers if they are not included ...
Get Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
