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XBee Wireless Pack KickStart (#32440) 

 

 

What It Can Do 

 

Uses a radio link to wirelessly connect two (or more) microcontrollers or other devices, with a 

range of up to 300 feet* 

 

Supports the industry-standard IEEE 802.15.4 communications protocol 

 

Included USB adapter board allows direct connection to a PC 

*Effective range depends on numerous factors, such as use indoors or outdoors, antenna type, 
data speed, obstacles, and nearby objects or equipment that may reflect or interfere with radio 
transmission. Indoor range may be reduced to 100 feet or less, depending on building 
construction. 

The XBee® Wireless Kit contains two self-contained radio transceivers, enabling two devices, 
like a microcontroller and sensor, to wirelessly communicate at data rates of up to 115,200 baud 
— 9,600 baud is the default, and is fast enough for most applications. The XBee Wireless Kit 
can be used to transmit sensor data from one microcontroller to another or from a 
microcontroller to a personal computer. The remote transmitting station can be located in a 
different room, even outdoors. 

 

The XBee Wireless Kit comes with the following components in one package: 

 

(2) Series 1 XBee transceiver modules, with internal PCB-mounted antenna 

Summary of Contents for 32440

Page 1: ...data speed obstacles and nearby objects or equipment that may reflect or interfere with radio transmission Indoor range may be reduced to 100 feet or less depending on building construction The XBee...

Page 2: ...e with one another without the need to modify built in settings This simplifies their use but imposes some restrictions such as slower communications speed and the number of XBee transceivers that can...

Page 3: ...e transceiver is wired in loopback mode its Data Out DOUT and Data In DIN pins are connected together Whatever data the remote XBee receives is simply sent back echoed to you This way you don t need a...

Page 4: ...ds LOOP Note When this program is run the BASIC Stamp Debug Terminal will automatically open Press a letter or number key You will know things are working when each key you press is echoed back to you...

Page 5: ...rx Accept data from PC and send to XBee Pub XB_to_PC XB rxFlush Empty buffer for data from XB repeat PC tx XB rx Accept data from XBee send to PC Note This program uses the Parallax Serial Terminal ob...

Page 6: ...Serial Xbee Rx Tx void setup Serial begin 9600 Set to No line ending Xbee begin 9600 type a char then hit enter delay 500 void loop if Serial available Is serial data available char outgoing Serial re...

Page 7: ...Enter key after each character or string of characters Be sure to choose the Carriage return and line feed option in the Serial Monitor window to enable the Enter key action For More Information Refe...

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