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9 

 

Nodes -

 

Wifi Bee

 

and

RFBee

. 

 

The following image illustrated the connection of

 

WiFi Bee

 

to

 

Grove - XBee Carrier

. 

 

Any Groves can be connected to the Grove sockets provided. 

 

The programming of WiFi Bee's onboard

 

AtMega328P

 

is carried by connecting to PC through 

USB port. (FT232RL is used) 

 

 

Bee Stem Connected to Wifi BEE and A Twig.jpg 

 

Refer 

Wifi Bee usage documentation for programming examples

 

 

Bee Stem Connected To RFBee And TwoTwigs.jpg 

Summary of Contents for GroveXBee Carrier

Page 1: ...1 Grove XBee Carrier User Manual Version 1 0 Release date 2015 9 22 Wiki http www seeedstudio com wiki index php title Bee_Stem Bazaar http www seeedstudio com depot Grove XBee Carrier p 905 html ...

Page 2: ...2 Document Revision History Revision Date Author Description 1 0 Sep 22 2015 Jiankai li Create file ...

Page 3: ... Document Revision History 2 1 Introduction 2 2 Features 3 3 Application Ideas 4 4 Cautions 5 5 Specification 6 6 Interface Function 7 7 Usage 8 Hardware Installation 8 Programming 11 8 Resources 13 9 Support 14 ...

Page 4: ...ision of Seeed Technology Inc this manual has been compiled and published which covered the latest product description and specification The content of this manual is subject to change without notice Copyright The design of this product including software and its accessories is under tutelage of laws Any action to violate relevant right of our product will be penalized through law Please conscious...

Page 5: ...e board can be powered by a lithium battery or through USB cable You can use a Wireless charger Solar Panel or the USB cable to charge the battery The FT232RL chip onboard helps in downloading the program to Bee Module directly Bees which do not have ATMega328 like Bluetooth Bee can only be configured by using on board FT232RL USB to UART Theses Bees are not suitable for standalone applications Th...

Page 6: ...3 2 Features Bees Compatible Receptacle Two Grove Connectors Two Grove Place Holders LEDs for PWR Charge Indication and UART transmission Power Switch Reset Button ...

Page 7: ...ion Ideas Wireless Sensor Network with Standalone Bee Node like Wifi Bee As a configuration aid for Bees using FT232RL Charger for Lithium Ion Cells using on board charge controller As a FT232RL based 3 3v USB UART ...

Page 8: ...5 4 Cautions Insert the Bees in the proper direction Use the Bee outline on the silk screen ...

Page 9: ...ypical Max Unit Voltage 3 0 3 3 3 6 VDC Charge Controller CN3063 CHARGER Charging Voltage for LiPo Battery 4 4V to 6V as per CN3063 Spec 3 3V LDO Low Noise and Micropower type Suitable for Battery Application I O Logic 3 3V Logic ...

Page 10: ... 6 Interface Function U2 RT9167A_33PB IC 3 3V LDO Lownoise Micropower Regulator U3 CN3083 IC Charger controller for Lithium batteries charging using solar panel U4 FT232RL IC USB to serial UART interface ...

Page 11: ...via mosfet Note you can use the x2 Grove cable with the white and yellow wires swapped on one to access both I O Hardware Installation Charging Now you can choose a suitable battery for your application from SeeedStudio Batteries and Chargers Connect a 3 7v LiPo battery to BAT JST socket Connect a power source like Solar Panel to CHARGER JST Socket The Battery will be continuous charged The end of...

Page 12: ...oves can be connected to the Grove sockets provided The programming of WiFi Bee s onboard AtMega328P is carried by connecting to PC through USB port FT232RL is used Bee Stem Connected to Wifi BEE and A Twig jpg Refer Wifi Bee usage documentation for programming examples Bee Stem Connected To RFBee And TwoTwigs jpg ...

Page 13: ...arrier acts as a carrier for these Bees providing necessary power communication interface with PC through FT232RL USB to UART In the below example Bluetooth Bee is connected to Grove XBee Carrier and configured using USB UART The communication of Bluetooth Bee and PC is captured with a serial port terminal application You can see the commands and their reply in the screenshot below The Bluetooth B...

Page 14: ...then off for one second repeatedly void setup initialize the digital pin as an output Pin 5 is the Grove connector for I O pinMode 5 OUTPUT These lines are needed to ensure that the relay will pull in provides power to the Grove pinMode 16 OUTPUT digitalWrite 16 LOW void loop digitalWrite 5 HIGH set the LED on delay 1000 wait for a second digitalWrite 5 LOW set the LED off delay 1000 wait for a se...

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Page 16: ...13 8 Resources Grove XBee Carrier Eagle Files Grove XBee Carrier PDF schematics file CN3063 RT9167A_33PB ...

Page 17: ...14 9 Support If you have questions or other better design ideas you can go to our forum or wish to discuss ...

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