Part of what makes XBee so popular is its simplicity. XBees are controlled over a
-- in the most basic operation they can be used as a
XBee networks and addresses is also simplified with Digi's free software -- XCTU -- which we
explain in a
.
Covered In This Tutorial
The goal of this tutorial is to set up wireless XBee communication between a computer and an
Arduino/XBee Shield combo. Then, using a
, we can remotely send data to an
Arduino, or read data off of it.
of the XBee Shield, then move on to
example code. First we'll set up a
to make sure our XBees are communicating with
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