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Title: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: karri sai krishna yadav on September 26, 2009, 04:03:41 PM

Details about xbee...any hlp

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: galannthegreat on September 26, 2009, 05:06:44 PM

Xbee is a wireless system that can be implemented almost anywhere. Here it is used as a method of communicating to other controllers or to a computer, or whatever you need your device/project to connect to wirelessly.

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: SmAsH on September 26, 2009, 10:26:26 PM

Someone doesn't like to google...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee)

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: kd5kfl on September 27, 2009, 10:07:21 AM

xbee is not zigbee

excellent tutorial on zigbee:

http://www.jennic.com/elearning/zigbee/files/content_frame.htm (http://www.jennic.com/elearning/zigbee/files/content_frame.htm)

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: BEAMer on September 28, 2009, 10:51:03 AM

yeah zigbee is the other name for the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. Whereas Xbee is a system/device, manufactured by Digi international that implements the zigbee protocol on its hardware.

BEAMer

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: waltr on October 03, 2009, 10:38:34 AM

Quote from: BEAMer on September 28, 2009, 10:51:03 AM

yeah zigbee is the other name for the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. Whereas Xbee is a system/device, manufactured by Digi international that implements the zigbee protocol on its hardware.

BEAMer

Not really, ZigBee is addition layers of protocol that uses the 802.15.4 Mac and physical layers.
Digi Int has Xbee's that run  802.15.4 and ZigBee but they will not communicate with each other. There are also a few other protocols that Digi Int has for XBee modules such as DigiMesh.
The protocol is determined by the firmware loaded into a module and the chip set used in the module (series 1 or 2).

Which protocol to use is determined by what you need. For simple point to point (robot to/from PC) the 802.15.4 works well. If you have several robots that need to 'talk' to each other as well as a PC then the ZigBee protocol or DigiMesh may be better.

Digi Int has lots of documents and a good forum on their web site. Just beware that all the information is there but is written for professionals that understand more than just the basics of radio networking. That is one reason there is much confusion as to what an Xbee is and can do.

Once the protocol is understood, Xbee modules are great 'easy' to use bi-directional RF links. My next bot will be using an Xbee.

wr

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: madsci1016 on October 03, 2009, 03:37:03 PM

The new Xbee's can do mesh networks (outside of digimesh), but i haven't tried that mode. I have two 900 pros and love them.

Title: Re: Anybody knows wat is xbee nd how to use it?
Post by: BEAMer on October 05, 2009, 09:39:52 PM

Thanks waltr!

BEAMer