sparkfun XBee Shield Manuals

XBee Shield Hookup Guide   Introduction Heads up! Originally, this tutorial was written to configure an XBee Series 1 to communicate in transparency mode. However, this can apply to the XBee Series 3 module as long as you configure the firmware to the legacy 802.15.4 protocol. For more information, check out the Exploring XBees and XCTU tutorial. The XBee Shield gives your Arduino a seamless interface to XBee -- one of the most popular wireless platforms around. With XBee, instead of being tied down by a serial cable -- inches away from a paired device -- your Arduino can pass data over the air to another device hundreds of feet away. SparkFun XBee Shield  WRL-12847

XBee Shield Hookup Guide   CONTRIBUTORS: JIMB0 Introduction The XBee Shield gives your Arduino a seamless interface to XBee – one of the most popular wireless platforms around. With XBee, instead of being tied down by a serial cable – inches away from a paired device – your Arduino can pass data over the air to another device hundreds of feet away. Part of what makes XBee so popular is its simplicity. XBees are controlled over a serial interface – in the most basic operation they can be used as a wireless serial cable. Setting up XBee networks and addresses is also simplified with Digi’s free software – XCTU – which we explain in a separate tutorial. 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 terminal program, we can remotely send data to an Arduino, or read data off of it. Page 1 of 13