The Hands-on XBEE Lab Manual: Experiments that Teach you XBEE Wirelesss Communications

Get the practical knowledge you need to set up and deploy XBee modules with this hands-on, step-by-step series of experiments.

The Hands-on XBee Lab Manual takes the reader through a range of experiments, using a hands-on approach. Each section demonstrates module set up and configuration, explores module functions and capabilities, and, where applicable, introduces the necessary microcontrollers and software to control and communicate with the modules. Experiments cover simple setup of modules, establishing a network of modules, identifying modules in the network, and some sensor-interface designs.

This book explains, in practical terms, the basic capabilities and potential uses of XBee modules, and gives engineers the know-how that they need to apply the technology to their networks and embedded systems.

Jon Titus (KZ1G) is a Freelance technical writer, editor, and designer based in Herriman, Utah, USA and previously editorial director at Test & Measurement World magazine and EDN magazine. Titus is the inventor of the first personal-computer kit, the Mark-8, now in the collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

The only book to cover XBee in practical fashion; enables you to get up and running quickly with step-by-step tutorialsProvides insight into the product data sheets, saving you time and helping you get straight to the information you needIncludes troubleshooting and testing information, plus downloadable configuration files and fully-documented source code to illustrate and explain operations

Experiment 1. Introduction to the X-CTU Software Experiment 2. How to Change XBee Module Configurations Experiment 3. One-Way Digital-Input Communications Experiment 4. Use an XBee Module for Remote Control Experiment 5. XBee Modules Transfer and Control Analog Signals Experiment 6. Remote Control of Digital and Analog Devices Experiment 7. How to Transmit Data on a Logic-Level Change Experiment 8. How to Handle Data from Several Analog Inputs Experiment 9. Investigate Sleep Modes and Sleep-Mode Timing Experiment 10. How to Use API Packets to Control a Local XBee Module Experiment 11. How to Use API Packets to Control Remote XBee Modules Experiment 12. How to Use API Packets to Control Remote I/O Lines Experiment 13. Remote Control of PWM Outputs Experiment 14. How to Parse Data from Digital and Analog Pins and Control Individual Digital Outputs Experiment 15. How to Control Several XBee Modules with Broadcast Commands Experiment 16. How to Communicate Between an MCU and an XBee Module Experiment 17. Two-Way Communications with XBee Modules Experiment 18. How to Discover Nearby XBee Modules Experiment 19. How to Set Up a Small XBee Network Experiment 20. Digital and Analog Measurements in a Network Experiment 21. How to Handle an Unknown Number of XBee Modules Experiment 22. Exploring Cyclic-Sleep Operations