Grove - XBee Carrier User Manual Release date： 2015/9/22 Version： 1.0 Wiki: http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bee_Stem Bazaar:http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Grove-XBee-Carrier-p905.
Document Revision History Revision Date Author Description 1.0 Sep 22, 2015 Jiankai.
Contents Document Revision History ·········································································2 1. Introduction ·······················································································2 2. Features ····························································································3 3. Application Ideas ·················································································4 4.
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1. Introduction The Grove - XBee Carrier is a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) base board designed for Bee series and Grove units. It is primarily suitable for standalone Bee Nodes like RFBee, Wifi Bee which have ATMega328 onboard and XBee (Zigbee) modules. It is compatible with RFBee, Wifi Bee, XBee and Bluetooth Bee. Besides a Bee receptacle, there are also two Grove connectors. The board can be powered by a lithium battery or through USB cable.
2. Features Bees Compatible Receptacle Two Grove Connectors Two Grove Place Holders LEDs for PWR, Charge Indication and UART transmission.
3. Application 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.
4. Cautions Insert the Bees in the proper direction. Use the Bee outline on the silk-screen.
5. Specification Item Min Typical 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) Low Noise and Micropower type. Suitable for 3.3V LDO Battery Application. I/O Logic 3.
6. Interface Function U2: RT9167A_33PB IC, 3.
7. Usage When using an RFBee, the following pinouts of ATmage168 on RFBee apply for using the Arduino IDE. Pin 5 is the Grove connector for I/O - Yellow wire. Pin 6 is the Grove connector for I/O - White wire. Pin 16 may need to be driven low to provide enough power to the I/O Grove [via mosfet. Pin 17 may need to be driven low to provide enough power to the I2C Grove [via mosfet]. Note: you can use the x2 Grove cable with the white and yellow wires swapped on one to access both I/O.
Nodes - Wifi Bee andRFBee. 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.
Working with Bee Modules This section is about those Bee modules which do not have a MCU pre-programmed with Arduino bootloader. They mostly act just like a wireless trans-receiver. These Bee Modules like Bluetooth Bee, etc.. can communicated with PC as well. In this case, Grove - XBee Carrier acts as a carrier for these Bees providing necessary power, communication interface with PC through FT232RL USB to UART.
For more information on using Bluetooth Bee, consult the Bluetooth Bee Commands documentation. Programming /* Test code for use with an XBee Carrier & an RF Bee Turns on PD5 (eg: grove relay) on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.
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9. Support If you have questions or other better design ideas, you can go to our forum or wish to discuss.
