Sensor Area Networks (SANs)

[davidbrady]

Got some toys in the mail today.

Here you can see how tiny this stuff is. Starting on the left is an XBee shield for my Arduino Uno, an XBee USB Explorer, 2 XBee Dongle Explorer's, and 2 XBee Pro Series-2B ZigBee 63mW radio transceivers.


The XBee Pro plugged into the USB Explorer and then into my laptop:


The XBee Pro plugged into the USB Dongle Explorer and then into my laptop:


My Arduino Uno:


And, my XBee shield plugged into my Ardunio Uno. The sockets on top are for the XBee Pro:


The XBee Pro has a max data rate of 250kbps, a 63mW output transmitter, a built-in printed circuit card antenna, and a 1 mile range. Series-2B allows mesh networks.

I have one configured as a router and one configured as a coordinator. I should have my laptops talking to each other via XBee shortly. Stay tuned!