XBEE (ZIGBEE)

Can Xbee be used to connect to the SSC32? I have a Xbee Module and dongle (for the PC) setup on my Parallax Boe-Bot and am purchasing a BRAT kit and would like to reuse it to have a wirless connection the the BRAT … Is this possible?

If you can program a stamp with it it should easily pass commands to the SSC-32. Even better if it can communicate up to 115.2kbaud. Sounds like fun! :smiley:

Guess my only question is the interface (connection) to the SSC32 board … I use an AppBee board (selmaware) on the BOE side to connect now … AppBee/Xbee plugs into the AppMod on my BOE …

Not sure how to connect it to the SSC … I see some how-to’s on connecting a BlueSmirf to one …

The question is does your board require TTL or RS-232 serial connection? if it’s TTL then you may be able to use a setup similar to the bluetooth tutorial.

The XBee unit handles the packaging of data for transmission and error checking and
acknowledgements on reception. All that is required is to send the device serial asynchronous
data (9600, 8-N-1 by default) for transmission and accepting data addressed to that particular
node. The XBee is a 3.3V device using non-inverted data (3.3V = Logic 1, 0V = Logic 0).
Signal conditioning from RS-232 ports or from the 5V BASIC Stamp are required. For simple
data flow all that is required is data sent to Din and accepted from Dout. RTS may be enabled so
that the XBee does not send data it received via RF before the interfaced device is ready to
accept the data.
Simple XBee data communications with interfaced device
By default, all devices are at address 0 and send to address 0. With a little coding addresses may
be changed and flow control may be added.

After some reading looks like the RX TX and RTS are conditioned through the board so I guess it would be TTL … Right? (the AppBee board has a 3.3v reg on it)

BASIC Stamp to XBee Using the AppBee Mod Board—

The AppBee Mod board plugs into the AppMod header on the Parallax Board of Education (BOE) and other common boards. To provide flexibility in pin assignments, jumper wires must be placed between the AppMod header 20-pin connector and XBee communications header where P0 (0) of the BASIC Stamp is connected to RX, 2 to TX and 6 toRTS.

**XBee header connections starting with * denote it is an input to the XBee and are signal conditioned to 3.3V through the 74LVC244A buffer. **