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2012-03-10
Arduino
The Xbee shield allows an Arduino board to communicate wirelessly using Zigbee. It is based on the Xbee module from MaxStream. The module can communicate up to 100 feet indoors or 300 feet outdoors (with line-of-sight). It can be used as a serial/usb replacement or you can put it into a command mode and configure it for a variety of broadcast and mesh networking options. The shields breaks out each of the Xbee's pins to a through-hole solder pad. It also provides female pin headers for use of digital pins 2 to 7 and the analog inputs, which are covered by the shield (digital pins 8 to 13 are not obstructed by the shield, so you can use the headers on the board itself).
The Xbee shield was created in collaboration with Libelium, who developed it for use in their SquidBee motes (used for creating sensor networks).
Arduino Xbee Libellium Shield
http://arduino.cc/it/Main/ArduinoXbeeShield
Arduino
Shield
Libellium
Shield
Arduino Shield
Xbee
1
+5V
3
4
RESET
GND
M8RXD
M8TXD
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
I/08
I/02
I/03
I/06
I/05
15
14
13
I/07
I/04
M8RXD
DOUT
M8TXD
M8RXD
2
M8TXD
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
+5V
GND
GND
9
8
PWM1
PWM0
RST
4
DIN
DOUT
+3V3