For the projects working with wireless and XBee, I documented what I got working with XBees series 1. I think it’s relevant to share, because most of the documentation I could found was for Series 2, making it more confusing than it actually has to be. I see three possible scenarios:
- If you can have an Arduino (or other microcontroller) at both ends, and are using XBee only as a wire replacement connection, you are all set by just pairing them up, and connecting them to the Rx/Tx on the Arduino.
- If you want to have only the sensors at one end (either digital, or analog), and can have an Arduino reading Serial data at the other end, this other setup will have you walking in five minutes.
- If you want to read analog (or digital) data on one end, only with the XBee (for footprint and power considerations), and on the other end have another XBee output the same type of data, you need to use I/O Line Passing. I’m writting about this, will post briefly to my blog.
hey i have been searching through the internet and i found your blog quite helpful. i have a problem. an analog signal is pass through to the AD0 and i want to transmit to the other xbee stand-alone without using any other microcontroller. how the connection should be in your opinion as the receiver will be connected serially to the computer. i hope u could help me.