The Hands-on XBEE Lab Manual

Experiment 8

How to Handle Data from Several Analog Inputs

Requirements

2 XBee modules

2 XBee adapters

1 3.3-volt DC power supply

1 10-kohm (10,000-ohm) variable resistor

1 10-kohm resistor, 1/4-watt, 10% (brown-black-orange)

1 4700-ohm resistor, 1/4-watt, 10% (yellow-violet-red)

1 Solderless breadboard

1 USB-to-XBee adapter

1 USB cable—type-A to mini-B

Digi X-CTU software running on a Windows PC, with an open USB port

Small screwdriver, flat blade

Copies of the tables from Appendix I

Introduction

In previous experiments you learned how an XBee receiver formats its data. With that knowledge, you can separate, or parse, the received information into groups to determine the logic state of any active digital inputs and extract data for any ...