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1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents; Preface; How This Book Is Organized; About the Title; About the Examples; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Getting Ready; Buying an XBee Radio; Hardware; Antennas; Vendors; Buying an Adapter; Digi Evaluation Board; USB Adapters; Breakout Boards; Arduino Board Adapter Hack; What Are All Those Pins?; Choosing a Terminal Program; Firmware Update Software; X-CTU; Terminal Software for Configuring Settings; CoolTerm; HyperTerminal; Tera Term; ZTerm; screen; Others; Summary |
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Chapter 2. Up and RunningRadio Basics; Electromagnetic Spectrum; Inverse Square Law; Introduction to ZigBee; Network Topology; Addressing Basics; PAN Addresses; Channels; All Together Now; XBee Firmware Updates; Reading Current Firmware and Configuration; Configuring XBee; Settings; Connecting from Windows; Connecting from Macintosh; Command Mode and Transparent Mode; AT Commands (Are Your Friend); Using AT Commands; Basic ZigBee Chat; Parts; Addresses; Coordinator; Router; Two Computers; One Computer; Chat; Troubleshooting; Success!; Chapter 3. Build a Better Doorbell; ZigBee and Arduino |
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About ArduinoArduino Basics; Buying an Arduino; Don't forget the cable; Downloading the software; Using the Arduino IDE; Selecting the board and port; Code structure; Buying electronics supplies; Connecting to Arduino; Doorbell Projects; Parts; Prepare Your Radios; Connect Power from Arduino to Breadboard; XBee Breakout Board; XBee Connections; Doorbell Introduction; Switch Input ... ; ... and Buzzer Output; Configure Your XBees; Program the Arduino Doorbell; Troubleshooting; Feedback Doorbell; Feedback Light; Program the Arduino Feedback Doorbell; Extra: Nap Doorbells and More |
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Chapter 4. Ins and OutsThe Story of Data; Direct, Indirect, Subtext; I/O Concepts; Why XBee Direct?; XBee Direct Limitations; XBee I/O Features; AT Configuration I/O Commands; Advanced I/O Commands; Romantic Lighting Sensor; Basic Romantic Lighting Sensor; Parts; Prepare your coordinator radio; Prepare your router radio; Prepare the Sensor Board; Configure your router XBee; Connect power from battery to breadboard; Router XBee connection to battery; Photoresistor input; Prepare the Base Station; Connect power from Arduino to breadboard; Coordinator XBee connection to Arduino; Light output |
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Program the romantic lighting sensor base stationTroubleshooting; Romantic Lighting Sensor with Feedback; Add light output to the sensor; Configure your router XBee; Program the romantic lighting sensor with feedback base station; API Ahead; Chapter 5. API and a Sensor Network; What's an API?; Protocols; Humans; Computers; Start bytes; Length byte; Contents ID; XBee API Protocol; Start Delimiter; Length Bytes; Frame Data Bytes; Checksum; API Frame Types; AT Commands; Frame type; Frame ID; AT command; Parameter value; Checksum; AT Responses; Frame type; Frame ID; AT command; Command status |
| Summary |
Get ready to create distributed sensor systems and intelligent interactive devices using the ZigBee wireless networking protocol and Series 2 XBee radios. By the time you're halfway through this fast-paced, hands-on guide, you'll have built a series of useful projects, including a complete ZigBee wireless network that delivers remotely sensed data. Radio networking is creating revolutions in volcano monitoring, performance art, clean energy, and consumer electronics. As you follow the examples in each chapter, you'll learn how to tackle inspiring projects of your own. This practi |
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Print version record |
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Wireless sensor networks.
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Wireless sensor networks.
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Wireless sensor networks
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781449302849 |
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144930284X |
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