Summary of Contents for Cytron Technologies XBee Shield
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R OBOT . HEAD to TOE P roduct User’s Manual – S HIELD-XBEE SHIELD-XBEE Cytron XBee Shield User's Manual V1.0 March 2014 Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
R OBOT . HEAD to TOE P roduct User’s Manual – S HIELD-XBEE Index Introduction and Overview Packing List Product Specification and Limitations Dimension Board Layout Hardware Software Getting Started Warranty Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
X Bee WIFI etc. Cytron XBee Shield has stackable side headers which allows more Arduino shield to be stacked on top of it. Cytron XBee Shield can be used for communication between XBee and Arduino main board or XBee and computer. Features: ●...
2. PACKING LIST 1. 1 x S hield-XBee 2. 2 x m ini jumper (on board) 3. User’s manual, and sample source code can be downloaded from http://www.cytron.com.my Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
P roduct User’s Manual – S HIELD-XBEE 3. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION AND LIMITATIONS Parameters Typical Unit Input Voltage V (Logic Input – High Level) 3.3-5.0 IOH V (Logic Input – Low Level) IOL Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
R OBOT . HEAD to TOE P roduct User’s Manual – S HIELD-XBEE 4. DIMENSION Dimensions (mm) Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
R OBOT . HEAD to TOE P roduct User’s Manual – S HIELD-XBEE 5 . BOARD LAYOUT Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
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Arduino main board will require around 30ms to ready after reset. 7. Power indicator LED (Green) Indicator to shows that power is supplied to Cytron XBEE Shield. 8. Receiver status LED RX is a LED connected to XBee’s receiver (DIN, pin 3). This LED will blink if XBee receiver pin receives data from either USB or microcontroller..
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* Selecting USB for both TX and RX on Selector Jumper for direct PC to XBee communication. User can use X CTU o r other terminal program for this purpose. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
Figure below shows that the SHIELD-XBEE is stacked on the Arduino UNO. Please ensure that the pins alignment is correct. Figure below shows that the SHIELD-XBEE is stacked on the Arduino Mega. Please ensure that the pins alignment is correct. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
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Select USB for TX and RX if user want to use PC to communicate with XBee. Jumper Selections: Mode PC-XBee Communication Arduino -XBee Communication- Hardware UART Arduino -XBee Communication- Software UART Arduino -XBee Communication -Software UART Arduino -XBee Communication- Software UART Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
7. SOFTWARE User can use the Arduino Hardware Serial Library or Software Serial Library . Please Refer to Arduino website for the reference. Hardware Serial Library: http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Serial Software Serial Library: http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerial Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
No. 16, Jalan Industri Ringan Permatang Tinggi 2, Kawasan Industri Ringan Permatang Tinggi, 14100 Simpang Ampat, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +604 - 504 1878 Fax: +604 -504 0138 URL: www.cytron.com.my Email: s upport@cytron.com.my sales@cytron.com.my Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Rights Reserved...
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