I tried the Xbee, Jon, but my project had to be priced for 1,000 off so I rejected them in favour of the much cheaper ETRX2's
is it worth mentioning the different flavours of Zigbee ? I'm a year or so out of date wiht the Zigbee protocols but there were some differences to protocols which meant that some Zigbee Pro modules could not be mated with Zigbee vanilla modules, despite there supposed to be a standard protocol. I think the easiest Zigbee solution is to buy the modules that suit you best, either for price, for features EG I used the ETRX2 battery voltage monitor register, like you also mentioned the A/D pins whcih can be sued for other things, such as reading temperature, and then just buy enough modules and maybe a couple of spares, all of the same type. Microchip have lagged behind a bit on Zigbee but they're getting there, they have always had this (cheapest yet) http://uk.farnell.com/microchip/mrf24j40ma-i-rm/rf-transceiver-module-2-4ghz/dp/1630202 but yoiu need to start driving that with an off-cip controller loaded with yoiur protocol stacks, or just write your own protocol and make use of the built in features. On Apr 8, 4:06 pm, "Jonathan Peakall" <[email protected]> wrote: > I use the xbee's to get data from my windmill, it's too far away for the Linx > modules. I like 'em and they are worth the price if you need the range. Also > have a lot of neat features, like some ADC and I/O pins. > > Jonathan > > These are neat, too. Kind of pricey. > > http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8664 > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use linx modules: > > http://www.linxtechnologies.com/products/rf-modules/ > > Used 'em for years, work great. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
