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Can not find AppBee

mikeepricemikeeprice Posts: 3
edited 2010-06-22 16:52 in Propeller 1
Since I just recently purchased a propeller demo board I bought the book "Programming and Customizing The Multicore Propeller Microcontroller". I decided I wanted to do chapter 5 with the XBee. So I ordered 2 XBee's. Then I went to order the AppBee's but the selmaware site said it has been discontinued. I did much googling but to no avail. Now what?

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  • dgatelydgately Posts: 1,633
    edited 2010-06-22 00:33
    Take a look at SparkFun. There are several adapter boards, one that you can use with your propeller board and one that you can hook-up to a computer via USB.

    http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=xbee&x=0&y=0&search_section=products

    There are several other adapter boards available, as well. Just Google "XBee". You may need to extrapolate how you'll hook one up to your propeller board, but it's a fairly simple task (XBee talks TTL serial).

    dgately
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-06-22 00:38
    Why not go to a one stop shop, Parallax.

    http://www.parallax.com/tabid/768/txtSearch/XBee/List/0/SortField/4/Default.aspx

    Jim
    mikeeprice said...
    Since I just recently purchased a propeller demo board I bought the book "Programming and Customizing The Multicore Propeller Microcontroller". I decided I wanted to do chapter 5 with the XBee. So I ordered 2 XBee's. Then I went to order the AppBee's but the selmaware site said it has been discontinued. I did much googling but to no avail. Now what?
  • dgatelydgately Posts: 1,633
    edited 2010-06-22 01:01
    @hover1

    Yep, I forgot that I used the adapters from Parallax as well... I had gotten some adapters from SparkFun when working on my Arduino projects jumpin.gif


    -dgately
  • mikeepricemikeeprice Posts: 3
    edited 2010-06-22 08:38
    When I was googling I saw those things. Here's the problem. I am new at this. I bought the book that I mentioned before so that I could learn how to do things with the propeller. In the book all I have to do is plug the 6 pins of the AppBee into my propeller demo board. I took a more indepth look at the Parallax offerings and I don't see how to do that with these other boards. It also says you need soldering experience because these are kits not just replacement boards for the AppBee. It also doesn't show how 2 rows of 11 pins connect to my propeller demo board like the 6 pins of the former AppBee board. It would be nice if parallax had some on line addendum to the book that shows how to use one of their adapter kits·as a replacement for·the AppBee.

    Thanks for your replies though. It answers my question, just not in the way that I had hoped. I imagine after I have destroyed a few things I will probably figure it out. Or not.
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-06-22 13:29
    Using the 6 pin header from the AppBee drawing and a drawing of the Parallax adapter, the attached file will show the connections needed.

    An I'm not 100% sure, but I thought the SelmaWare boards had to be soldered also?

    Jim
    mikeeprice said...
    When I was googling I saw those things. Here's the problem. I am new at this. I bought the book that I mentioned before so that I could learn how to do things with the propeller. In the book all I have to do is plug the 6 pins of the AppBee into my propeller demo board. I took a more indepth look at the Parallax offerings and I don't see how to do that with these other boards. It also says you need soldering experience because these are kits not just replacement boards for the AppBee. It also doesn't show how 2 rows of 11 pins connect to my propeller demo board like the 6 pins of the former AppBee board. It would be nice if parallax had some on line addendum to the book that shows how to use one of their adapter kits·as a replacement for·the AppBee.

    Thanks for your replies though. It answers my question, just not in the way that I had hoped. I imagine after I have destroyed a few things I will probably figure it out. Or not.
    pdf
    pdf
    AppBee to Parallax XBee.pdf
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  • mikeepricemikeeprice Posts: 3
    edited 2010-06-22 16:39
    Thanks for the diagram. It gives me an idea. I think I can make just a six pin connector(header?) and then attach it to the board with the wiring shown in the diagram. Then I will essentially have the AppBee. I ordered 3 of the Parallax adapter boards (32403). Once they arrive I will see what I can do with them.
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-06-22 16:52
    @mikeeprice

    Glad you did not get discouraged. It should be easy to adjust the Parallax board to the Chapter 5 schematics.·I just need·verification from a Parallax employee that my diagram is correct. Sometimes TX/RX, DIN/DOUT gets turned around, depending on which way·you are looking at the connections.

    Keep us posted!

    Jim
    mikeeprice said...
    Thanks for the diagram. It gives me an idea. I think I can make just a six pin connector(header?) and then attach it to the board with the wiring shown in the diagram. Then I will essentially have the AppBee. I ordered 3 of the Parallax adapter boards (32403). Once they arrive I will see what I can do with them.
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