XBee Tutorial - Chapter 2 Draft "Parallax XBee Adapter Boards"
Steph Lindsay
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Hi Everyone,
Attached is the draft of Chapter 2, enabled for commenting in Adobe Reader. See the Chapter 1 thread for more info about the project. Feedback is welcome!
An index to all of the chapter draft posts is included in the Wireless Index stickly thread.
-Steph Lindsay
Editor, Parallax Inc.
Post Edited (Steph Lindsay (Parallax)) : 7/27/2010 10:39:56 PM GMT
Attached is the draft of Chapter 2, enabled for commenting in Adobe Reader. See the Chapter 1 thread for more info about the project. Feedback is welcome!
An index to all of the chapter draft posts is included in the Wireless Index stickly thread.
-Steph Lindsay
Editor, Parallax Inc.
Post Edited (Steph Lindsay (Parallax)) : 7/27/2010 10:39:56 PM GMT
Comments
That should, of course, say "I/O buffering".
A later information box reads
It would be helpful here to point out that the transmit current of the "Pro" XBee is over 200 mA, and therefore that this board should not be used in an application in which an XBee Pro transmits constantly or nearly constantly. The beginner may not know why he or she is being warned about the regulator output.
On page 22, in the list of pin connections, the "I" in "RSSI" seems to be underlined, and not in bold.
On page 23:
How about "that two sources of power [noparse][[/noparse]not "powers"] are not applied at the same time...". This comes up again later in the chapter as well.
On page 25 is
I believe the second should be "Receive", not "Receiver".
Post Edited (sylvie369) : 7/26/2010 8:44:49 PM GMT
-Steph