XBee S2 for Remote Car on Arduino
lionclop
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Hi!
FIrst of all, yes, I googled.
I have an RC car, controlled by Arduino (oh, don't ask why), with the Adafruit Motorshield on top.
By using simple code i made the car moving.
I need it to recieve the pushbuttons data, so it will move forward, backward, right and left.
Special for that (and for future education purposes) I got two XBee Series 2, with the Explorer (Regulated) and Explorer USB.
Right now I am having problems with direct input of XBee.
I want simply connect pushbuttons to DIO0-DIO3 of one XBee and have it as output on DIO0-DIO3 of another XBee.
After that I want to connect it to Arduino and make it move the wheels by the motorshield.
I was trying to follow many instructions, but, whatever I do, nothing works, so i stoped at that particular one:
http://www.freakent.co.uk/2013/01/20/look-no-arduino-xbee-sensor-network/
At the and I am getting RSSI being ON on both XBee modules, and DOUT of reciever module.
However, test LED on the DIO0 does not flash.
This is my test circuit for XBees:
Please, any help, tip or guidance will be an asset.
ps.
I power up the circuit by AAA batteries. Could i have problems because of power lackage?
FIrst of all, yes, I googled.
I have an RC car, controlled by Arduino (oh, don't ask why), with the Adafruit Motorshield on top.
By using simple code i made the car moving.
I need it to recieve the pushbuttons data, so it will move forward, backward, right and left.
Special for that (and for future education purposes) I got two XBee Series 2, with the Explorer (Regulated) and Explorer USB.
Right now I am having problems with direct input of XBee.
I want simply connect pushbuttons to DIO0-DIO3 of one XBee and have it as output on DIO0-DIO3 of another XBee.
After that I want to connect it to Arduino and make it move the wheels by the motorshield.
I was trying to follow many instructions, but, whatever I do, nothing works, so i stoped at that particular one:
http://www.freakent.co.uk/2013/01/20/look-no-arduino-xbee-sensor-network/
At the and I am getting RSSI being ON on both XBee modules, and DOUT of reciever module.
However, test LED on the DIO0 does not flash.
This is my test circuit for XBees:
Please, any help, tip or guidance will be an asset.
ps.
I power up the circuit by AAA batteries. Could i have problems because of power lackage?
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http://www.parallax.com/portals/0/downloads/docs/prod/book/122-32450-XBeeTutorial-v1.0.1.pdf
http://www.parallax.com/go/XBee#downloads
Have the XBees been set up for API mode?
That's not their "out of the box" situation.