SparkFun Electronics - Breakout Board for XBee Module

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Breakout Board for XBee Module

sku: BOB-08276

Description: This is a simple breakout board for the popular XBee product from Maxstream. This board breaks out all 20 pins of the XBee to a 0.1" standard spacing dual row header. The spacing between 0.1" headers is 0.5" making it breadboard DIP friendly. We highly recommend using the female sockets to avoid having to solder the XBee permanently to the breakout board. This is the PCB only. Please order the accompanying 2mm sockets (you'll need 2!) and 0.1" headers below.

Documents: 5V Interface to 3V XBee module

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$2.95	price
$2.66	10-99 (10% off)
$2.36	100+ (20% off)

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bearsinthesea

+3.9

| October 12, 2008 at 7:16 PM

+0.16

Be careful soldering in the stand offs! Don't let too much solder run down into the holes.

I soldered in the 2mm sockets normally, and some of the solder ran through and into the holes that accept the xbee's pins. I could not get the solder out with wick, so the socket (and the board when i tried to desolder it) was ruined.

picture here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/marc.bayerkohler/Misc#5256440319164643730

you can see where some of the solder went through and filled the copper receptacles, so the xbee would not plug in.

	by The Programer +1.9 \| March 9, 2009 at 2:31 PM 0
I had the same problem, but was lucky enough to be able to use the side with that has the serial and power connections. Maybe Sparkfun could carry some of these with the Xbee sockets already soldered on?

	by ebusto +2.4 \| March 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM 0
Funny, I had the same exact problem while soldering the 2mm sockets to this board. Only I took it a step further, and ruined two boards in the same fashion, as I didn't check out the first board before starting on the second.

	by Aidanx1 +1.5 \| March 25, 2009 at 12:21 AM 0
I read the comments on here before attempting to soler the stand-offs and STILL managed to ruin one on my boards in in the same way. Sparkfun need to start selling these pre-soldered. What a waste of money :(

	by Chiel +8.8 \| August 26, 2009 at 7:54 AM 0
The Regulated Xbee Eplorer is presoldered with headers, but they are a little bit more expensive because they also allow a 5 volt power supply to be connected.

blinka

+2.4

| September 2, 2009 at 9:56 PM

+0.6

I read these comments, and thought to myself, "I'm going to screw this up", especially since I've just started to learn how to solder. I was surprised after wards (having soldered in both the headers and the 2mm sockets) that every thing connected just fine, and continuity testing with a DMM confirmed that all the connections were made. I do admit that I did error on the side of too-little solder and therefore some of the joints may not be as strong as they should be, but I suspect it will be fine.

	by Pantone1795 \| September 3, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Congrats on the soldering success!!!

	by PaB +1.2 \| November 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM 0
I had the same problem with the solder going into the socket. Took me ages to persuade the solder to come back down the pin out of the socket. Maybe a mention should be made on the product page about this? I realise now that all that solder must have been going somewhere! At the time though I just kept pumping it in.

	by doobie +1.7 \| February 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM 0
Ahhh yes, finally success.... these don't have the same pin-outs as the regulated xbee I also ordered. The ground's are on opposite sides of the board. There goes any ability to easily swap between the two in projects on breadboards.