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XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)

sku: WRL-08665 RoHS Compliant In Fritzing Library In Eagle Library

Description: This is the very popular 2.4GHz XBee module from Digi. These modules take the 802.15.4 stack (the basis for Zigbee) and wrap it into a simple to use serial command set. These modules allow a very reliable and simple communication between microcontrollers, computers, systems, really anything with a serial port! Point to point and multi-point networks are supported.

Note: Due to recent flooding in Thailand and the subsequent damage to the Digi factories, there may be long lead times on all XBee products and shortages until they recover from the damage.

Features:

3.3V @ 50mA
250kbps Max data rate
1mW output (+0dBm)
300ft (100m) range
Wire antenna
Fully FCC certified
6 10-bit ADC input pins
8 digital IO pins
128-bit encryption
Local or over-air configuration
AT or API command set

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Comments 13 comments

itsme_qamar | about 2 years ago 1

hello
kindly guide me about XBEE transmitter and receiver suitable communication with each other
thank and waiting for reply..!
- Chiel | about 2 years ago 1
  
  if you want set up a basic Serial Pipeline (UART at speeds ranging from 1200Baud to 230400 are standard) then this might help:
  Xbees are standardly set to provide a “transparent” serial pipeline @ 9600Baud so what comes in on the DIN at 9600bauds will come out at the DOUT on other xbees at the same speed.
  to alter the baud(or other settings) its best to use Digi’s X-CTU.
  to use X-CTU you must connect the Xbee with a Serial Com port (USB explorer or an FTDI breakout will do nicely) then in X-ctu you can alter the xbees settings (including the baud rates). hope this helps and if not please tell me
Peng | about 2 years ago 1

Hello guys,
I bought two of this module for a project in hand. I need to use “i/o line passing” feature to update output pins status of remote module, based on the input pin of base module. However, when I read the input pins information of the base module through the UART (on X-CTU), I find all the DIO pins are high (represented by “1” in data frame), regardless the really value on that pin. Btw the communication through Din and Dout works fine. The problem is only on DIO pins. Can anyone point out the possible problems in my case? (Maybe my description is not clear enough. I can give more info if anyone feels like)
Thanks in advance.
Lutorm | about a year ago 1

Anyone know where to find info on how much better reception to expect with this compared to the chip antenna? They both state 300ft, but it seems you should get better signal with this.
Member #154113 | about a year ago 1

Hi, i’m a beginner and I have a question. Can this module be used as a transmiter and receiver?
- LukeW | about a year ago 1
  
  This module is a transceiver and will support two way communication with another identical model (or any other series 1 model). The XBee Explorer USB page has a chart that breaks down the various models.
mbrown9412 | about a year ago 1

How do I connect this to my computer? Does my computer need an XBEE of its own?
- Young Maker | about a year ago 1
  
  yes this is a 1mW transceiver. you need another end, and i don’t think that most computers have an x bee port (yet ;) )
Member #213253 | about 11 months ago 1

Hi guys..
I have bought 3 Xbee from Sparkfun and UART-USB converter, then I develop own level shifter to communicate with PC, I follow the instruction to write firmware into Xbee (using XCTU modem configuration). At first there is no problem, until at the middle of downloading, error happened and fail. Then I try again, unfortunately, my Xbee cannot be detected. I have try several times still not work until now. I’m sure my Xbee still fine (not burn), the error from downloading make it like this.
Anyone have this experience? Please do share with me..
Thanks :)
AirBorne89 | about 11 months ago 1

I’m using these for a school engineering project, and I’ve been through 3 of them (they seem to be quite easy to break), and now that I’ve gotten two of them working and communicating, it’s not reliable at distances over 1m. This seems like a pretty catastrophic failure, any ideas or common mistakes that I could be making? There’s no way that these devices would be this popular if they weren’t dependable.
dudefise | about 10 months ago 1

in transparent mode, do the i/o pins all just show up on the other Xbee? I was thinking about using this to replace a RS232 cable…
Member #221468 | about 10 months ago 1

Does anyone know how to fix this error “ Unable to communication with modem”?
I had 3 of the xbee series 1 and all of them aren’t working at all. There’s nothing wrong with the xbee chip for sure, because at the first time i try it, it works but what I try to change it. It just stop.
- ToniK | about 9 months ago 1
  
  Try resetting them. You can see instructions on this at http://www.instructables.com/id/Changing-Xbee-Baud-Rates/. If you still can’t communicate, contact us at techsupport at sparkfun dot com.