X-CTU has been a great tool for playing around with different, parameters, changing firmware and generally having fun with the XBees, but being a Mac guy, it always makes me grumble a bit when I need to start Virtual Box with Windows 7 just to do trivial things like changing parameters.
Digi has a great document [...]
As you all know we received the XBee Starter kit with the 2.5 dev kit. The starter kit was ordered in Sweden where I am located. I ordered it from Farnell (link in Swedish), the price is 2017.50 SEK (≈ € 190, $260) including tax and shipping. In US you can order it directly from Digi for $129. The Starter Kit [...]
We have received the Digi Xbee 2.5 Development Kit and the Digi Starter Kit……… No candy in this shipment…. bummer. According to Digi this is what we have ordered:
“The 2.4 GHz XBee ZB/ZNet 2.5 (formerly Series 2) Development Kit includes everything you need to set up a wireless ZigBee network in a matter of minutes. Two 50 mW PRO [...]
Step one is sensors and specifically temperature sensors. As the first project we want to be able to measure the temperature, not to control any thermostats. We know there are several products existing that can control the temperature using Zigbee, but the goal with this whole project is to build as much as we can [...]