Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>> Also on size - keep in mind that there's a Freescale micro inside the 
>> XBee that you can run your own code on, and several of the I/Os are 
>> brought out for general use.  Could save a bit of space by not using an 
>> external controller.  I haven't tried that yet, either.
> 
> I didn't know this. Would be nice, but I checked this out briefly, and it
> seems that setting it all up for development and get it going for my uses
> is going to be more expensive than adding a simple 6 or 8 pin PIC and have
> it control the power and the configuration.

That's my reaction too - well, actually a 14-pin, since 16F688 is the 
smallest PIC with a serial port (right?) and I'm too lazy to do it in 
firmware, plus I generally am doing other timing-intensive stuff.

But it's on my "ought to figure this out" list, because you could have a 
working transmitter with just a battery, XBee, and switch.

Let me know if I can help any other way.
-- 
Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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