David P. Harris wrote:
> Timothy Weber wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>
> I am interested in this, too.  I have 4 of the modules.  Reprogramming 
> the internal cpu would be nice.  However, it would appear to be a bit 
> fraught with dangers. 

Don't know - I've only skimmed the MaxStream docs on it and the only 
danger that comes to mind is if you overwrite the bootloader.  That 
would be an expensive mistake.  But if you start with all their example 
code as a framework, it doesn't seem too risky.

Or is there something else I'm missing?
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Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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