Sean Breheny wrote:
> One more item to note: Maxstream now offers a development kit (free
> download) which allows you to put your own code in the micro which is
> on the XBee. I don't know the details but I imagine that if your code
> is relatively simple, you may not need a second micro.

Yes, that's on my list to check out too.  I glanced at the code and felt
more of a "yuck" than a "yum," but maybe I just need to spend more time
with it and learn their toolchain (and possibly buy some of it - the 
docs only say the free version of CodeWarrior version blah "may 
suffice", but in other cases you need to use version blah blah).

The other issue with that approach is that you're limited to the XBee
module's pinout, which means what, something like 8 GPIOs and a few pins 
you can cannibalize from other functions.  So it's a great approach for 
the typical single-purpose sensor node, but less great for something 
more complex.
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Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org

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