Timothy J. Weber wrote:
> 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.
>   

Yes, this was my impression, too.  Although they give you options, all 
the options looked either too limiting, or you needed compilers I did 
not have.  However, I am hoping that has changed.

David



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