Software serial arduino xbee projects

Use a potentiometer, flex sensor, or touch sensor attached to one xbee arduino to control the speed of a motor attached to another xbee arduino. Softwareserial support from paul stoffregen github. I connect the tx pin on the uno sending an integer using software serial. Press tools serial port and choose your serial port. Before using arduino uno with xbee modules, a bare minimum sketch must be uploaded on it or the atmega microcontroller must be removed from the board. The arduino hardware has builtin support for serial communication on pins 0 and 1 which also goes to the computer via the usb connection.

In this tutorial, i demonstrate a simple application of the zigbee protocol based xbee radios. On your xbee shield you have a switch where you can choose between dline and uart. Then, after upload, set back to the xbee position for the xbee to have access to the serial port. When xbee communicate to arduino software serial ports, set the jumper connect din to d2, dout to d2d by the setting from the code. Pc to pc communication over zigbee protocol using xbee and. On teensy, the hardware uart serial port completely separate from the usb port. The second xbee in control system is connected to the first xbee in home system through the virtual serial port driver you. Connect the second arduino to the xbee router, as done in part 1. The switch configuration from the xbee shield schematic. Arduino s hardware uart, we usually take advantage of the software serial library, connecting the xbee s rx and tx pins to a pair of free digital pins on the arduino. I needed a way to communicate with a plc using 38400, 8, odd, 1 serial protocol. Luckily, the shield has some white silkscreen to help orient your xbee as youre plugging it in. Using arduinos, i demonstrate how to wirelessly control an. I often say around line xxx to keep things simple and semi future compatible there are two files for the library.

We will configure them to act as a receiver and transmitter to control the brightness of an led wirelessly by. All the parts needed to have two devices talk to each other are in this kit too, so pick up one and lets get started. The xbees two diagonal edges should match with the two diagonal lines on the pcb. So, before using the xbee modules with raspberry pi, we have to configure these modules using xctu software. This switch allows you to select between the hardware serial port uart position and a software serial port connected to pins 2 arduinoside rx and 3 arduinoside tx. All you need is an arduino, an old joystick with a gameport 15pin connector and a pair of series 1 xbee modules. Xctu software allows the bidirectional serial communication.

Arduino with xbee wireless setup demo arduino for projects. Explore 22 xbee projects and tutorials with instructions, code and schematics. Next, connect the xbee explorer pin out to arduino pin 2 rx, and xbee pin in to arduino pin 3 tx. Then i wanted to connect an arduino to my receiver. So i am willing to use another port to listen via the xbee. Arduino pro single serial port xbee radios come in two models. Overview the xbee shield allows an arduino board to communicate wirelessly using zigbee.

Uploading sketches with a leonardo is as simple as connecting the arduino to your computer and uploading. If you decide to go this way, note, the xbee is not breadboard friendly, so you may want a breakout board unless you want to solder directly to the pins. My arduino keeps restarting, or at least the setup function keeps looping, every time i try to send data through the xbee. Because i should avoid using the serial as the serial port is communicating with c code on my computer. For connecting the module with pc, first place the xbee to the xbee shield and connect module with an arduino. When using a single serial port arduino, such as the uno, the jumpers on the xbee shield must be set to usb. Arduino to arduino xbee communication adafruit industries. The breakout pins on the bottom of the board are not level shifted and you should try to keep data going directly into the xbee pins. The hardware uart serial port should always be used, if possible, before considering softwareserial. It is mesh communication protocols, also xbee supports peertopeer as well as point to multipoint network communications wirelessly with the speed of 250 kbitss, to operate xbee you need a transmitter and a receiver. Again, the arduino will connect to the xbee using a software serial port. To connect xbee module with the laptop, a usb to serial converter or specifically designed explorer board is used. View project adidas megalizer the megalizer is a system that allows dancers to create their own beat or music with their shoes. The code will also work on hardware as i have tested it myself.

However, i strongly recommend that anyone desiring to work with xbee radios to download the configuration software from the manufacturer xctu and read the. Xbee using serial rather than softwareserialhow to fix. Getting what you need out of the xbee api library for arduino. I added a few lines of code to the existing softwareserial library and renamed it softwareserialparity. This hardware allows the atmega chip to receive serial communication even while working on other tasks, as long as there room in the 64 byte serial buffer. I have designed two proteus simulations for this project. Then i connected the xbee to an arduino tx to pin 3, rx to 2, vcc and gnd respectively and the other xbee to the pc through an ftdi cable. How to network xbee and the arduino tutorial australia. Xbee is an rf module mainly used as a radio communication transceiver and receiver. Next connect the rx line input of the xbee to the tx line output of the microcontroller and vice versa.

First of all you need to do is xbee arduino interfacing. When the coordinator xbee is connected to the pc, any serial communication software which can send and receive data from the serial com ports of the pc can be used to communicate with the modules. As part of a much larger project ive been having some issues when using software serial pins. When xbee communicate to arduino hardware serial ports, set the jumper connect din to d1, dout to d0. Here is a sample sketch well use to create communication between your arduino s serial monitor and another xbee using xctu. In this tutorial we will use two xbee series 1 modules with the arduino uno board. Multiserialmega use two of the serial ports available on the arduino and genuino mega. The dtr, rts, reset and rx pins going into the xbee pass through a level converter chip that brings the levels to 3. Select a tag ongoing project hardware software completed project misc arduino raspberry pi 2016hackadayprize 2017hackadayprize 2018hackadayprize sort by. Plug your arduino board to your computer and open the arduino software. Xbee radios series 1, by default, work in transparent mode forming a serial connection and the sender and receiver must, in principle, work straight from the box without modification. Digi xctu includes all of the software tools you need to get up and running with digi xbee fast. I just dont seem to be able to receive serial from another arduino. Now you are ready to do a variety of projects using an xbee module with your arduino.

Serial call response send multiple vairables using a callandresponse handshaking method. This video describes how to configure two series 1 xbees using arduino uno board. Just hook up the xbee module to the explorer board and plug it with the laptop using usb cable. When the end device wakes, it will poll the coordinator and receive the packet. To select between software and hardware serial, the xbee shield includes a small, surfacemount slide switch. Reading data over serial arduino and xbee stack overflow. Twoportreceive two serial ports that receive data switching from one to the other one when a special character is received. Most likes newest most viewed most commented most followers recently updated from. Want to setup a wireless xbee network between some arduinos and your pc. It simply arrives at the serialtousb converter chip and is converted and sent to the usb cable. We will initialize the serial monitor for debugging using serial and the software serial using using redbotxbee to receive the characters from the xbee at 9600 baud.

The ways of making 2 way communication is also tested on wireless mode. The code written for this project communicates with the xbee using the serial communication functions provided by the arduino library. How to use pc to control and monitor electronics arduino project through xbee. Going to buy a new wireless controller for your next robotics project. We will be using series 1 xbee modules alongside some xbee explorer usb modules from sparkfun to set up our own personal area network pan. Series 2 xbee radios feature zigbee and require a firmware update to use this software. The serial monitor appears to show the xbee is reading the data stream but in fact the arduino never processes this.

When you send a 1, the arduino will sleep the xbee. At first, plugging the xbee to the shield can be quite confusing especially without proper markings. Place one of the xbee s on the shield and place the shield on the arduino. Arduino stack exchange is a question and answer site for developers of opensource hardware and software that is compatible with arduino. This allows me to use the default hardware usb serial port without conflicting. I was able to send characters from the arduino and see them in the serial monitor of the xctu. New projects for beginners and up posted every day. View project wireless ekg a wireless ekg powered by an arduino pro mini and an ad624 instrumentation amplifier. The arduino uno or arduino mega acts as a usb converter for xbee modules. When using an xbee 3 with the redbot mainboard, the xbee 3 did not have any issues during its initial power up so there was no need to toggle the xbee 3s reset pin. With a blank sketch, the serial data is not read by the arduino.

I chose to use the softwareserial library and arduino pins 2 and 3 rather than the default pin 0 and 1 for serial communication, so that i could use the default serial pins for printing debug statements to a serial monitor. Attach a red led and a blue led to the second xbee arduino and create a hotcold meter. On arduino boards, the main hardware serial port is used for programming and sending messages to the arduino serial monitor. The explanation of the xbee configuration and the xbee. Make sure that your arduino or genuino board is attached to your computer via usb to enable serial communication through the serial monitor window of the arduino software ide. Of course other platforms such as mega also can be used in the same way. When xbee communicate to ftdi232 hardware serial ports, set the jumper connect din to d0, dout to d1. Here you can see that there is another arduino in another proteus project and there is also a lcd to show the sensor data coming from the flame and the gas sensors in the home system, different from this project. Im trying to design an rc controller using an arduino and an xbee series 2 pro. Sidestep the frustrations, roadblocks, and pitfalls of rf projects thanks to digi xctu, the free, multiplatform gui application that lets you easily set up, configure, and test digi xbee rf modules. This switch allows you to select between the hardware serial port.