justDIY
Active Member
has anyone played with the xbee and zigbee pro modules?
what kind of real-world range can I expect? the specs claim 80/140 ft indoor and 300/4000 feet outdoor (xbee/pro). The indoor range are similar, despite the pro module being sixty times more powerful than the basic module. I guess that is the cost of the centimeter band these guys tx in? My intended application has one node fixed, indoors, and the other node 100-200 ft away, outdoors. I don't think I'll need the full 250kbps data rate, if range can be extended by slower transmission?
also, whats the deal with antennas? the maxtream website shows u.fl, chip and mini-whip as options, but their exclusive distributor digikey has u.fl, chip and 'piece of wire' as the options. I was thinking about going with the u.fl and then a little pigtail with an rp-sma bulkhead to an external rubber duck.
what kind of real-world range can I expect? the specs claim 80/140 ft indoor and 300/4000 feet outdoor (xbee/pro). The indoor range are similar, despite the pro module being sixty times more powerful than the basic module. I guess that is the cost of the centimeter band these guys tx in? My intended application has one node fixed, indoors, and the other node 100-200 ft away, outdoors. I don't think I'll need the full 250kbps data rate, if range can be extended by slower transmission?
also, whats the deal with antennas? the maxtream website shows u.fl, chip and mini-whip as options, but their exclusive distributor digikey has u.fl, chip and 'piece of wire' as the options. I was thinking about going with the u.fl and then a little pigtail with an rp-sma bulkhead to an external rubber duck.