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    Content by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
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    Since 2020, Hannah is guest professor of the Spiel&&Objekt Master's program at the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin

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    From 2009 - 2011 Hannah was a graduate student in the MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech research group led by Leah Buechley


    In 2009 Hannah and Mika were both research fellows at the Distance Lab


    Between 2003 - 2009 Hannah and Mika were both students at Interface Cultures
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    Wireless

    Xbee Serial Communication

    The simple thing Xbee can do is to replace the serial connection wirelessly.
    You can do this pretty much out of the box.
    It is like replacing the USB cable of Arduino (serial communication) to invisible cable (wireless).

    Here is an example of how to set up serial wireless communication:

    On Arduino side, the connection is following. Basically you need to connect power (3.3v) , GND and TX, RX connection. “Serial.print();” output from the Arduino goes through Xbee wireless connection to your computer.
    In this example potentiometer (sensor) is connected to Analog 0 input. Arduino is programed to read Analog inputs data and send it as Serial.print

    If you are supplying power bigger than 3.3V such as 9V battery or three AA batteries, or Arduino that gives only 5V, you need to use 3.3v voltage regulator to supply 3.3V. Here is how to set up 3.3v regulator.

     
    You can also check  SEWABLE 3.3V REGULATOR post. 

    For receiving side, it can be Xbee-Arduino or Xbee-computer setup.
    If  you are making Xbee-Arduino setup, connect the same way without potentiometer, and the data can be received as Serial.read command. 

    If  you are making Xbee-computer setup, connect Xbee via USB dongle. (see USB dongle post for detial)
    The data is received through serial communication. Here are example codes for sending Analog 0-5 inputs from Arduino and receiving with Processing or max/msp.

    4 Comments so far

    1. […] NYU ITP Xbee Basic Page Artist Collective working extensively with Xbees (Has good references overall) ashleyhughesarduino Site (Very good explanation on CoolTerm […]

    2. pratima on July 12th, 2012

      hi..
      i have problem in writting a code to transfer data from pc to xbee serially so plz someone post the code either in c or matlab

    3. Back at Xbee again | dvlang.com on February 20th, 2013

      […] don’t need a shield to get started.  I can use this: http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=772 Category: Projects […]

    4. nital on November 22nd, 2013

      i wanted the coding of these in arduino…

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