{"id":137,"date":"2011-09-04T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roboboatblog.net\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2011-09-29T19:19:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:19:34","slug":"getting-an-xbee-to-go-on-a-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"The XBee Meets the Propeller"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-dae288a704f96c2b42a19ba8812b9989-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=137'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-8.jpg\"\n               title=\"What? I have to assemble this micro board? Yep!\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-8.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-8.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"23\"\n               data-title=\"xbspin1\"\n               data-description=\"What? I have to assemble this micro board? Yep!\"\n               data-image-slug=\"xbspin1\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"dae288a704f96c2b42a19ba8812b9989\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"xbspin1\"\n                    alt=\"xbspin1\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-8.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-10.jpg\"\n               title=\"All soldered. This is the top - XBee side. The XBee when plugged in will hide all the nice labeling. :(\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-10.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-10.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"20\"\n               data-title=\"xbspin2\"\n               data-description=\"All soldered. This is the top - XBee side. The XBee when plugged in will hide all the nice labeling. :(\"\n               data-image-slug=\"xbspin2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"dae288a704f96c2b42a19ba8812b9989\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"xbspin2\"\n                    alt=\"xbspin2\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-10.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-9.jpg\"\n               title=\"This is the bottom with pin spacing to fit the breadboard.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-9.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-9.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"24\"\n               data-title=\"xbspin3\"\n               data-description=\"This is the bottom with pin spacing to fit the breadboard.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"xbspin3\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"dae288a704f96c2b42a19ba8812b9989\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"xbspin3\"\n                    alt=\"xbspin3\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-9.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-12.jpg\"\n               title=\"Here is the communication system test set up with the XBee on a Propeller.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-12.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-12.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"21\"\n               data-title=\"xbspin4\"\n               data-description=\"Here is the communication system test set up with the XBee on a Propeller.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"xbspin4\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"dae288a704f96c2b42a19ba8812b9989\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"xbspin4\"\n                    alt=\"xbspin4\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-12.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-13.jpg\"\n               title=\"Dan hard at work on a test run. Note the little XBee up on the shelf.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/spctl-13.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-13.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"22\"\n               data-title=\"xbspin5\"\n               data-description=\"Dan hard at work on a test run. Note the little XBee up on the shelf.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"xbspin5\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"dae288a704f96c2b42a19ba8812b9989\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"xbspin5\"\n                    alt=\"xbspin5\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/modelboatblog.tedatum.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/xbspin\/thumbs\/thumbs_spctl-13.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I got some time this Labor Day weekend (2011) to get an XBee\u00a0 interfaced with the Propeller processor. The pictures show the tiny interface board required to change the pin spacing from the XBee to fit the spacing on the Prototype Breadboard. This is some more of the micro soldering I have written about before. That&#8217;s all this board does is change the pin spacing.<\/p>\n<p>What I can see here is the XBee running in full duplex. That means it can listen and talk at the same time. Just like talking on the telephone. Well, maybe I can&#8217;t do that but the telephone does it very well.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 That&#8217;s a pretty big deal in the world of communication and has certainly removed some concern from me determining if this system will work fast enough for good control. I think that is not an issue at all now that I can use the Propeller.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicating one of the cogs (processors) in the Propeller to just manage the communications means I can do whatever else necessary with the other cogs and not slow down the two way communications with the shore unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got some time this Labor Day weekend (2011) to get an XBee\u00a0 interfaced with the Propeller processor. The pictures show the tiny interface board required to change the pin spacing from the XBee to fit the spacing on the Prototype Breadboard. This is some more of the micro soldering I have written about before. 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