How to hook a Teensy 3.1 to a XBee Explorer Regulated?

How to hook a Teensy 3.1 to a XBee Explorer Regulated?#184285

By jjinno - Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:33 pm

- Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:33 pm #184285

I see that the XBee Explorer Regulated has been laid out to fit the footprint of an Arduino Pro Mini... but how do I hook it up to a Teensy 3.1?

-> If you cant find it, build it. <-

Re: How to hook a Teensy 3.1 to a XBee Explorer Regulated?#184287

By jjinno - Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:21 am

- Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:21 am #184287

Sorry, I should probably be more specific, and say that its because I already own both, and don't want to buy a Teensy 3.1 XBee Adapter, if I can avoid it...

Also more specifically, I realize that TX/RX/GND/VCC are needed, but that doesn't seem to account for any "data ready", "ready to send", or anything like that... which, as long as the Teensy operates faster than the XBee module, no problem... but any delay, and you're hosed...

And I should probably also say that Im trying to the Explorer up to an RN-XV WiFly Module... not that I understand whether or not that matters...

-> If you cant find it, build it. <-

Re: How to hook a Teensy 3.1 to a XBee Explorer Regulated?#184419

By stevech - Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:23 am

- Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:23 am #184419

Which XBee? S1? S2? they are different beasts.

If your app can avoid just blasting data to the XBee without the far end responding "OK" for each 100 bytes or less, then you need no hardware (CTS) or software flow control. There's also the XBee binary API to consider. It has inherent flow control if you use it correctly. And there are libraries based on it. There's one on the Teensy web site.

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