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Arduino drop-in IEEE 802.15.4 radio module

fustini

I attended the Sensors Expo in Chicago this afternoon.  One of the interesting devices I came across was RadioBlocks from Colorado Microdevices:

The Colorado Micro Devices RadioBlock is an IEEE 802.15.4 FCC and CE certified wireless modem. It has a simple UART interface to make it easy to drop into your end product or to experiment with. A standard 100 mil pin spaced header means you can plug it right into many common boards: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, it’s easy – No special pin configuration or adapter board needed!

I blogged about how it can be used directly with the Raspberry Pi (RadioBlocks: drop-in IEEE 802.15.4 wireless module for Raspberry Pi) but it also fits the Arduino quite nicely:

 

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I'm not very familiar with the inner workings of IEEE 802.15.4 but RadioBlocks claims to make it simple to configure and use. 

 

Has anyone used similar devices?

Do you think this is a useful board?

 

Cheers,

Drew

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