Germany
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EZ-B And Wifi

Hi,

I would like to build a robot with a camera which should observe my house and my garden. It should use my existing wlan for connectivity, so I can control it remotely from each place in the world. Would it be possible to use the EZ-B with wifi instead of Bluetooth?

Thanks


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Synthiam
#1  

That would be a neat robot! You are right, the range of bluetooth would be limiting for that application.

I would recommend XBee instead of WIFI. Adding an XBee interface to the EZ-B is very easy. We could arrange a custom price for you with an XBee module attached to the EZ-B, if you would like?

I don't know the cost of that yet, but let me know if you are interested and we'll put something together for you:)

DJ

Germany
#2  

Unfortunately XBee is not usual in Germany. So it would not solve my problem. And I have an already running wifi installation in my house...

Thank you for your offer. EZ-B is a great thing :) , but I have to look for an other solution. Thanks

#3  

dj can you make it easy to connect xbee pro to the ARC plz

tj

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Synthiam
#4  

Hook up an Xbee to the ARC. and select the com port:) It should be the same method as using bluetooth

Czech Republic
#5  

DJ,

You proposed to arrange a custom price with an XBee module attached to the EZ-B, is it possible to do this incl receiver?

Thanks Petr

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Synthiam
#6  

@donesvarc we attemtped in march to do that, but there was no demand so we decided to not offer custom one-off's. The XBee module can be purchased through Solarbotics, or many other places. It's really easy to connect - it merely needs power, gnd, rx and tx:) .. Simply connect to the communication header where the bluetooth module currently sits. Remove the bluetooth module and use the communication header - voila:D

Czech Republic
#7  

To DJ Sures:

Thanks a lot for your answer. I undestood very well, how easy is to change BT to XB, but main reason why I asked you was cost for shipping over A. ocean. Please is it possible to do for me to change BT by XB? Thank you once more

Petr