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Building Wireless Sensor Networks

This hands-on guide shows how to build distributed sensor systems and interactive devices using the ZigBee wireless protocol with Series 2 XBee radios. Readers begin with a practical parts list and toolkit, then move through projects that grow steadily more complex, using the Arduino prototyping platform. Along the way the book covers XBee's API mode, power management, source routing and other technical details. By the end, readers will have a working wireless network that gathers remote data, plus gateways that link to other networks, including the Internet. It suits hobbyists, students, inventors and scientists who want to build practical sensing and control systems from inexpensive parts.

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