I picked up a couple of xbee usb boards(like the sparkfun epxlorer). Now i want to hook up arduino rx/tx with the xbee board. I thought of a custom connector by ripping open the other end of the usb cable connected to the xbee module and connecting them directly into rx, tx, +5v and gnd pins respectively. Will this work? anything i'm overlooking? The xbee usb board has an onboard 3.3volts regulator and is based on FTDI.
Cheers,
Pracas
I have one here on a breadboard connected directly from the arduino grnd, 3.3 volt and rx and tx and it seems to work fine, I'm hoping I haven't forgotten anything now!!! I have only been sending information from arduino to another xbee, haven't tried changing the configuration of the xbee yet ( maybe tomorrow if I feel adventurous.)
Hi all !
(my first post in this forum 
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When the xbee usb board si connected directly to Arduino with right pins (and is working) is still possible to access it via usb ?
In other words is still possible re-flash the firmware while the xbee is operating with Arduino with the pin-board connections ?
Thanks !