XBee Carrier is a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) based board, specially designed for Bee series and groves; It is primarily suitable for standalone Bee Nodes like RFBee and Wi-Fi Bee which have ATMega328 onboard; It is also compatible with RFBee, Wi-Fi Bee, XBee and Bluetooth Bee; Besides a Bee receptacle, there are also two Grove connectors; The board can be powered by a lithium battery or through USB cable; You can use a wireless charger, solar panel or the USB cable to charge the battery; The FT232RL chip onboard helps in downloading the program to Bee Module directly.

Bees which do not have ATMega328 like Bluetooth Bee can only be configured by using on-board FT232RL(USB to UART). Theses Bees are not suitable for standalone applications.

The on-board FT232RL can be used like any other 3.3V USB to UART interface when not connected to any Bee Modules. This is useful for programming a 3.3V MCU through Serial Port.

Features:

Bees compatible receptacle;

Two grove connectors;

Two grove place holders;

LEDs for PWR, charge indication and UART transmission;

Power switch;

Reset button.

Applications:

Wireless Sensor Network with Standalone Bee Node like Wi-Fi Bee;

As a configuration aid for Bees using FT232RL;

Charger for lithium ion cells using on-board charge controller;

As a FT232RL based 3.3V USB-UART.



1. BEE

2. 0605

3. Puzzle

4. Mini USB

5. JST�Solar interface）

6. JST�Lithium battery interface）

7. ITC

8. Power switch

9. UAR

10. Reset