January 27, 2009 by Marco Zennaro | 2 Comments
Enabling ZigBee and 802.15.4 in PDA and mobile phones
The ZigBee/802.15.4 USB pen drive created by the Wireless Sensor Network Research Group and the Libelium team is currently being used as an access point to Wireless Sensor Networks when using PDA’s and mobile phones. If you PDA or mobile phone has a USB (or mini-USB connector) you can also get your sensor information directly on your hand. All the info in the article.
Why has not been used bluetooh instead of usb cable? or Wi-fi as well? We are talking about wireless, isn’t it? My two cents.
Yes, it should be that way to be consistent with wireless communications, althoug if you think about low power consumption (also present in Zigbee protocol) “to be consistent” may be using a the lowest power way to communicate with the PDA… in that case, Bluetooth is out of the match, isn’t it?