Interfacing the HCS12 with a Maxstream RF

[Darrell]

Hello I am new here. For a senior design project (undergraduate) my group and I want to desgin radio transciever that communicate with each other using ZigBee technology.

Is it possibe to interface the HC12 (actually the MC9S12C2) to a Maxstream 2.4GHZ radio transciever (XBee OEM RF module )?

I will keep VCC on each IC at 3.3V for low power consumption. I interfaced the HC12 with Maxstream 9XCite (900 MHz)  but it was not using ZigBee technology.

Will it be an easy wiring problems just using Rx and Tx?

Thanks for the help. you can call me at 281-216-8662 also if you want to answer me.

[bigmac]

Hello Darrell,

My understanding of the Xbee modules is that they will directly connect to the SCI of the MCU.  Depending on the application, you might also require handshaking signals to be used.  It is also my understanding that the current Zigbee versions provide for co-ordinator and router operation, but not operation as a low power end device.

Regards,

Mac

[paulbuchana]

Greetings Bigmac,

I am a research student at Makerere University, Uganda  and my team seeks to develop for a mobile phone. We intend to use the the IMX series 5 application processor for our implementation and we were wondering whether it is possible to interface it with a Telit wireless solutions RF module (GE864-QUAD V2 in particular)!

Thanks

cheers,

Paul