Digi XBee Grove Development Board Series User manual

XBee Grove Development Board
User Guide

Revision history—90001457-13
Revision Date Description
A June 2016 Converted files to new format and completed minor updates to screens
and content.
B October
2017
Updated USB VBUS line graphic.
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Contents
Overview
Development board variants 7
XBee THT Grove Development Board 7
XBee SMT Grove Development Board 7
XBee surface-mount (SMT)Grove development board 8
XBee through-hole (TH) Grove development board 10
Mechanical 12
XBee THT Grove Development Board variant 12
XBee SMT Grove Development Board variant 12
Power supply 13
XBee THT Grove Development Board power supply 13
XBee SMT Grove Development Board power supply 13
Power supply battery connector 14
XBee connector 14
XBee THT Grove Development Board XBee connector 15
XBee SMT Grove Development Board XBee connector 17
USB 19
XBee THT Grove Development Board USB 19
XBee SMT Grove Development Board USB 20
USB VBUS line 20
Reset button 21
XBee THT Grove Development Board Reset button 21
XBee SMT Grove Development Board Reset button 21
Commissioning button 22
XBee THT Grove Development Board Commissioning button 22
XBee SMT Grove Development Board Commissioning button 22
Commissioning pin and Grove AD0 connection 23
Association led 24
XBee THT Grove Development Board Association LED 24
XBee SMT Grove Development Board Association LED 24
RSSI led 25
XBee THT Grove Development Board RSSI LED 25
XBee SMT Grove Development Board RSSI LED 25
PWM0 RSSI configuration 26
User LED and User button 27
XBee THT Grove Development Board User LED and User button 27
XBee SMT Grove Development Board User LED and User button 27
User LED and User Button connection to DIO4 27
On/sleep LED 29
XBee THT Grove Development Board On/Sleep LED 29
XBee SMT Grove Development Board On/Sleep LED 29
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On/sleep LED connection to DIO9 30
Potentiometer 31
XBee THT Grove Development Board Potentiometer 31
XBee SMT Grove Development Board Potentiometer 32
I2C 33
XBee THT Grove Development Board I2C bus 33
XBee SMT Grove Development Board I2C bus 33
XBee/XBee-PRO connection to Grove sensor 33
Grove I2C connector pinout 34
Grove Connectors 35
THT board Grove connectors pinout 36
SMT board Grove connectors pinout 38
Loopback jumper 40
XBee THT Grove Development Board Loopback jumper 40
XBee SMT Grove Development Board Loopback jumper 40
Schematic and Gerber files
XBee THT Grove Development Board schematic 42
Gerber files 42
XBee SMT Grove Development Board schematic 43
Gerber files 43

Overview
This section provides an overview of the XBee Grove Development Board.
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Overview Development board variants
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Development board variants
The THT and SMT are the two variants of the board.
XBee THT Grove Development Board
XBee SMT Grove Development Board

Overview XBee surface-mount (SMT)Grove development board
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XBee surface-mount (SMT)Grove development board
This picture shows the XBee SMTGrove development board and the table that follows explains the
callouts in the picture.

Overview XBee surface-mount (SMT)Grove development board
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Number Item Description
1 SMT XBee
socket
2 Grove
connectors
The board provides eight vertical Grove connectors connected to XBee
DIO lines.
3 Reset button Button connected to the XBee reset pin.
4 User button Button connected to the XBee DIO4 line. The button shares the same
DIO line with one user LED.
5 Commissioning
button
Button connected to the XBee commissioning pin.
6 Loopback
jumper
Three-pin jumper to connect the UART to the USB (normal mode) or to
make a loopback connection between the Rx and Tx signals of the UART.
7 Micro USB The XBee serial port is connected through a USB to RS-232 converter to
a micro USB connector provided on the board.
8 Battery
connector
Two-pin, 2 mm pitch, PH type connector from JST to power the board
from an external battery.
9 Potentiometer 10 K potentiometer connected to the XBee AD3 line. One jumper is
available to save power when it is not used.
10 RX and TX
indicators
Yellow: UART Rx / RFTx
Blue: UART Tx / RF Rx
11 Association
indicator
LED connected to the XBee association pin.
12 ON/SLEEP LED LED connected to the ON/SLEEP pin (DIO9).
On: XBee is awake
Off: XBee is asleep
13 RSSIindicator LED connected to the XBee RSSI pin.
14 I2C bus Bus connected to XBee DIO1/DIO19, to be used with several Grove
sensors.
15 User LED Shares DIO4 with the user button.
16 Test points

Overview XBee through-hole (TH) Grove development board
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XBee through-hole (TH) Grove development board
This picture shows the XBee THGrove development board and the table that follows explains the
callouts in the picture.