XBee3 Cellular Featherwing

A Featherwing that can accommodate any module in the XBee form factor. It enables operating the module in API/Transparent mode

Sai Yamanoor

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This featherwing board adds cellular connectivity to the feather ecosystem. Due to the XBee form factor, it can accommodate any hardware in the xbee form factor. The unique feature about the cellular module is that it can operate as a slave as well as a stand-alone module that can be programmed in micropython.

The cellular module can be replaced with other xbee line of products. The design files and firmware examples are available in the Github Repo.

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First Board Assembly
Sai Yamanoor • 01/01/2020 at 16:56 • 0 comments

The featherwing assembly is very simple because it includes very few components including headers, capacitors, an LED and a couple of diodes.

After assembly, the first step was testing:

The board could be powered using an FTDI adapter board or by stacking it on top of a board from the feather ecosystem.
The basic functionality of the board has been verified. I am able to power up the board and make the cellular module connect to the network.
Cellular module connected to the network: