{"id":146,"date":"2017-06-08T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/?p=146"},"modified":"2020-04-26T11:17:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T11:17:18","slug":"new-version-of-zigbee-coordinatorgateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"New version of Zigbee coordinator\/gateway."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having better understanding of features provided by NXP JN5168, I understood that I need to create next generation of coordinator\/gateway device at least for development purposes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170608_114244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-147 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170608_114244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170608_114244.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170608_114244-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170608_114244-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170608_114244-394x300.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main issue I wanted to solve was messy setup with connections to coordinator board &#8211; coordinator board had uart in\/out and I used usb-&gt;uart dongles to connect board to pc. As I absolutely love dual uart functionality (one for communication with application, one for debug\/info output), it was even more messy with two dongles and two connections to board.<\/p>\n<p>So the new board of course has my current favorite Zigbee chip from NXP &#8211; JN5168, and I went with FD2232D which provides dual uart functionality with single usb connection. Added few pushbuttons for reset\/programming mode and command button (not used yet, but who knows), and also I2C header in case I&#8217;ll decide to add some extra features later.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding firmware of JN5168 &#8211; I&#8217;m still sticking with XBEE compatible API for communication with application, as it&#8217;s simple enough and at the same time provides all the necessary information, as well as provides certain level of compatibility with XBEE devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having better understanding of features provided by NXP JN5168, I understood that I need to create next generation of coordinator\/gateway device at least for development purposes. The main issue I wanted to solve was messy setup with connections to coordinator &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/?p=146\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arvisc.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}