I've got a small collection of 900MHz xbees from the diydrones store and need to get a couple more because of lost craft. I would like to go with 3DR radios but I'm using the ardustation tracker which is using an xbee. Don't think it works with 3DR.
Anyway I didn't see a RPSMA version on the store so searched around and found it at a couple of places with one saying it's being phased out.
Just wondering what the latest word is on xbee. Should I be looking or waiting for a newer version around the corner or jump ship to 3DR radios and forgo the tracker until it's supported?
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Latest word is the new XBee 900 HP which has a 9 mile range using a regular dipole antenna (28 miles with high gain!):
http://www.digi.com/products/wireless-wired-embedded-solutions/zigb...
Digi's msrp is 39 dollars for the RPSMA point-to-multipoint version: XBP9B-DPST-001
Good to hear. So it will be a drop in replacement for xbees once that happens? I went ahead and picked up two xbees to hold me until then.
We're going to be releasing a version of the 3DR radio with an Xbee footprint in the next month or so.