NumLabel

Description

1 LED

Bee1 Indicator LED

2 LED

Bee2 Indicator LED

3 RUN/PROG Switch

Programming Switch

4 EN

Hardware Serial Port Enable Pin for Bee1

and Bee2

5 xBee TX & RX

xBee_TX and xBee_RX pins

6

Bee1 Hardware/Software Serial

Port Switch

"A" → Hardware Serial Port

"S" → Software Serial Port

7

Bee2 Hardware/Software Serial

Port Switch

"A" → Hardware Serial Port

"S" → Software Serial Port

8 Reset

Arduino Reset

9 Wireless Programming

Short DTR when you need the wireless

programming function

Note:

3. Programmable Switch

:

Set the switch to "PROG" when you upload a program

Set the switch to "RUN", when you use the hardware serial port

5. xBee TX & RX

: The silk-screen shows the xBee RX & TX pins, which connect to the

Arduino TX & RX ones. It means if you define D2 as Arduino_RX in the code, you should

connect to D2 to xBee_TX on the shield. The same goes for Arduino_TX.

Tutorial

In this Tutorial, we will use two BLE Link modules as wireless modules

Requirements



Hardware

UNO x1

Bees Shield x1

BLE LINK x2

Android or iOS device x1



Software

Arduino IDE V1.6.5 Click to Download Arduino IDE from Arduino®

Install the APK file into your Android phone

Compile the source code into your Apple device