Is XBee the same as ZigBee?

Is XBee the same as ZigBee?

XBee is a family of radio modules and is a registered trademark of Digi International. Zigbee is a wireless communications protocol and a registered trademark of the Zigbee Alliance. Many people confuse these two names because both are involved in radio networking and have “Bee” in their branding.

Is ZigBee a mesh network?

Zigbee® is a networking standard for low-cost, low-power, wireless control and monitoring solutions. Designed on top of the IEEE® 802.15. 4 radio, Zigbee is a self-healing, secure, robust, mesh protocol that can scale to hundreds of nodes across large areas.

Is XBee a protocol?

An XBee embedded module is really three things in one: a form factor, a host interface, and a group of different protocols. It is designed for a variety of uses, ranging from ZigBee to high-throughput, low latency applications.

What is a ZigBee board?

ZigBee is a software-based protocol that sits on top of the 802.11 RF wireless devices standard similar to Bluetooth. ZigBee operation The ZigBee boards use a V2 XBEE module to interface to the ZigBee network. These modules are compliant with the 2007 ZigBee Pro / ZNET standard.

What is DigiMesh?

DigiMesh simplifies network setup and reliability in environments where routers may come and go due to interference or damage. Battery Deployed Networks. Coordinators and routers must be mains powered. All nodes are capable of battery operation and can sleep.

Why Zigbee is better than Bluetooth?

the frequency range supported in Zigbee mostly 2.4 GHz worldwide, it means 2.4 GHz is not supported all times. It covers more distance as compared with Bluetooth. In above figure, we can see that the data transfer rate is faster in Bluetooth than zigbee whereas zigbee covers larger distance than Bluetooth.

Why ZigBee is better than Bluetooth?

How does Zigbee mesh work?

Mesh Networks A key component of the Zigbee protocol is the ability to support mesh networking. In a mesh network, nodes are interconnected with other nodes so that multiple pathways connect each node. Connections between nodes are dynamically updated and optimized through sophisticated, built-in mesh routing table.

Is BLE a ZigBee?

BLE and Zigbee are the 2 most popular PAN (Personal Area Network) technologies for mesh topology-based use cases. Zigbee is based on IEEE 802.15. 4 standard, while BLE is maintained by Bluetooth SIG.