Arduino 1.0 Works With JeeNodes and RFM12B Boards
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:14 pm
I want to confirm that the RF12demo sketch will compile fine under the Arduino 1.0 release. However you have to get the "Jeelib" library from Jean-Claude Wippler's Github, instead of downloading it from his Jeelabs website. At least for me, the RF12.zip and Ports.zip libraries downloaded from JeeLabs did not compile under Arduino 1.0; they got compile errors. The I looked again at the JeeLabs site and noticed a remark about moving the code to GitHub as of one of the Arduino 1.0 beta releases. I downloaded this code from https://github.com/jcw/jeelib and followed the instructions in the README.md file, and everything compiled and uploaded just fine.
As a bonus for me -- both my RF12B board and my JeeNode v6 kits appear to have been built correctly (by me, all mistakes are my own!), and they are now speaking to each other. This should give me a wonderful Christmas time tweeting bird feeder project which I'm basing on a chapter in Mike Riley's upcoming book, "Programming Your Home", with exactly that title -- "Tweeting Bird Feeder" (Chapter 4, I think.) A huge difference is that Mike is basing his chapter on ZigBees and I'm using RFM12b boards. If the JeeNode can survive our Maryland weather, it should make a less expensive and versatile platform compared to attaching a ZigBee to an Arduino Uno or similar device. Also, I can make use of my Really Bare Bones Board.
Bob
As a bonus for me -- both my RF12B board and my JeeNode v6 kits appear to have been built correctly (by me, all mistakes are my own!), and they are now speaking to each other. This should give me a wonderful Christmas time tweeting bird feeder project which I'm basing on a chapter in Mike Riley's upcoming book, "Programming Your Home", with exactly that title -- "Tweeting Bird Feeder" (Chapter 4, I think.) A huge difference is that Mike is basing his chapter on ZigBees and I'm using RFM12b boards. If the JeeNode can survive our Maryland weather, it should make a less expensive and versatile platform compared to attaching a ZigBee to an Arduino Uno or similar device. Also, I can make use of my Really Bare Bones Board.
Bob