Multiplexing with Xbee

[DaveAtDigital]

Hello,

I’m curious if anyone here has experience with connecting multiple digital sensors using the Xbee or other RF modems.

Is there a known way to multiplex 3 serial devices over a single RF modem?

-Dave

[chopsuey]

Well my first instinct would be to connect the sensors to a microcontroller that would read the data from each sensor. Then using a protocol of some sort, maybe something you created yourself, send the data over the XBee. This may very well be overkill though.

[BeefStake]

You could probably use something like this on the end of a Xbee or other serial modem: http://www.acroname.com/robotics/info/ideas/sermux/sermux.html

[DaveAtDigital]

Thanks for the reply. I was even thinking something like this: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9056

but i'm not sure if it was designed for this use.

[BeefStake]

Yep that would work fine too.