Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino: Leverage the Powerful Arduino and XBee Platforms to Monitor and Control Your Surroundings

I have been stepping through the chapters using two Arduinos, two XBEE S2C modules, two Sparkfun XBEE shields, a Parallax XBEE dongle, and two laptops, and have been having a blast. The tutorials and exercises are well laid out, with an increasing level of complexity as you advance through the chapters. The introduction to XCTU was clear and concise, and I was quickly up and running. This was my first experience with Arduino, but the IDE is easy to use and the code extremely simple to learn, especially if you have any background with C or C++. There is a collection of Arduino sketches ( the Code Bundle ) accompanying the book, which I downloaded from Packt, and they have all run faultlessly so far. By the way, I have the Kindle version of Kooijman's book, and so far it appears well edited and formatted. I tend to look at tech books more on my laptop than on the kindle eReader; the diagrams and pictures don't look as nice on the small e-Ink screen but are still acceptable. I like to have the book open in a window, with the Arduino IDE and serial monitor in another window. This book will take you from knowing nothing about wireless mesh networks to a fairly advance level.

I got this book a few days ago and did not know what to expect. I am on the last chapter of the book and I have to say that it is written very well. It is concise and easy to understand as long as you know some C/C++ coding. The examples and code that comes with the books all work well together.I am very happy with my purchase and would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about Xbee Using arduio and IOT. There is enough information in this book to get you started on your project.

Small book but very clear and practice with a full of informations.

The book needs a lot of work.It has potentials, although the explanations of the experimentation are limited, Also, the codes are on high level of knowledge, therefore the book is almost useless for arduino beginners.

Good book.

If you want to work with Arduinos and XBees, there's no better book. This book will walk you through some of the more tricky aspects of getting XBees configured and up and running. Admittedly I didn't think the thermostat project was the best choice but it will give you an understanding of XBee capabilities and up your toolset for other projects. I especially liked the chapter on battery power and sleeping, controlling zigbee devices and the section on how to apply encryption. It's clear the author has done a lot of research so you can get on with your projects instead of wading through documents and forums

This is the best book for Xbee and Arduino. Great detail on how the Xbee interfaces with the Arduino. Great for beginners and experienced programmers that would like to use Xbee with Arduino. It is helpful for all the different Xbee radio versions.

Compared to the book Exploring Arduino by Jeremy Blum, this book is much more difficult to use. I managed to build a wireless heating control system in a matter of hours using Jeremy's step-by-step explanations. That system uses an internet shield and XBee radios in AT mode. I now want to expand the network with more wireless modules. That apparently asks for XBees in API mode. This appears to be an order of magnitude more complex. The book is not very helpful because there is a lot of digression. For example, in Chapter One there is a section on making a network secure. That is nice to know but not relevant for getting a prototype to work. Such topic could move to a later chapter. You will find remarks such as "which will be trickier when you want to use a software serial port". I would expect more specific advice on such trickery. The book will get you where you want to be but be prepared for a bumpy road with this roadmap.

I have been using this book amongst a range on the subject to develop a complex sensor network from scratch and I have to say this is the best, most coherent and up to date reference I have found and so very nearly took me exactly where I wanted to go. There are a couple of frustrating points where you reach the dreaded phrase 'such and such is beyond the scope of this book' just as you feel you are about to find a walk through of exactly what you need but I suppose barring the author finishing my project for me this is forgivable. This text at least gets you 90% of the way there and then points you in the right direction as compared to others that seemed to offer useful but basic starting points. A good resource!

Peccato per questo testo, avevo riposto le mie speranze per creare una rete con gli Xbee implementandola con Arduino, ma ho trovato un libro che non mi ha insegnato nulla di nuovo ripetto a quello che sapessi già leggendo e spulciando sul Web. E' Povero di esempi e sketch per quello che l'ho pagato mi aspettavo una bibbia con diversi esempi e che mi potesse dare spunto per creare nuovi progetti ma invece mi ha lasciato un po basito. Il libro si presenta bene fa riferimento al nuovo tool di XCTU e come connettere e creare un controllo di temperatura e umidità connettendo tramite Ethernet ad un servizio di monitoring sul Web gratuito, e fin qui va bene ma poi si perde in descrizioni e consigli su come si potrebbero aggiungere dei dispositivi facendo qualche esempio ma molto all'acqua di rose. Il rapporto qualità prezzo non è rispettato, dovrebbe costare la metà, infatti ho dato tre stelle perchè comunque è sempre un riferimento da consultare per poter avere una visione aggiornata sul tool e sul servizio di monitoring.

teaches the indepth programming of the ZigBee which you will not be able to learn generally.