Yes Xbee is radio.
yes Wifi is Radio.
there is no way that I know of to make 1 talk to the other. they each have thier own frequency, modulation scheme, etc.
Ringo
Thanks for Reply.
As per the details on net both Xbee(http://www.maxstream.net/products/comparison.php) and wifi(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi , http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/2point4freq.cfm) supports 2.4GHz Frequency.
So where is the point of gap/difference in communicating with eachother ?
Thanks,
Tharanath umesh.
They are just 2 different technologies. You can buy a cordless phone that works at 2.4Ghz as well but that does not mean you can hear your WiFi on your phone. Even if some super RF engineer could figure out how to modify an Xbee to receive and transmit WiFi, the serilaizer would still not work. It looks for a simple serial stream.
Ringo is correct. In addition, the Xbee data protocol (mostly likely based on the ZigBee standard) is very different from WiFi. The radio modulation is also very different.
The data protocol is the defined standard for how the data will be arranged to facilitate communciation between the sender and the receiver. The radio modulation describes the manner in which the RF signal will be altered in time to represent a bit of data. The only commonality may be the one you discovered, in that they both operate in the same unlicensed frequency spectrum of 2.4 GHz.
If you are reluctant to buy another Xbee device for your laptop or PC to communicate with the Serializer, you could always purchase a Bluetooth USB dongle and the Bluetooth module for the Serializer. They are many low cost Bluetooth dongles available these days, and you could use it to connect to other (non Serializer) Bluetooth devices. Just a thought.
James Y. Wilson http://www.learningce.com Fortudine Vincimus!
Thanks for more information Jywilson
Tharanath Umesh.