I was wondering if anyone here of an electronic persuasion has had any experience with the APC 220 wireless comms modules. They seem to be a cost effective alternative to Xbee, at least on the face of it:-
I have read a lot of conflicting reports online. Some say they are fantastic and give reliable transparent comms, others say they simply cannot get them to work at all.
I used a pair on a remote greenhouse monitor I built a few years back and even on the daft stubby antennas it worked fine over ~100ft
Hardest bit is managing the data efficiently over the serial link but it’s perfectly do-able
Many thanks for your reply. Thank you also for the link, I already have a pair of these transceivers, just haven’t got around to doing anything with them yet.
The range you got sounds encouraging. Whilst hunting around for information I found this which gives some information on setting these devices up:-
I suspect the RS prices will be ex vat and not include shipping. The bang good page, as an example, gives you the pair for £22 with no shipping costs. I’ve seen individual Xbee modules for that price on other sites.