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AOAA Kit – Software User’s Guide

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Figure 13 – J7 Jumper Position for LPCXpresso Base Board

1) Flash the demo_aoa_xbee project on the AOAA Board using the LPCXpresso IDE as

explained in section 4.3

2) Connect the LPCXpresso Base Board to the PC.

3) Follow the instruction in section 4.3 but download and use the

xpr_1769_bb_xbee_node_xxxxxx.zip file for the code.

4) Connect the Android device to the AOAA Board as shown in Figure 12.

5) Follow the instructions on the display to download/install the Android application. This is

explained in more detail in section 4.1

3.3.2 Alternative Setup

In this setup a second AOAA Board is used as an XBee node. Please note that more than one node

can be active simultaneously. This means that if both the AOAA Board and the LPCXpresso Board

acts as XBee nodes (see Figure 12) two nodes will present in the list of nodes in the Android

Application.

1) Flash the demo_aoa_xbee project on the AOAA Board using the LPCXpresso IDE as

explained in section 4.3

2) Connect the second AOAA Board to the PC.

3) Flash the xbee_node project on the second AOAA Board using the LPCXpresso IDE as

explained in section 4.3

4) Connect the Android device to the first AOAA Board as shown in Figure 12.

5) Follow the instructions on the display to download/install the Android application. This is

explained in more detail in section 4.1

3.3.3 Running the Demo

The first thing that happens as the Android device is connected to the AOAA Board is that a dialog

appears asking “Open AOA Node when this USB accessory is connected?” Answer OK to start the

application. The Application will start with a list of available XBee nodes (only one in this example) and

will look like Figure 14 below.