Low cost zigbee modules for purchase in India

We get modules that can provide RF range from 80m to 1000m and data rates of 100KBps to 1MBps. We need to choose the one best for us depending on our requirements. More the range more the cost.

What are Zigbee modules: Zigbee/Xbee modules are advanced RF transceivers operating in the license free 2.4GHz frequency band. Zigbee transceivers are used where a good robust RF communication with high noise immunity and guaranteed packet delivery is required. The most common application of Zigbee modules is the Sensor networks. These modules can be a very good replacement for the old RF transceivers used by students and hobbyists in their projects. Here is a list of few cheap and low cost Zigbee modules available for purchase in India.

Digi Zigbee modules :

This is long range high speed serial wireless communication module which can give range of 30 meters indoor or 100 meters outdoor. This module is ideal for robot to robots or robots to PC communication. This ZigBee wireless device can be directly connected to the serial port (at 3.3V level) of your microcontroller. By using a logic level translator it can also be interfaced to 5V logic (TTL) devices having serial interface. This module supports data rates of up to 115kbps. It has indoor range of 30 meters and outdoor RF line-of-sight range of up to 100 meters.

XBEE Specifications:

Indoor/Urban Range up to 100 ft. (30 m)
Outdoor RF line-of-sight Range up to 300 ft. (100 m)
Interface: Serial(UART) at 1200-115200 bps
Supply Voltage: 2.8 – 3.4 V
Transmit Current (typical) 45mA (@ 3.3 V)
Idle / Receive Current (typical) 50mA (@ 3.3 V)
Operating Frequency: ISM 2.4 GHz Dimensions: 0.960” x 1.087” (2.438cm x 2.761cm)
Operating Temperature: -40 to 85º C (industrial)
Antenna: Wire antenna

XBEE Features:

Supported Network Topologies: Point-to-point, Point-to-multipoint & Peer-to-peer

Number of Channels: (software selectable) 16 Direct Sequence Channels

Addressing Options: PAN ID, Channel and Addresses ADC and I/O line support AT and API Command Modes for configuring module parameters

Digi Zigbee modules are available for purchase in India at the price of

Rs. 1149 /- @ Amazon India with free Delivery

Rs. 1199/- @ Amazon India with free Delivery

Rs. 1700 /- @ Robokits India

Rs. 1300 /- @ NSK electronics

Microchips MRF24J40MA:

The MRF24J40MA Zigbee module comes with an SPI interface. In order to use the module the user must initialise the device registers using SPI interface. Even though UART is more common and easy to use than SPI among students, This module is the best among the ones i have used and works very reliably.

Features:

Operating voltage: 3.3V (5V will damage the device)
Range: 120 meters / 400 ft
Interface to microcontroller : SPI protocol

MRF24J40MA zigbee module is available for purchase in India

at the price of Rs. 1399 /- in Rhydolabz website

at Rs. 750 /- @ Mouser.com (To order from mouser.com check this link Where to buy electronics components in India?)

Microchips MRF24J40MB:

The MRF24J40MB Zigbee module comes with an SPI interface, In order to use the module the user must initialise the device registers using SPI interface.

Features:

Operating voltage: 3.3V (5V will damage the device)
Range: 1020 meters/ 4000 ft
Interface to microcontroller : SPI protocol

MRF24J40MB zigbee module is available for purchase in India

at the price of Rs. 1373 /- in RS Delivers website

at Rs. 900 /- @ Mouser.com (To order from mouser.com check this link Where to buy electronics components in India?)

TARANG Zigbee module:

TARANG Zigbee modules manufactured by Melange systems can be interfaced using UART interface and can provide RF range reach upto 100 meters to 50 kilo meters with a directional antenna 🙂