After years of popularity with the XBee Series 1 and XBee Series 2, we now have the XBee Series 3 which brings the best of both worlds. XBee 3 not only handles 802.15.4, and ZigBee, but also BLE protocols and you can now talk to the modules over UART or SPI as well. With a 200ft indoor range, or 4000ft outdoor/line-of-sight range, you can set up a mesh network to talk to or communicate with various devices around your house, work, or other area.

This module has the familiar XBee package while sporting a connector to add an RP-SMA antenna (not an SMA antenna). You also get a built in microcontroller so you can also configure and program the modules using MicroPython as well as Digi's XCTU software. With a HCS08 CPU running at up to 50.33MHz, 15x digital I/O pins, and 4x 10-bit ADC pins these modules can even hold their own as a microcontroller.

Item Specifics
1 - Xbee 3 Module
RF 250Kbps, Serial 1Mbps
Range: 200ft (indoor) to 4000ft (outdoor) range
Transmit power: +8dBM @ 40mA
Receiver Sensitivity: -103dBm @ 15mA
CPU: HCS08 @ up to 50.33MHz
Encryption: 128/256 bit AES
Operating Voltage: 2.1V to 3.6V
Power-down Current: 1.7 μA
Built in RS-485 support
AT command or API frame support
FCC/ETSI Certified
Requires competency in electrical prototyping and programming.