With the recent discontinuation of the SmartShield attachment for the Arduino. The Samsung SmartThings community has been looking for a replacement for this shield. This project presents the start of a solution to this, using the Arduino wireless shield and a Xbee series 2C to create a simple switch. The switch can control the output of pin 13 as well as the on board LED. This can easily be changed to control whatever pin you like.

To start you must configure the Xbee. Assemble the Arduino, wireless shield and xbee together.

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By Emanuele Signoretta

Studying electronics and communication engineering at Politecnico di Torino. Electronics, IT and Open Source enthusiast.

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