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CC2530ZNP Mini Kit - Maximum number of routers/end devices possible?

Grant Porter
Prodigy 10 points

Hello,

I have just stumbled across Texas Instruments' CC2530ZNP Mini Kit solution whilst doing a google search, and I like what I see so far, but I have read through the forums and found a post by a member stating that he was having difficulty getting more than 4 routers/end devices to work at the same time!

I have not purchased this development kit yet, but would like to, based on some friendly feedback from community members or TI engineers, so if anybody would'nt mind answering a few of my questions, it would be greatly appreciated and will help me in making the right decision:

We are trying to implement a Zigbee based mesh network to monitor motion on the x or y axis of up to 110 machines fitted with a combination of routers and end devices which will communicate with the PC via a coordinator, so my questions are:

  • I know my first question is not a practical one, but I would like to know if it can theoretically be done! Is the CC2530ZNP Mini Development Kit capable of handling multiple routers/end devices out of the box? E.g: lets say I bought several kits and used all of the end devices with one coordinator, would I be able to have all end devices successfully communicate with the coordinator with the existing firmware.
  • We really like the footprint of the CC2530ZNP Mini Kit boards with the built on sensors, and would be prepared to purchase multiple kits for this purpose or we could also have the extra end device boards manufactured for us, so if this is not possible, then can somebody suggest a suitable kit or solution that would meet these requirements?
  • We have had a look at the CC2530ZDK over here: http://www.ti.com/graphics/tool/cc2530zdk_1_800.jpg and do not really like the footprint of the end devices ie: they look rather large for our particular application. Is there another solution if the CC2530ZNP Mini Development Kit is not capable of meeting our needs?
  • Would upgrading the CC2530ZNP stack  to a full stack serve us better if this is even possible of course.
  • If my above questions do not make any sense, I apologize in advance and would like to ask if somebody would point me in the right direction for a complete solution capable of networking large numbers of end devices.

Thanks

Grant