Aeotec Zi-Stick (Zigbee)

The Aeotec Zi-Stick is a USB Zigbee 3.0 gateway for your home automation system and smart home, allowing you to run a Zigbee network on a Raspberry Pi, PC or even a Macbook. Once installed and set up on your chosen home automation platform, such as Home Assistant, openHAB, Zigbee2MQTT, FHEM, Node-RED, io Broker or Jeedom, you can start communicating with Zigbee sensors, switches and other Zigbee devices. The Zi-Stick is one of the smallest and most powerful Zigbee Sticks on the market. It can be used with thousands of Zigbee devices from almost any brand: Philips Hue, Osram, Iris, Ikea Tradfri, Xiaomi, Aqara and many more. Aeotec Zi-Stick is equipped with state-of-the-art Zigbee technology from Silicon Labs. Using the Zigbee MCU EFR32MG21A020, this chipset is considered one of the best-performing Zigbee chips on the market. Zi-Stick hardware is Thread-ready and will be upgradeable via a future firmware update. With this future update, Zi-Stick will be able to control Thread Matter-based devices. Features

* USB Zigbee gateway stick

* Zigbee technology

* 2.4GHz globally recognized frequency

* Zigbee-compatible microcontroller EFR32MG21 inside

* Rx sensitivity: -99dBm

* Max Tx Power: 20dBm

* Open area range: 200m

* USB interface with standard NCP commands from Silicon Labs

* Easy to use as Serial Port on the Host machine (PC/laptop/single board computers)

* Multiple plugins for openHAB, Home Assistant, Node-RED, DIY platforms, C, Node.js, and Python libraries to build your own application

Specifications

* Name: Zi-Stick

* Model Number: ZGA008

* EAN: 1220000017191

* Product Weight: 3.5g

* Product Dimensions: 37 x 17 x 8.5 mm

* Package Dimensions: 50 x 65 x 20 mm

* Zigbee Chip: EFR32MG21

* Zigbee Version: Zigbee 3.0

* Zigbee Frequency: 2.4 GHz

* Other protocols Can be updated to a Thread Stick through Firmware Update to control Thread Matter-based devices.

* Power Supply: USB DC 4.75V to 5.25V

* Sensitivity of the RF receiver:

* TX Power: +20 dBm

* RX sensitivity: -99 dBm

* Recommended host current: 50mA

* Known compatibilities:

* Tested to be compatible with Raspberry Pi / BeagleBone

* Tested to be compatible with Windows 10/11 OS

* Tested to be compatible with Linux OS

* Tested to be compatible with OSX OS

* Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C / 40°F to 104°F

* Storage Temperature: -20 C to 70 C / -4°F to 158°F

* Operating Distance: 200m max distance (clean open air)

Resources

* User guide

* Setup Zi-Stick with Home Assistant

* Setup Zi-Stick with OpenHAB

* Update Zi-Stick to Thread or Zigbee with Python 3.9 and Windows

Drivers for Zi-Stick Typically you do not need to install drivers, most operating systems will have the drivers necessary to run the Zi-Stick. But in some cases, these drivers may not be installed on some OS systems, you can find the serial bridge drivers here. Package Contents

* 1x Aeotec Zi-Stick

Raspberry Pi not included