Elelabs Zigbee Shield

Designed for Raspberry Pi

v2. Status: active.

WHAT IS IT?

Elelabs Zigbee Raspberry Pi Shield is designed specifically for Raspberry Pi (1,2,3). It is based on EFR32MG1 SiLabs chip, which is a 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee microcontroller.

Elelabs Zigbee Raspberry Pi Shield is preprogrammed with Network CoProcessor firmware and provides UART interface to Raspberry Pi to form and manage Zigbee network, as well as communicate with Zigbee devices easily.

WHY DID WE MAKE IT?

When creating Elelabs Zigbee Raspberry Pi Shield our goal was to make an affordable and easy-to-use product for Do-It-Yourself makers and hackers. As nowadays a lot of companies have their Smart Home solutions with Zigbee: Philips Hue, Ikea Tradfri, Xiaomi Aqara, and others.

Using Elelabs Zigbee Raspberry Pi Shield you can directly communicate with these devices, without their default gateway, so you can build your own tailored for your needs application.

WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL?

We tried our best to make the product unique:

2.4GHz globally recognised frequency
Zigbee compatible microcontroller EFR32MG1 inside
Size: 28x18 mm + 10mm RPi header
Rx sensitivity: -99dBm
Tx power: 13dBm
Visual range communication: 200m
UART interface with standard NCP commands from Silicon Labs
Multiple plugins for openHAB, Home Assistant, Node-RED and other DYI platforms
C, Node.js and Python libraries to build your own application

HOW TO USE IT?

To quick start using the product:

Insert the module into your Raspberry Pi, as shown on the pinout diagram
Download preconfigured image for your Raspberry
Unzip archive
Burn image on your SD card using your favourite tool (for example Etcher)
Power on your Raspberry Pi
Find your Raspberry Pi Ip address in your router DHCP Clients list
Open your browser and proceed to Ip of your Raspberry Pi (f.e. 192.168.xxx.yyy) to start working with Demo UI

COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE

A big part of the experience is the "Host" software. That's the software, running on the Raspberry Pi, which communicates with Elelabs Zigbee Shield and provides you an easy way to operate the devices, create scenes or access your setup remotely.