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Zigbee Home is an ESPHome-like firmware project for Zigbee devices (www.cnx-software.com)
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[–] clothes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In case anyone knows: I recently bought a ZigBee home thermostat at a thrift store for $2. I have Home Assistant running on a RPi4. Is there currently a way to get these devices talking to each other without buying more hardware?

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Rpi4 can't speak zigbee without more hardwarz.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Further down the rabbit hole I go, I suppose. Thanks!

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need a Zigbee coordinator. A USB stick to plug in. Get the Sky connect and you'll be future proofed with thread support as well.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, this is the part that confused me. Thanks, I'll check it out!