$9.90 SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus works with Home Assistant

ITEAD has launched a new Zigbee dongle with the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus powered by Texas Instruments CC2652P wireless MCU which follows the company’s Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle based on Silicon Labs EFT32MG21 Cortex-M4 microcontroller.

The dongle is pre-flashed with Z-Stack 3.x.0 coordinator firmware which enables ZHA in Home Assistant or Zigbee2MQTT compatibility.

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus (ZBDongle-P) specifications:

  • Wireless MCU – Texas Instruments CC2652P SimpleLink Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with integrated power amplifier for Bluetooth 5.2 Low Energy, Thread, Zigbee 3.0
  • Connectivity – Zigbee 3.0 with SMA antenna connector, +20 dBm output gain
  • Host interface – USB port with CP2102N USB to TTL chip
  • Expansion – 5-pin IO header with programming pins
  • Misc – Boot and reset buttons, LED, DIP switch for hardware flow control
  • Power Supply – 5V/100mA via USB port, LDO
  • Dimensions –  87 x 25.5 x 13.5 mm (Aluminum alloy enclosure); antenna: 108 mm length
  • Weight – N/A
  • Temperature Range – -10°C to 40°C

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Board

ITEAD does not directly compare the “Plus” version with the earlier Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle, but the new model should have a longer range, and possibly support more nodes with “21 direct children by default and up to 40 children”, while also writing “you can modify the relevant configuration to support up to 100 children”.

As a universal Zigbee USB stick, SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus can be used with a Home Assistant gateway or other open-source platforms via ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT to locally control Zigbee sub-devices as explained in a short getting started guide. That means it can be connected to Home Assistant Blue or a Raspberry Pi board for additional Zigbee connectivity. Such gateway would support any compatible Zigbee devices include the many Sonoff “ZB” devices

The SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus ships with an antenna and a user manual for $9.90. But note that supply is limited, and the USB dongle is only up for pre-order, with the second batch of dongles soon to be sold out, and orders after October 18 will only be shipped at the end of November.

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TLS
TLS
2 years ago

I’m just curious why it needs a “heatsink” type housing, considering ZigBee chips don’t run hot at all.

FHFS
2 years ago

I just payed 3x the price for a zigstar v4 and I got a 3d printed case which isn’t very good.

FHFS
2 years ago

With shipping it comes to 40usd to send to the Netherlands. Maybe it will be available on aliexpress, that would save a lot on shipping

fl0w
fl0w
2 years ago

By default they ship it with DHL, but you can choose the Special Line for $4.38…

Christian
Christian
2 years ago

Coupon bf9zyp7q takes a 1.19 off

Christian
Christian
2 years ago

This dongle would be even better if they exposed some of the unused pins so they could be used for I/O.
PTVO’s configurable firmware now supports the CC2652P: https://ptvo.info/cc2652r1-cc2652rb-cc2652p-cc1352p2-configurable-router-firmware-748/

Christian
Christian
2 years ago

I/O similar to this ITEAD Zigbee CC2531 USB Dongle: https://itead.cc/product/cc2531-usb-dongle/

Georgi Angelov
2 years ago

Arduino – Zigbee ?
very soon: https://github.com/Wiz-IO/wizio-cc

KKA
KKA
2 years ago

I purchased one of these Zigbee Dongles and have not been able to get it working. I can see the dongle with ‘lsusb’ : Bus 001 Device 007: ID 10c4:ea62 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. Plugging in an original siliconlab device gives the following response: Bus 001 Device 007: ID 10c4:ea60 Siliconimage CP210x So neither windows nor linux can properly handle this device. Hence my dongle is not recognized as a UART serial adapter and therefore neither Homeassistant nor zigbe2mqtt will discover it. I suspect that the CP2102N is not original Siliconlabs silicon but maybe a counterfeit one. The Sonoff/ITEAD customer support is unable to help. They directed me to… Read more »

KKA
KKA
2 years ago

Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately in the forum you pointed out, no solution is available. I added a note with my conclusion there.
I still have no response from Sonoff/ITEAD, they simply went dark on me. It would be good to know if this issue is just a temporary production issue and fixed now.

Toja
Toja
2 years ago

Where to buy this? I’m based in the UK.
Also does it support Hive (heating system) without their hub?

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