For more info on an example CC2652 (CC2652P) see → ITead's "Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus" (model "ZBDongle-P") based on Texas Instruments CC2652P +20dBm radio SoC/MCU
- Dongle hardware can also be used as Zigbee router (a.k.a. repeater) → flash router firmware* → Tip is to use ZigStar Multi Tool for flashing → ZigStar Multi Tool - ZigStar → GitHub - xyzroe/ZigStarGW-MT: GUI wrapper designed for convenient service work with TI CC1352/CC2538/CC2652 based Zigbee sticks or gateways. Packed into single executable file
You can do the same with EFR32MG21 like this example here → ITead’s “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2” (model "ZBDongle-E") based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 +20dBm radio SoC/MCU
- Official firmware images” for ZBDongle-E (a.k.a. “Dongle-E”/“Dongle-E”) as linked to by ITead → https://github.com/itead/Sonoff_Zigbee_Dongle_Firmware/tree/master/Dongle-E/Router → For flashing Silabs EFR32MGxx chips like EFR32MG21 recommend using Universal Silicon Labs Flasher (by Nabu Casa) → GitHub - NabuCasa/universal-silabs-flasher: Flashes Silicon Labs radios running EmberZNet or CPC multi-pan firmware