FYI, Aeotec have released Aeotec Zi-Stick (model “ZGA008”) Zigbee Coordinator USB radio adapter based on the same popular Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 SoC/MCU with Silabs EmberZNet Zigbee stack using their EZSP serial interface that is also used in the Home Assistant SkyConnect (USB stick), ITead’s “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2” (model “ZBDongle-E”) , SMLIGHT SLZB-07, as well as in the easyiot ZB-GW04 Zigbee dongle.
They specifically mention compatibility with various Zigbee gateway solutions, inc. Home Assistant (ZHA) and Zigbee2MQTT (though should note Silicon Labs EZSP support in zigbee-herdsman do not yet have a feature-parity with Texas Instruments ZNP based Zigbee Coordinator adapters, so if going to use Z2M then CC2652P based adapters is currently still recommended instead).
No information yet if Aeotec will be releasing their own EmberZNet Zigbee Coordinator NCP or RCP and MultiPAN, as well as Zigbee Router firmware images on a regular basis, but at least their product page mentions that using SiLabs CP2102N USB-to-UART Bridge controller on their board (same USB-to-Serial Converter chip as used in the Home Assistant’s SkyConnect) which should enable them to write a unique USB product description to its EEPROM that allow for automatic USB discovery in Home Assistant with the help of community developers → Community help wanted to whitelist all compatible Zigbee and Z-Wave dongles/adapters for automatic USB Discovery in Home Assistant
I guess this comes from Aeotec (formerly Aeon Labs) buying German electronics maker Popp & Co a few years back as that company was focussed on the production of Zigbee based lighting and switches, as previously Aeotec have only focused on Z-Wave based products. Popp have before sold a Popp ZB-Stick that was just a white label version of the older Elelabs Zigbee USB Adapter (ELU013).
Related links and references:
- Zi-Stick technical specifications : Aeotec Help Desk
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- Aeotec Zi-Stick USB Controller ZGA008 Zigbee compatibility
PS: By the way, Aeotec also sells a dedicated Zigbee Router product called Aeotec Range Extender Zi