Can the Sonoff S31 Lite ZB be converted to ESPHome and does it make any sense to do so? ESPHome code that I have seen for this device appear to be for the wifi version.
You could probably flash it, but you’d end up with a device with no connectivity. Assuming the S31 lite still uses the same chip as the S31, the Zigbee support in ESPHome requires a different chip set.
ESPHome by default has its own API and I think expects some kind of “regular” network connection. Most of the reason to flash devices like this is to avoid vendor lock in and cloud stuff.
Since that version is Zigbee, you kind of already get that. You join it to your Zigbee network and it never talks to an outside source, and the vendor can’t ever brick it.
That was what I was thinking but wanted to check. Thanks