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What's your smart home set-up? (feddit.uk)
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As we're trending, I thought I'd lean into it and see what everyone is using.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's two Sonoff sticks on Amazon both look identical but they have different specs:

ZBDongle-P:

  • USB 3.0
  • Pre-flashed with Z-Stack 3.x.0 coordinator firmware
  • Base on TI CC2652P + CP2102N

ZBDongle-E:

  • USB
  • Pre-flashed with Zigbee coordinator firmware based on EZNet 6.10.3 out of box
  • Base on EFR32MG21 + CH9102F

The first seems the right one but they're even.yhe same price!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll have to take a look, these were not available when I was shopping. I have used the TI CC based chipset before. Looks like the -E varient is preferred now. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So doing some homework I found this, which suggests:

  • ZBDongle-P - Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA
  • ZBDongle-E - Matter and ZHA, Zigbee2MQTT still experimental

Apparently, the former is the Dongle Plus, while the latter is the Dongle Plus V2. So, despite the letters, the -E is the newer one.

All of which means, the -E seems the best option for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that - they do include both E and P under discovery section it that does indeed seems to be their preference.