Aeotec Zi-Stick (Zigbee)

The Aeotec Zi-Stick is a USB Zigbee 3.0 gateway for your home automation system and smart home, allowing you to run a Zigbee network on a Raspberry Pi, PC or even a Macbook.

Once installed and set up on your chosen home automation platform, such as Home Assistant, openHAB, Zigbee2MQTT, FHEM, Node-RED, io Broker or Jeedom, you can start communicating with Zigbee sensors, switches and other Zigbee devices.

The Zi-Stick is one of the smallest and most powerful Zigbee Sticks on the market. It can be used with thousands of Zigbee devices from almost any brand: Philips Hue, Osram, Iris, Ikea Tradfri, Xiaomi, Aqara and many more.

Aeotec Zi-Stick is equipped with state-of-the-art Zigbee technology from Silicon Labs. Using the Zigbee MCU EFR32MG21A020, this chipset is considered one of the best-performing Zigbee chips on the market. Zi-Stick hardware is Thread-ready and will be upgradeable via a future firmware update. With this future update, Zi-Stick will be able to control Thread Matter-based devices.

Features

• USB Zigbee gateway stick
• Zigbee technology
• 2.4GHz globally recognized frequency
• Zigbee-compatible microcontroller EFR32MG21 inside
• Rx sensitivity: -99dBm
• Max Tx Power: 20dBm
• Open area range: 200m
• USB interface with standard NCP commands from Silicon Labs
• Easy to use as Serial Port on the Host machine (PC/laptop/single board computers)
• Multiple plugins for openHAB, Home Assistant, Node-RED, DIY platforms, C, Node.js, and Python libraries to build your own application

Specifications

• Name: Zi-Stick
• Model Number: ZGA008
• EAN: 1220000017191
• Product Weight: 3.5g
• Product Dimensions: 37 x 17 x 8.5 mm
• Package Dimensions: 50 x 65 x 20 mm
• Zigbee Chip: EFR32MG21
• Zigbee Version: Zigbee 3.0
• Zigbee Frequency: 2.4 GHz
• Other protocols Can be updated to a Thread Stick through Firmware Update to control Thread Matter-based devices.
• Power Supply: USB DC 4.75V to 5.25V
• Sensitivity of the RF receiver:
  • TX Power: +20 dBm
  • RX sensitivity: -99 dBm
• Recommended host current: 50mA
• Known compatibilities:
  • Tested to be compatible with Raspberry Pi / BeagleBone
  • Tested to be compatible with Windows 10/11 OS
  • Tested to be compatible with Linux OS
  • Tested to be compatible with OSX OS
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C / 40°F to 104°F
• Storage Temperature: -20 C to 70 C / -4°F to 158°F
• Operating Distance: 200m max distance (clean open air)

Resources

• User guide
• Setup Zi-Stick with Home Assistant
• Setup Zi-Stick with OpenHAB
• Update Zi-Stick to Thread or Zigbee with Python 3.9 and Windows

Drivers for Zi-Stick

Typically you do not need to install drivers, most operating systems will have the drivers necessary to run the Zi-Stick. But in some cases, these drivers may not be installed on some OS systems, you can find the serial bridge drivers here.

Package Contents

• 1x Aeotec Zi-Stick

Raspberry Pi not included