codmpm
commented
2 years ago Dear @Hedda,
as already statwed here (https://github.com/codm/cc2652-raspberry-pi-module/issues/6) we simply use Koenkk's Z-Stack coordinator firmware. Also the producer of the used ethernet UART boards is not open to modify his firmware.
I'm partly working on an open solution based on an rp2040, already talked about here https://github.com/codm/cc2652p2-tcp-zigbee/issues/1, but I currently have to big time constraints to drive this idea further.
Cheers, Patrik
@codmpm Can you please consider providing OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) "RCP mode" firmware images well as "NCP mode" firmware images (with support for the OpenThread
spinel+hdlc+uartprotocol) and preferably using the latest SDK for this Texas Instruments CC2652 based adapter so that it will be compatible with the "OpenThread Border Router Add-on" that Home Assistant developer agners (Nabu Casa employee Stefan Agner) is currently developing? Check out:https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/openthread_border_router
https://github.com/openthread/ot-br-posix/
https://github.com/agners
https://community.home-assistant.io/u/agners/summary
https://groups.google.com/g/openthread-users/
OTBR should be a "Thread Certified Component" Texas Instruments CC2652 based chips:
https://github.com/openthread/ot-cc13x2-cc26x2/blob/main/src/cc2652/README.md
https://github.com/openthread/ot-cc13x2-cc26x2
https://github.com/openthread/openthread/tree/main/examples/platforms
https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?node=APzU0zOtgnQIe0sFnHCfxg__BSEc4rl__LATEST
https://openthread.io/vendors/texas-instruments
https://www.threadgroup.org/What-is-Thread/Thread-Benefits#certifiedproducts
https://training.ti.com/thread-cc2652-cc1352
The main reason for this request is that an "RPC" firmware with OTBR (OpenThread Border Router) support will make your adapter will be compatible with upcoming Thread based "Matter" (Project CHIP / Connected Home over IP) devices if used in Home Assistant with their other add-ons for the that is also in development. This addon by agners requires that the radio hard a firmware in "RPC" mode instead of the no traditional "NCP" mode:
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/chip_controller_repl
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/chip_tool
https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip
https://buildwithmatter.com
https://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/
Also having optional OpenThread "NCP" border router firmware would allow users to alternatively use other existing OpenThread applications that use "NCP" mode instead of the newer "RPC" mode which require additional component running on the host. Ex:
https://github.com/openthread/wpantund
Note that so far agners has only worked with Silicon Labs based adapter with OpenThread "RPC" firmware for Thread based Matter (as well as ESP32-C3 based devkit for Matter over WiFi) and that is only because it is a Silabs EFR32MG21 chip based adapter that will ship inside the official Home Assistant Yellow (formerly Home Assistant Amber) hardware:
https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy/discussions/894
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/silabs-multiprotocol
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2021/09/13/home-assistant-yellow/
https://www.crowdsupply.com/nabu-casa/home-assistant-yellow
PS: By the way, you might be interested in the the "Matter" workshop that Home Assistant is holding on the 15th of June even if they are in that specific workshop will not use a Thread based controller or devices and instead use a WiFi (+ Bluetooth) based "Matter" devices:
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/05/29/matter-in-home-assistant-workshop-announcement/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOHBl5w0_k
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/matter-in-home-assistant-workshop-announcement/426129/