[REQUEST] Texas Instruments CC1352P based gateway/bridge or USB-adapter/stick/dongle

[Hedda]

Any chance would consider making a Texas Instruments CC1352P based gateway/bridge or USB-stick/dongle hardware adapter?

The reason is that CC1352 supports all Zigbee (Zigbee SE / ZSE) radio frequencies.

CC1352 is more expensive but enable Sub-1 GHz frequencies used by Zigbee SE profile which isn't part of Zigbee 3.0

https://www.ebyte.com/en/product-view-news.aspx?id=766

https://www.szrfstar.com/product/235-en.html

https://www.szrfstar.com/product/188-en.html

Zigbee Smart Energy is the world standard used by electricity, water, and gas meters that all utility companies install in your house.

As far as I know niether zigpy or zigbee-herdsman (zigbee2mqtt and iobroker) support the Zigbee SE profile as of yet.

Having CC1352 hardware available would allow developers to add support to zigpy and zigbee-herdsman (zigbee2mqtt/iobroker).

https://zigbeealliance.org/solution/smart-energy/

https://zigbeealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/docs-07-5356-19-0zse-zigbee-smart-energy-profile-specification.pdf

https://training.ti.com/overview-zigbee-smart-energy-internet-things

https://www.ti.com/lit/slaa467

https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/tidu213

https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/swra467

https://www.nxp.com/pages/jn516x-zigbee-smart-energy:ZIGBEE-SMART-ENERGY

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/supporting-information/MAXSECZBNETART.pdf

"Zigbee Smart Energy (Zigbee SE) is the world's leading standard for interoperable wireless products that monitor, control and automate the delivery and use of energy (and other resources, such as water). A wireless network is implemented at the consumer's premises using the ZigBee PRO protocol with the Smart Energy application profile. This Home Area Network (HAN) contains devices such as a Metering Device, In-Premise Display (IPD) and Load Control Device, and is connected to the energy provider using an Energy Service Interface (ESI) via a backhaul network."

PS: ZOE2 shield/hat by Electrorama will use CC1352P radio from Texas Instruments, using the E79-400DM2005S module by EByte:

https://electrolama.com/projects/zoe2/

https://github.com/electrolama/zoe2

[tube0013]

Not sure how Low Freq Band Zigbee fits into the Home Automation ecosystem right now, I see it more in use in industry and that is not where I am targeting devices.

[Hedda]

Not sure how Low Freq Band Zigbee fits into the Home Automation ecosystem right now, I see it more in use in industry and that is not where I am targeting devices.

It should let you get metrics from your house smart electricity meter, water meter, and gas meter if they use unencrypted Zigbee SE.

It provides data on your house energy/water/gas usage for your home's utilities, which is something many home automation users want. Even if you are only sniffing Zigbee Smart Energy signals to pick up readings from your utilities smart meter(s).

That is, Zigbee SE is not normally used in devices that consumer buy themselves but it is not only used in industries or commercial housing but for normal residential homes in devices that your utility companies install in your house on monitor your each house utility usage. If they install it then they can usually for transparency offer to allow read-only access so that you can get data on your own usage.

Example of a consumer-level devices that uses Zigbee SE:

https://www.rainforestautomation.com/rfa-z114-eagle-200-2/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/emerson-smart-thermostat-2/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/emerson-smart-thermostat/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/foundation-fz100-smart-thermostat/

Example of Zigbee Smart Energy Metering device that your utility company would install to monitor usage in your house:

https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/kamstrup-electricity-meter-se/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/0003-14/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/0003-10/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/0005-4/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/series-6-s4x/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/sensus-stratus-iq-meter/ https://zigbeealliance.org/zigbee_products/atlas-mk7a-energy-meter/ https://www.smart-energy.com/regional-news/europe-uk/first-zigbee-enabled-heat-meter-launched-by-kamstrup/ https://www.develcoproducts.com/products/meter-interfaces/kamstrup-meter-interface/ https://www.develcoproducts.com/media/1790/kamstrup-meter-interface-flyer_v14.pdf

Zigbee SE is a similar concept but not the standard same as H1/P1 protocol which is accessed via wired RJ45 HAN (Home Area Network) port on same type of new energy meters in Europe. Many of those support both Zigbee SE for wireless and HAN for wired.

https://blog.sintef.com/sintefenergy/han-port-smart-meters-ams/

https://www.kode24.no/guider/smart-meter-part-1-getting-the-meter-data/71287300

PS: I myself have a HAN-adapter connected to the new Kamstrup electricity meter that my utility company installed in my house.

[Hedda]

Oh, to clarify; CC1352P radio has multi-band support meaning it supports both Sub-1 GHz + 2.4GHz frequencies at the same time.

"CC1352P SimpleLink Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU integrated power amplifier"

https://www.ti.com/product/CC1352P