darkxst
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1 year ago I have tested. It doesn't recognise the Product ID '55D4' of the new ZBDongle-E, however after manually patching that Id it detects correctly the device and successfully flashes the image, at least with the iTead provided firmware images.
However once flashed with the iTead router firmware, neither this tool nor the Elelabs tool, can get the device back into bootloader mode. So far that only seems possible with the physical boot button.
Hedda
Has anyone confirmed if this Zigbee coordinator firmware updater image from @walthowd is compatible with ITead’s new “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2” model “ZBDongle-E” based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21
ITead just released a new "ZBDongle-E" adapter as an improved version of their old/previous barebone Silabs EFR32MG21 based Zigbee 3.0 USB adapter from ITead and this new variant is to be sold side-by-side as an alternative to ITead's TI CC2652P based "Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus" (which is now renamed to "ZBDongle-P"), meaning they will continuously sell both variants.
https://itead.cc/product/zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle/
https://sonoff.tech/product-review/sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-tutorials/
https://sonoff.tech/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SONOFF-Zigbee-3.0-USB-dongle-plus-firmware-flashing-.pdf
This new “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2” adpater can be a little confusing to buyers as it looks the same as Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2” and both this "ZBDongle-E" variant and the "ZBDongle-P" variant is market as being able to act either a Zigbee Coordinator (by default) or Zigbee Router device (if flashed with such firmware instead), and if flash OpenThread/Spinel Radio Co-Processor (RCP) firmware also Thread network protocol for the upcoming Matter/CHIP standard (Project Connected Home over IP). As Silicon Lab and Texas Instruments adapters offer different compatibility ITead will now sell both of these so users will now have more options as different DIY home automation software applications offer might not be fully compatible with one or the other (Home Assistant's ZHA integration is however fully compatible with both so based in just the specification they should in theory offer similar performance on paper).
Comparing "ZBDongle-P" vs. "ZBDongle-E" vs. barebone EFR32MG21 dongle
https://community-assets.home-assistant.io/original/4X/2/9/d/29dc429141353119ad34f33516ed61f5fc2b3af3.png verses
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Both their Silicon Labs and Texas Instruments adapters are compatible out-of-the-box with Home Assistant's ZHA integration which supports Silabs EZSP (EmberZNet Serial Protocol) as well as TI Z-Stack Serial Interface and even more manufacturers Zigbee adapters, so different benefits are that the same Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 based adapter is also used by Home Assistant SkyConnect USB Stick (as well as ITead's Sonoff ZBBridge and ZB-GW03 eWeLink Ethernet Zigbee Gateway which with Zigbee Coordinator NCP firmware they are compatible with OpenHAB's ZigBee Binding, Zigbee Plugin for Domoticz, and Zigbee Plugin for Jeedom, while the Texas Instruments CC2652P based adapter is also fully compatible with Zigbee2MQTT (a.k.a. Z2M) and IoBroker while their zigbee-herdsman library currently only has experimental support for Silicon Labs based adapters.
Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus - ZBDongle-E variant
https://itead.cc/product/zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle/
It uses the same EFR32MG21A020F768IM32 SoC used on the first ITead Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle based on EFR32 Mighty Gecko Series 2, as well as on CoolKit Technologies "SM-011 V1.0" module used in the ITead Sonoff ZBBridge Zigbee Bridge and in Tuya ZS3L and Tuya ZSLC5 SoC modules. It includes a 80 MHz ARM Cortex-M33 core, 768 Flash Storage, 64 RAM, in a QFN32 package, which radio has + 20 dBm maximum power output and receive sensitivity of -104 (250 kbps O-QPSK DSSS) dBm.