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This is looking pretty great, I've really wanted a MCU with Zigbee on it, for the various little battery-operated devices I've wanted to make. However, with Esp
by stavros 2y ago
This is looking pretty great, I've really wanted a MCU with Zigbee on it, for the various little battery-operated devices I've wanted to make. However, with Espressif's lineup, I've really lost track of what does what, lately.
Does anyone know of a good comparison resource?
- baby_souffle 2y agohttps://products.espressif.com/#/product-comparison https://products.espressif.com/#/product-comparison This is a little bit more interactive and detail-oriented. I think they also have flashy onesheet PDFs that are more marketing oriented.
- dx4100 2y agoThe ESP32-C6 has a Zigbee radio. I have 6 myself -- they're great.
- stavros 2y agoI bought a few of those, but at $8 they're a bit pricier than the $3 Espressif spoiled me with.
- nagisa 2y agosupermini boards with esp32c6 on it can be had for approximately 4 euro each.
- stavros 2y agoDo you have any links? I couldn't find any.
- dvdkon 2y agoDigikey has the modules for under 4 EUR in unit quantities, but they aren't the friendliest to integrate, since they only have pads on the bottom. I also found some boards with the bare chip for just over 4 EUR there, you can also find similar ones on AliExpress.
- stavros 2y agoNice, thanks! I didn't find them a few days ago when I looked, and I spend $40 for 5, when I could have gotten 10. Thanks again.
- teruakohatu 2y agoDoes the Zigbee work well/as expected? Does it have lower power draw when doing Zigbee vs. wifi?
- iforgotpassword 2y agoI'd like to know that too, have been considering doing some zigbee tinkering, and battery powered would be a requirement. I've read in some other comment that nRF would be much better in that regard. Need to do some googling for numbers...
- e-max 2y agoThe flashy PDF is here https://products.espressif.com/static/Espressif%20SoC%20Product%20Portfolio.pdf https://products.espressif.com/static/Espressif%20SoC%20Prod... a one-pager comparing all models.
- throwup238 2y agoAccording to that pdf the ESP32-C5 does have Zigbee.
- phaistra 2y agoAre we sure this is correct? The table shows ESP32-C5 supports CANFD but I cant find any info on CAN-FD peripheral, drivers, etc.
- 15155 2y agoAll MCUs with 802.15.4 radios (STM32WB, nRF5x, ESP32, Ambiq, etc.) can transmit and receive Zigbee frames. The real issue with Zigbee is full software support.