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dresden elektronik wireless RaspBee Premium - ZigBee addon for Raspberry Pi with Firmware
Pluggable add on with radio module (IEEE 802.15.4) for Raspberry PiBrings Raspberry Pi as LAN-ZigBee gatewayFrequency: 2.4 GHz ISM band, can be used worldwideBased on Atmel´s single chip microcontroller ATmega256RFR2With ZigBee firmware and extensive software package to control up to 200 devices
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11 Reddit comments about dresden elektronik wireless RaspBee Premium - ZigBee addon for Raspberry Pi with Firmware:

u/Dergreiss · 7 pointsr/homelab

Hey,

your lab looks pretty good. Can you tell me where you got the two cases at the bottom from?

Btw instead of the hue bridge i would highly recommend this Raspberry Pi module.

Also I recommend looking into OpenHAB/ Home Assistant as instead or in combination with Smartthings.

u/marijnvdwerf · 5 pointsr/Hue

Does anyone have experience with the Raspbee from Dresden? I wonder how hard it would be to create a Hue-compatible API allowing other apps (and the official one) to continue working, while keeping an open platform.

When combined with homebridge, it even could offer HomeKit support for non-Hue bulbs.

u/nmyster · 3 pointsr/amazonecho

To be honest the DIY route is not much cheaper but here is my thinking to do what you are thinking about:

  • Get a raspberry pi 3 (~$36)
  • Get this Zigbee controller for the pi - https://www.amazon.com/RaspBee-premium-ZigBee-Raspberry-Firmware/dp/B00E6300DO ($32)
  • The RGB driver you mentioned ($54)
  • Your light strip of choice (~$15-$20)

    You could then hook up your pi and Zigbee controller, write some code that has some controls that work for your Zigbee receiver and lights. Then write an Alexa skill that communicates with the Pi either through a Message Queue like SQS (see my skill that does this -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAtZzVJb898). Your code would poll the queue and react based on what the queue has in it which would be populated by Alexa running in AWS Lambda. If you are interested in this method, I recommend looking at my Alexa Python module (see http://reddit6.com/r/amazonecho/comments/5ef1m1/pythonalexa_alexa_skill_module/)


    You can do it, it would take a lot of time to get it working nicely and would be damn satisfying if it worked but from a cost PoV you would need a new RGB driver per seperate strip you wanted to control plus a new strip so your looking at ~$70 per light, still a $20 saving and you will be able to get longer strips but a lot of work to get there

    I have Hue and although it can get annoyingly expensive, once you have the initial setup its much easier on the wallet as you can just add in new lights when you want
u/lucashayes · 2 pointsr/homeassistant

Off the shelf xbee module or such no.

Dresden sales a ZigBee module with firmware and software here but I wouldn't recommend it. Their support is awful, software is sketchy, and they've been promising updates forever with no delivery.

Honestly I've tried a bunch of stuff trying to simplify or save money and still have local control. Eventually just bought a Hue kit and wish I did that from the start. If nothing else get just a Hue hub and you'll be able to pair up your GE link bulbs and be running in minutes (especially with HASS's auto discovery).

P.S. I've got an extra I'll sale you if you're in the US ;)

u/ceciltech · 2 pointsr/sonos

Love this project, just started setting up something similar for my Sonos but a very different (Less DYI) approach and definitely not as cool. I am using the Aqara Cube and plan to print removable stickers to add the pictures to each side. I am only using one cube for now, adding additional cubes would cost about $15-$20 a piece. You can handle shake, rotate and flip events as well as sliding along the table and double tapping it on the table. The flipping and double taping report what side is flipped to or is up when double tapped so you can use double tap to start playing the station on the top face, then flipping to another face will switch channels, rotating (like a knob) can adjust volume. Sliding could be next track.

The Cube uses Zigbee wireless protocol which means that in order to handle the events you need a Zigbee hub that exposes events easily. You can build this hub yourself with a Raspbee which is the Zigbee radio and a Raspberry Pi computer plus a power supply and an SD card for the pi. Now you can handle cube events in code on the same Raspberry Pi that is acting as the Zigbee hub. You could use the same http Sonos api as OP's project or if coding in Python just use this Python library.

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All told probably come in at about $75 so not cheap but, in addition, the hub you have built can be used to control Philips Hue light bulbs (without having to buy the Hue hub) and most other Zigbee devices so you have a cube that can change your light bulbs colors and adjust brightness and turn on and off. Maybe a heart on one side that turns the bedroom lights to a dim red and starts the Sonos playing your favorite sexy playlist ; )

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I already have the Raspbee/Pi setup as a Zigbee hub for my home automation system controlled by Home Assistant so I only needed the Cube.

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u/AriaTwoFive · 1 pointr/homeassistant

>I've been searching around for the right radiator thermostats to use with hassio. My idea was to get the cheapest one, connect it via WiFi and configure it via hassio. I might also add a temperature sensor since my radiators are in the corners of the rooms, so the built-in sensor won't reflect the actual room temperature. Any sug

Are you referring to the Danfoss (Living) Eco? I read here that they do not report back the temperature, though this thread is from 2017: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/danfoss-living-eco-thermostat/34943

Just to make sure we're talking about the same devices, I found the Danfoss LC-13 Z-Wave. There is also a BlueTooth variant.

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I'm ordering the SPIRIT ZIGBEE now. 45€ is quite a lot I think, but I'll get one for now, and maybe a second one later. I'm also buying this Zigbee module for the RPI: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00E6300DO/

u/difficult_brick · 1 pointr/homeassistant

UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07PZ7ZHG5/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A1C032QA58NB8M&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E6300DO/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=AZH2GF8Z5J95G&psc=1

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I use the Raspbee Premium. Its good, £14 less expensive than Conbee II but not plug and play, still requires a bit of a fiddle adding lines to start up scripts etc.

Once set up Zigbee devices are plug and play.

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If you look on Ebay there's someone selling flashed CC2531 sticks for £11, but I think if you took the time to learn how to flash the sticks yourself you could add as you need range (or just plug in an IKEA bulb to add range).

u/throwaway9732121 · 1 pointr/homeautomation

Thx for the info! I think I am going to try that. However, I am not able to find conbee in the EU currently, do you thinkg raspbee will also work? Looks like this: https://www.amazon.de/RaspBee-Premium-Aufsatzmodul-Firmware-Raspberry/dp/B00E6300DO/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=ZigBee+Aufsatzmodul&qid=1554796499&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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The point is to be able to run hass.io at the end right? So if they say this should work with hass.io, it shouldn't be a problem? Or should I rather look for an usb stick type instead?

u/sam_ivy14 · 1 pointr/homeautomation

I used the Osram bridge for quite a while with mine - a little quirky, but it worked well enough for my needs. Then when I got into OpenHAB I moved to this instead: https://www.amazon.com/RaspBee-premium-ZigBee-Raspberry-Firmware/dp/B00E6300DO
It's more involved than just using an off the shelf hub, for sure, but if you want to roll your own solution and keep it completely off the Internet, this will work.