OVERVIEW:
Tiny USB stick or dongle, adapter,development board for 2.4G multiprotocol RF
such as Openthread border router, Zigbee2MQTT adapter, Contiki 6LowPAN.
FEATURES:
1. 2.4GHz multiprotocol RF development board(OpenThread,Zigbee,BLE,IEEE802.15.4,6LoWPAN based on TI CC2538SF53 + CC2592 chip
2. Communicates with the host computer via the common CH340E USB-UART bridge
3. cJTAG debug header, flashed firmware or debug with JTAG
3. Self-programming via the TI serial bootloader with bootloader bit enabled
4. SMA antenna port for an external antenna with personal choice
5. General 4xLEDs(PB1/PB2/PB3/PB4)
6. General 2xButtons(BTN1--PA7 RST--nRESET)
7. IO breakouts with 2.0mm pitch holes for connecting peripheral device
8. Low power LDOs
9. ESD protections with USB interface
10. easy to use with Koenkk's zigbee2mqtt
11. easy to use with TI's OpenThread border router
12. Confirmed working with ZHA,ZIGBEE2MQTT,Home Assistant
13. Compatible with CC2538+CC2592 SmartRF06EVB from TI
TESTING:
1. RF performance testing
2. Frequency spectrum testing
3. Function testing
4. QC pass
BOM:
1. Inductor -- muRata
2. Capacitor -- muRata/AVX/Samsung
3. Resistors -- FH
4. Crystal oscillator -- TXC/TKD
5. LEDs -- Orient
FLASHING:
1. Via USB interface with bootloader enable:
A. flash firmware using TI Flash Programmer 2:
press BTN1 and keep holding --> click the Reset button --> wait a few seconds --> release BTN1 button --> Flash programmer 2 operation
B. flash firmware using cc2538-bsl.py
2. Via cJTAG interface with TI debugger tools
DIMENSION:
5.5cm * 2.3cm * 1.3cm
FIRMWARE:
The dongle comes stitched with coordinator firmwares of zigbee2mqtt, you can flash it with router or other types firmware via USB with bootloader enable condition.
https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware/tree/master/coordinator/Z-Stack_3.0.x/bin