Tag: aqara sensors

• #Zigbee: Flashing a CC2531 dongle using a Raspberry Pi

  Home Automation, Raspberry Pi | 3 min | 71169

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  raspberry pi

  home assistant

  mqtt

  xiaomi sensors

  xiaomi gateway

  aqara

  pir

  door sensor

  zigbee

  aqara sensors

  Last April, I published a tutorial about connecting the Aqara sensors to a Raspberry Pi without using the Xiaomi Gateway. To make that possible, I needed a CC Debugger to flash the TI CC2531 Zigbee Dongle. This debugger was used only one time, and then the Zigbee-USB dongle worked without any problem.

  In this article, I will cover a way to flash the CC2531 without the CC Debugger. This reduces project costs (about $10 for debugger + cable adapters) and waitin...

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