Tag: xiaomi gateway

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

  Home Automation, Raspberry Pi | 3 min | 69482

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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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• #Zigbee: Reading Xiaomi Sensors with a Raspberry Pi (no Xiaomi gateway needed!)

  Home Automation, Product Reviews, Raspberry Pi | 2 min | 22164

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  docker

  home automation

  raspberry pi 3 B plus

  product review

  home assistant

  xiaomi sensors

  xiaomi gateway

  aqara

  hass.io

  I've been very busy the last weeks. I moved to a new apartment and I was living between moving boxes. Four days ago, I managed to put my desk together and now I have some time (not a lot) to write a new article.

  Last month I've received from GearBest two Aqara sensors:

  • Aqara Cube - internal motion sensors (gyro + accelerometers)
  • Aqara humidity, temperature and air pressure

  These sensors use Zigbee and I connected them to a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian OS and a dockerized version o...

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• #Zigbee: Xiaomi Sensors using Raspberry Pi (without Gateway!)

  Home Automation, Raspberry Pi | 6 min | 108544

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  raspberry pi

  home automation

  home assistant

  mqtt

  xiaomi sensors

  xiaomi gateway

  aqara

  pir

  door sensor

  zigbee

  This tutorial allows you to connect Xiaomi (or Aqara) sensors (e.g. door, pir, temperature, water, switch) to a Raspberry Pi or similar system without using any Xiaomi Gateway.

  This is what I will try to accomplish in this tutorial:

  1. Flash the USB-Zigbee Dongle with the correct FW
  2. Install a broker to connect to the sensors
  3. Configure the sensors using the...

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