Home Assistant Green Smart Home Hub SkyConnect 2X USB, Gigabit LAN, MicroSD Slot

Article description Green:

Home Assistant Smart Home Hub

EASY TO START — The affordable Home Assistant Green is the easiest way you can start using Home Assistant. It's plug-and-play and comes with Home Assistant already installed.

SIMPLE SETUP — Plug and play. Get started right away.

WORKS WITH (ALMOST) EVERYTHING — Powerful hardware lets you control and automate everything in your home from a single app with Home Assistant.

INTEGRATED — Everything in one app. More than 1,000 built-in integrations support hundreds of thousands of smart devices and online services, with more regularly added by our community.

SIMPLE MIGRATION — Switch from other smart home ecosystems at your own pace. Home Assistant works with your existing Apple HomeKit, Google Home*, Samsung SmartThings**, and Amazon Alexa* setup, allowing a seamless and gradual migration for everyone in your home. * Home Assistant Cloud subscription is recommended for seamless integration with Google Home and Amazon Alexa voice assistants. ** Home Assistant Cloud subscription is recommended for using webhooks with Samsung SmartThings.

EXTENSIBLE — Expand compatibility as your home expands. You can add Home Assistant SkyConnect to connect Zigbee and Thread* devices, set up Home Assistant Cloud for voice assistants, and integrate third-party USB accessories to support other smart standards, such as Z-Wave or Bluetooth. *Thread support is currently under development.

TRUSTWORTHY — Your home is built to last, and so should your smart home. With Home Assistant, your smart home is private, truly owned and controlled by you.

IMPROVES EVERY MONTH — Home Assistant is built by one of the largest communities of open-source contributors. New features and improvements are added every month, ensuring your smart home never lets you down.

YOUR DATA IS PRIVATE AND LOCAL  — Home Assistant keeps your data locally, which means you are safe from invasive privacy practices and you can access your smart home even when the Internet is down.

Article description SkyConnect:

USB ZigBee 3.0 Thread (Matter) Gateway

The Home Assistant SkyConnect is the easiest way to add Zigbee support to your Home Assistant instance. Thread support will be added soon so that your Home Assistant SkyConnect can be used to connect to Thread-based Matter devices.

The product supports over-the-wire (OTW) firmware updates via the USB interface, which enables simple and quick firmware updates for both protocols. The device is an EFR32 Series 2 (Silicon Labs EZSP V8) adapter, which works with a transmission power of +20 DBM.

The stick supports USB 2.0 at full speed if it is connected to the supplied USB-Exterender.

Nabu Casa provides regular firmware updates to ensure that the dedicated Zigbee and Thread firmwares for the SkyConnect home assistant always provide users with the optimal experience.

The USB stick is plug-and-play and seamlessly integrated with Zigbee home automation integration, providing a user-friendly experience for beginners.

The hardware is based on a Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 SOC (the same chip that is used in sonoffs ZBDOLLLE-E), an IEEE 802.15.4 Multi-Protocol 2,4GHz Funk-MCU, which is able, at the same time both ZigBee 3.0 (Emberznet/EZSPS ) as well as thread (Openthread/Spinel Inc. Matter/Chip Over Thread) to carry out stacks/protocols by using firmware in the RCP (Radio Co-Processor) mode. Direct local serial communication takes place via an integrated USB-to-UART bridge/a converter (presumably a chip of the CP210X series from Silicon Labs).

The Home Assistant / NABU CASA Team also works on several add-ons that enable these adapters to act as a ZigBee coordinator and as an opent thread border router (OTBR) for thread-based matter / chip-compatible devices (the locally above Communicate a USB-Erial port using the OpentThread RPC Spinel interface via uart). Silabs Emberznet EZSP interface for ZigBee Via Zigpy libraries also enable the support of the ZHA (ZigBee Home Automation) integration out-of-the-box.

Note on Thread (Matter):

Skyconnect comes with experimental support for the simultaneous use of thread (used for some matter devices) and ZigBee networks. The integrated radio chip from Home Assistant Skyconnect supports ZigBee by default. By updating the firmware, the radio chip can be used in a multi-protocol setup that supports the ZigBee and Thread (Matter) at the same time!

There are two restrictions: the two networks have to be on the same channel and share the range. Before you activate the multi-protocol support, read the documentaion on the official Home Assistant Sky Connect Page:

https://skyconnect.home-assistant.io/documentation/

Specifications Green:

Hardware specifications

SoC: Rockchip RK3566 SoC with quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 CPU

CPU Frequency: 1.8 GHz

Storage: 32 GB eMMC flash drive

Memory: 4 GB LPDDR4X

Interfaces

Status LEDs: White (power indicator), Green (activity indicator), Yellow (system health indicator)

Power supply: DC barrel connector, 5.5 mm * 2.1 mm / 12 V DC, 1 A

Battery: CR2032. Not included. Optional.

Energy consumption Idle: ~1.7 W at 12 V

Energy consumption Load: ~3 W at 12 V

USB: 2x USB 2.0 Type-A Host ports, 5 V up to 2 A (combined)

Display: HDMI port, for diagnostic purposes only

External storage: MicroSD slot, for recovery purposes only

Networking: Gigabit Ethernet port

Dimensions and weight

Length: 112 mm / 4.41 inches

Width: 112 mm / 4.41 inches

Height: 32 mm / 1.26 inches

Weight: 340 g / 12 oz

Materials

Enclosure: Semi-transparent polycarbonate plastic

Heatsink: Anodized aluminum

Packaging: Chipboard

Environmental conditions for operation

Temperature: O °C to 40 °C / 32 °F to 104 °F

Humidity: Non-condensing

Room conditions: Indoor use only, Keep in dry, not excessively dusty environment as this can cause damage to the unit.

Product information

Model No.: NC-GREEN-1175

Origin: Made in PRC

What's in the box

Home Assistant Green smart home hub

1x Gigabit Ethernet cable

Universal power supply, 12 V DC, 1 A, Comes with plug adapters for EU, US, and UK

Quick Start Guide

Warranty and Safety Information

Specifications SkyConnect:

Support for ZigBee und Thread (Matter)

Over-the-wire (OTW) firmware updates

Power supply: 5V DC / up to 150mA

USB: V2.0 full speed (12MBPS)

Bridge: USB to Uart, Silabs CP2102N

Dimensions (LXBXH): approx. 38.5 x 18 x 4.5mm

Weight: 4G

Sender/recipient: Silabs EFR32MG21

Frequency: 2.4GHz

Antenna: PCB

TX performance: up to +20dbm

RX sensitivity: -104dbm (250kbps)

Protocols: Zigbee, Thread (Matter)

Stack: Emberznet serial protocol (EZSP)

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