Home Assistant
A Zigbee or Thread adapter designed specifically to work with Home Assistant. It connects to your Home Assistant smart home hub via USB, allowing it to build either a Zigbee or a Thread network via Home Assistant's built-in Zigbee or Thread integrations.\n\nA few device characteristics are listed below:\n\n- Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 supports either the Zigbee or Thread protocol.\n\n- You can choose the protocol during setup and also switch later, if needed.\n\n- Running Zigbee and Thread at the same time on the same adapter is not supported.\n\n- Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 does not support Bluetooth or Z-Wave.\n\n- Frequency band: 2.4 GHz\n\n- Processors used: Silicon Labs MG24 (running either Zigbee 3.0 or Thread firmware) and ESP32-S3 (USB-serial bridge).\n\n- Supports ZHA, Zigbee2MQTT, and OpenThread Border Router.\n\n- Hardware and software are open source. The device is easy to open (no clips or glue), with accessible pads and pins.