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by dx4100 408 days ago
The ESP32-C6 has a Zigbee radio. I have 6 myself -- they're great.
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Does the Zigbee work well/as expected? Does it have lower power draw when doing Zigbee vs. wifi?
I'd like to know that too, have been considering doing some zigbee tinkering, and battery powered would be a requirement. I've read in some other comment that nRF would be much better in that regard. Need to do some googling for numbers...
I bought a few of those, but at $8 they're a bit pricier than the $3 Espressif spoiled me with.
supermini boards with esp32c6 on it can be had for approximately 4 euro each.
Do you have any links? I couldn't find any.
Digikey has the modules for under 4 EUR in unit quantities, but they aren't the friendliest to integrate, since they only have pads on the bottom. I also found some boards with the bare chip for just over 4 EUR there, you can also find similar ones on AliExpress.
Nice, thanks! I didn't find them a few days ago when I looked, and I spend $40 for 5, when I could have gotten 10. Thanks again.