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Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus

by Sonoff

Your gateway to a smarter, Zigbee-controlled home!

Say hello to the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, a sleek Zigbee 3.0 USB dongle designed for open-source automation enthusiasts. Why clutter your home with multiple brand-specific Zigbee hubs when you can streamline your smart home setup with this compact marvel? It integrates seamlessly with Home Assistant, desktop computers, or even a Raspberry Pi!

Wave goodbye to multiple hubs and embrace effortless smart home control at an impressively affordable price.

  • Ready to Roll: Pre-flashed with Zigbee coordinator firmware (EZNet 6.10.3) for instant, out-of-the-box use.
  • Super Compatible: Works effortlessly with platforms like Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, openHAB, and more!
  • Powered by EFR32MG21: Equipped with robust performance and reliability.
  • Boosted Signal: +20dBm output gain ensures strong and reliable Zigbee connectivity.
  • Sleek & Strong: Aluminium housing minimises interference for smooth, uninterrupted communication.

Take charge of your smart home setup with the Dongle Plus – the perfect choice for DIY tinkerers and automation enthusiasts alike.

Tech Specs

  • Connectivity: Zigbee 3.0 / USB Type-A
  • Environment: -10°C to 40°C
  • Power: 5V (100mA max)
  • Compatibility: Windows, macOS, Linux (Ubuntu / Raspberry Pi OS)
  • Dimensions: 75×25.5×13.5 mm*

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Notes

  • * The metal casing of this adaptor is quite large - if there's not a lot of clearance around your USB ports (as is the case with Home Assistant Green) you may need to use a USB-A extender or hub to plug it in.

What Is Zigbee?

Zigbee is a wireless standard enabling low-power, secure connections between smart devices. Widely used in home automation for devices such as thermostats, sensors, and locks, its energy efficiency allows some devices to run for years on a single coin cell battery.

The key advantage of Zigbee is its local operation – no cloud subscriptions or even an internet connection are required. Everything can remain within your home, ensuring both high security and resilience against internet outages.

Major brands like IKEA, Philips Hue, Tuya, and Sonoff support Zigbee devices. This means you can integrate products from different manufacturers into one smart home setup, giving you the freedom to avoid being locked into a single vendor – brilliant!

With an indoor range of 10–100 metres and extended outdoor coverage, Zigbee’s mesh networking ensures reliable communication, even if some devices go offline. Its robust security features, including encryption and key protection, safeguard your smart home, keeping it secure and under your control.

Learn more about Zigbee on the official Zigbee website.

19 customer reviews

2 years ago
A very good screen. I did have to make some tweaks to the Arduino library to make the graphics line up properly, and the colours also require adjustment. However, it was a quick job so I can't complain too much.
by Ben about 0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Great little device - bright display with wide viewing angle. Software setup is reasonably straightforward. I have had a few issues with colours randomly not being the colour specified - there doesn't seem to be any way of fixing this other than turning it off and on a few times until it starts working again......
by Richard about 0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Works nicely, decent viewing angle. Backlight is bright enough for day; a bit too bright for dark viewing but that’s a niche case anyway. With it sat in the mini Breakout Garden on top of the Pi Zero it feels like everything needed to drive it it much bigger than the Pi or screen itself; proportionally the overhead of the breakout connectors and the garden etc are quite big. Once you incorporate it into an actual permanent build that’s much slicker. Too wide to fit the width of a Pi Zero unless you’ve got it raised high enough up that it clears all the GPIO pins, but on something more custom you could fit it quite neatly on there if you weren’t needing standard headers.
by Anonymous about 0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Works nicely, decent viewing angle. Backlight is bright enough for day; a bit too bright for dark viewing but that’s a niche case anyway. With it sat in the mini Breakout Garden on top of the Pi Zero it feels like everything needed to drive it it much bigger than the Pi or screen itself; proportionally the overhead of the breakout connectors and the garden etc are quite big. Once you incorporate it into an actual permanent build that’s much slicker. Too wide to fit the width of a Pi Zero unless you’ve got it raised high enough up that it clears all the GPIO pins, but on something more custom you could fit it quite neatly on there if you weren’t needing standard headers.
by Anonymous about 0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout via REVIEWS.io
5 years ago
Be aware, this has a very fine ribbon cable on the back that stands proud of the PCB and so care is needed when plugging in or removing from the garden. Driver on the Pi is a long install - support is simpler on the Arduino boards! Quality is good (esp given the size) and it is nice and bright.
by Andrew about 0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout via REVIEWS.io
6 years ago
Have a stack of headless pi-zero W's that I was planning to mount to the backside of my main monitor, and now I can have status displays for them all that sit on the monitor edge. Soldered this up in about two minutes and was off on a mission to deploy rainbows. Install script does not enable SPI in config.txt, needed to do that on my own, no big deal. 5V pin for me caused distorted colors (no colors matched). It also seemed to cause a problem with the BL pin. Connected to 3.3V pin and all my troubles with the colors went away. Install script did not download the latest from github, and as such deployrainbows.gif was missing. I had to download that manually, again, not a problem. gif.py did not display the gif for me with rotation=90, which is default for the library. I had to adjust the code to swap width/height to get it to display correctly when rotated to 90/270. The overall initial experience was a little lacking, but I feel awesome since I got everything working. Pros: Wiring Directions are compete. Looks amazing - Colors are bright. Viewing angle is insane (in the membrane). Smooth animation on deployrainbows.gif and other samples. Definitely worth the money. Cons: None that I can see.
by David about 0.96" SPI Colour LCD (160x80) Breakout via REVIEWS.io

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