Recently [Glen Akins] reported on Bluesky that the Zigbee-based sensor he had made for his garden’s rear gate was still going strong after a Summer and Winter on the original 2450 lithium coin cell.

Zigbee is a protocol that has been around for quite a long time, and you can purchase many cheap smart sensors to incorporate into your own Zigbee network. Zigbee is its own network, meaning that it ...

With the increase in popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and their need to communicate wirelessly, there’s been a corresponding explosion of wireless protocols to chose from. Of course ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The long-promised Thread sensor is finally here, but while there are some improvements, Matter’s shortcomings ...

Matter may be the big new thing in the smart home arena, but the old Zigbee protocol still has some tricks up its sleeves, and this one’s pretty cool: The ability to transform Zigbee devices, such as ...

The $50 sensor runs on two coin cell batteries so you don’t need a nearby power source for installation. The $50 sensor runs on two coin cell batteries so you don’t need a nearby power source for ...