@Derek288719 - I’m a fan of Zigbee for Home Automation but sadly it’s not “super easy” but can be an excellent choice for low power devices.
The XIAO MG24 is great but not “super low power”, (due to the inclusion of a flash programmer and a few support devices like a battery charging circuit), but that is offset by the added the functionality.
The great thing however is that it’s very cheap for the performance and supports Matter (using Arduino or the Silabs SDK).
I’m currently developing a range of “Zigbee based devices” that can be programmed onto the XIAO MG24 and used in Home Automation installations and would welcome parties interested in testing some of my solutions. Just plug in the XIAO MG24 and run a batch command - takes about 10-15 seconds to program.
I’m currently testing a XIAO mmWave sensor with a XIAO MG24 on Home Assistant. I have also created the necessary firmware to run a Zigbee network on Home Assistant with the XIAO MG24 as a “dongle”, with either on board chip antenna or with a UFL dipole antenna.
Let me know if any of this is of interest to you.
Gary.
