RaZberry 7 and RaZberry 7 Pro by z-wave.me Z-Wave 700 Series shields looks like alternatives to Aeotec Z-Pi 7, Aeotec Z-Stick 7, Zooz USB ZST10 700 Stick, and Silabs UZB-7

[Hedda]

FYI, z-wave.me have now released two Z-Wave 700 Series (Z-Wave Gen7 / Z-Wave Plus V2) shield products for Raspberry Pi GPIO header.

One larger PCB variant with an onboard circuit-board antenna and one smaller PCB "PRO" variant which has an external antenna.

https://z-wave.me/products/razberry/

https://z-wave.me/wa-data/public/site/themes/epsilon/img/cards_1.jpg

RaZberry 7 with a built-in PCB antenna and based on based on Silicon Labs ZGM130S (Silabs SiP radio module with EFR32ZG14 MCU)
ZME_RAZBERRY7 (global/international version for all frequency range via different firmware releases)

RaZberry 7 Pro with uFL anenna connector for external SMT antenna also based on Silicon Labs ZGM130S (SiP module with EFR32ZG14)

• ZMEERAZBERRY7_ANT (model with external antenna for 908–917 or 919–921 MHz)
• ZMEURAZBERRY7_ANT (model with external antenna for 865–869 MHz)

https://rus.z-wave.me/drive/?file=24e4716409e82d0e27379e3e5208c8667b99

https://manuals.plus/m/4dface0320168cc13cc99e53913d0c4862f3d61931de716c60ff1d284d7aa79f_optim.pdf

https://manuals.plus/z-wave-me/razberry-7-pro-z-wave-shield-with-external-antenna-manual

https://z-wave.me/wa-data/public/site/themes/epsilon/img/1698.970.jpg

https://z-wave.me/wa-data/public/site/themes/epsilon/img/1695.970.jpg

Not sure about price but these could be alternatives to Aeotec Z-Stick 7 USB stick (ZWA010), Aeotec Z-Pi 7 Raspberry Pi HAT/Shield (ZWA025),
Zooz USB 700 Series Z-Wave Plus S2 Stick ZST10 700, and Silicon Labs UZB-7 USB Stick (Silabs SLUSB001A / SLUSB7000A):

#2549

#2544

#3409

#4055

#2927

PS: Note that there is currently a serious problem with Z-Wave 700 Series controllers in node-zwave-js / node-zwavejs2mqtt, see this issue:

#3906

[Hedda]

Based on picture of the RaZberry 7 with built-in PCB antenna it looks like it will not fit in “Home Assistant Yellow” / “Home Assistant Amber”:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/nabu-casa/home-assistant-yellow/updates/z-wave-and-rename

Z-Wave and Rename

Today we are announcing the rename to Home Assistant Yellow. It will stay the same product we announced as Home Assistant Amber, it’s just a new name.

A couple of weeks back Lewis from Everything Smart Home asked me if Aeotec’s Z-Pi 7 would work with Home Assistant Yellow. We have a subset of the GPIO pins available on the J11 header, which offers plenty of 3.3 V power and a UART directly connected to the Compute Module 4. Electronically, this is all what is required to make the Z-Pi 7 work.

We received two Z-Pi 7 from our friends at Aeotec and can confirm: Z-Pi 7 works with Home Assistant Yellow and the Z-Wave JS Add-on and Integration. It also fits into the case which provides an easy and clean way to extend Home Assistant Yellow with Z-Wave support.

We haven’t measured or compared RF performance yet. The orientation of the antenna might not be quite ideal, but keep in mind that Z-Wave forms a mesh-network. Z-Wave also uses a different frequency spectrum than the onboard Zigbee radio, hence interference should be minimal.

[PoltoS]

It will. They moved the port from the border to let Razberry 7 fit in

[Hedda]

FYI, here are direct links for upstream Silicon Labs Z-Wave 7.17.2 reference firmware for ZGM130S in EU and US regions. Not custom as Zwave.me default but should work on Z-Wave.Me RaZberry 7 / Z-Wave.Me RaZberry 7 Pro (zme_razberry7 by Smart Systems Ltd. Z-Wave.Me:

https://github.com/SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk/blob/gsdk_4.0/protocol/z-wave/Apps/bin/gbl/ZW_SerialAPI_Controller_7_17_2_406_ZGM130S_REGION_EU.gbl?raw=true

https://github.com/SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk/blob/gsdk_4.0/protocol/z-wave/Apps/bin/gbl/ZW_SerialAPI_Controller_7_17_2_406_ZGM130S_REGION_US.gbl?raw=true

As mentioned before, Silicon Labs are now releasing on GitHub so other regions and different chips can also be found by selecting "Go to file" on https://github.com/SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk/tree/gsdk_4.0/protocol/z-wave/Apps/bin/gbl and then entering "ZW_SerialAPI_Controller_7_17_2_406_" (for web download must then go to the GiHub web page first and then click "Download").

[AlCalzone]

ZWave.me have their own firmwares, which are based on the official SDK but add additional features. Use this information above with caution.

[AndreBremer]

ZWave.me uses a custom bootloader, so the minicom approach doesn't work with Razberry7. The only working method to update firmware involves using Z-Way, but it only appears to work with ZWave.me's own firmware. Attempts to use standard firmware with this method fail. The latest supported official firmware version is 7.13.

[Botched1]

7.13? Yikes. That sounds like a great reason for me to not buy one of those then. Thanks!

[PoltoS]

@Botched1 7.13 is the app version, not the SDK version. Please don't be confused. 7.13 app version uses 7.17.02 SDK!

[Botched1]

Good point, I wasn't thinking about that - I just took the comment at face value.

Thanks!