Product description: Home Assistant Yellow Kit PoE - intelligent switchboard - ZigBee / Thread - Nabu Casa YELLOW-KIT-POE
Raise the standard of your smart home with the Home Assistant Yellow control unit! This advanced system allows you to easily build home automation on the Home Assistant platform, integrating thousands of devices in one place. Thanks to this, you can control all your Smart Home devices from one Home Assistant application. The Home Assistant Yellow control unit is equipped with the Multiprotocol ZigBee and Thread system , which allows you to add almost any device supporting these standards. Additional installation convenience is provided by the possibility of powering via PoE (Power over Ethernet), which allows you to power the control unit directly via a network cable, minimizing the number of cables needed. The control unit stores data locally , which ensures their complete security. It requires Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 or Compute Module 5 (not included in the set) to operate and supports M.2 Key M drives in sizes 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280. The device is enclosed in a transparent housing, with easy access to connectors and buttons. The set also includes a radiator and thermal tapes.
Home Assistant Yellow Kit PoE - intelligent switchboard - ZigBee / Thread - Nabu Casa YELLOW-KIT-POE.
Home Assistant Yellow smart home control unit powered by PoE.
Open hardware platform
A lot of time and resources have been invested in developing Home Assistant products. The company wants others to be able to see the work done and create their own great smart home products. That's why the Nabu Casa team is making the Home Assistant Yellow schematics available as open source software. We encourage you to check out the Home Assistant Yellow board and browse the available source files .
Works with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4)
For the Home Assistant Yellow smart home control unit to work properly, it is necessary to use a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) / 5 (CM5) minicomputer, which is not included in the kit and must be purchased separately. A module with at least 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of eMMC memory is required. It is worth noting that the Lite versions of this module do not have built-in Flash memory, which in such cases requires the use of an NVMe SSD drive. Some users have reported that these drives do not function properly with Home Assistant Yellow.
The device requires a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 to work properly.
Home Assistant Yellow has a built-in ZigBee / Thread module, making it compatible with thousands of devices.
Wide compatibility
The Home Assistant Yellow central unit allows for integration with thousands of home automation platforms, which enables cooperation with a wide range of smart devices - from lighting, through heating, to security systems. Additionally, the built-in ZigBee and Thread communication system allows for integration with even more Smart Home devices. If you already use devices based on Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings or Amazon Alexa systems, you can easily transfer their data to Home Assistant and manage them using a single application.
Data security
The Home Assistant platform places particular emphasis on protecting user data and privacy. Unlike many other Smart Home solutions that rely on the cloud, Home Assistant Yellow stores data locally, which significantly reduces the risk of data leakage or unauthorized access. Regular updates also provide protection against new threats and security holes, which is crucial in the rapidly evolving world of cybercrime.
Home Assistant Yellow works locally, does not require a cloud connection, so you maintain complete privacy.
Home Assistant Yellow Kit PoE Contents.
Kit Contents
- Home Assistant Yellow Kit PoE
- Heatsink with thermal pads
- Ethernet cable
- Quick start guide
Home Assistant Yellow Control Unit Specifications
- Model: YELLOW-KIT-POE
- System: None (requires Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5)
- Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 1588
- PoE+ IEEE 802.3at-2009 Class 3 or 4
- Multiprotocol Wireless Communications Chip: SiLabs MGM210P (MGM210PA32JIA2)
- Supported protocols:
- ZigBee3.0
- Thread
- Wireless system:
- 32-bit ARM Cortex-M33 with DSP
- 80MHz
- 1024 kB program memory
- 96 kB RAM data memory
- Radio:
- from 2405MHz to 2480MHz
- TX power up to +20 dBm
- built-in antenna with 1.86 dBi gain
- sensitivity 103.9 dBm (1% PER) at 250 kbps O-QPSK DSSS
- M.2 Key M socket:
- support for modules 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280
- 1x PCIe
- USB:
- 2x USB 2.0 type A, 5 V / 1.5 A
- 1x USB C, supports USB 2.0/1.1, consumption less than 100mA at 5V
- USB-to-Serial debugging by default
- Muxable to USB 2.0 CM4 as USB boot (recovery)
- High Quality Stereo Audio DAC:
- 2 V RMS Line-out 3.5 mm audio jack
- impedance 10 kOhm (minimum 5 kOhm)
- SNR 104dB
- Dynamic Range 106dB
- RTC: CR2032 battery
- GPIO pins:
- 2x 5 pin J11 compatible with the first 10 pins (1 to 10) of the 40-pin Raspberry Pi connector
- Serial port, I2C available by default via boot configuration options
- Status LEDs (software controlled):
- red (CM4/5 power diode)
- green (CM4/5 activity diode)
- yellow (CM4/5 status diode)
- blue (MGM210P system activity diode)
- Power supply:
- 12 V DC / 2.5 A (IEC 60130-10 Type A 5.5 mm OD, 2.1 mm ID)
- PoE+ IEEE 802.3at-2009 Class 3 or 4
- typical power consumption:
- idle: approx. 1.5 W
- idle with NVMe: approx. 2 W
- load: 5 W to 9 W
- Housing: transparent polycarbonate
- Dimensions: 124 x 124 x 35 mm
- Weight: 270 g (with radiator)
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