Zigbee

Robust, low-power mesh networks for smart homes, building automation, and more.

What is Zigbee?

Zigbee® is a standards-based wireless mesh network used widely in building automation, lighting, smart city, medical and asset tracking. Our scalable Zigbee portfolio offers the lowest power mesh solutions enabling multi-year coin cell use or battery-less operation across industrial temperatures. We have been a member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) for more than 10 years. Through Z-Stack and ZBOSS we provide robust stack delivery with the latest standards.

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Zigbee wireless microcontrollers

Improve your design with our high-quality wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) built with an integrated power amplifier, flexible memory, performance, package and cost options for your Zigbee network.

Zigbee wireless modules

Use our pre-certified, system-in-package (SIP) wireless MCUs, with a 70% smaller layout in a SIP footprint, for space-constrained applications, quick time-to-market and reduced power consumption. 

Zigbee portfolio by memory & use case

Design & development resources

Design tool
Hardware design reviews for SimpleLink™ CC2xxx devices

The SimpleLink hardware design review process provides a way to get in touch, one-on-one, with a subject matter expert that can help review your design and provide valuable feedback. A simple three-step process for requesting a review as well as links to relevant technical documentation and (...)

CALCULATION TOOL
Zigbee power calculator tool
This tool is used to allow Zigbee software users to analyze system power profile for a sleepy end device within a Zigbee application.
TRAINING
Zigbee app builder
Start your development of a Zigbee application by automatically configuring Zigbee cluster library (ZCL) characteristics inside of SysConfig.

Why choose TI for Zigbee

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Industry-leading, low power performance

Extend your battery life with our Zigbee devices with features including 0.85-µA standby current over temperature, best-in-class coin-cell operation at 10 dBm and more.

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Longer range mesh networks

Get longer range at reduced power consumption with the industry’s lowest power integrated power amplifier at +20 dBm and options for Zigbee Sub-GHz. 

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Reliable software

Between our SimpleLink™ software development kit (SDK) and the ZBOSS software protocol stack, we offer reliable and full-featured solutions that are optimized for our low-power devices.

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Quality, reliability and certification

Our Zigbee solutions are proven and tested to meet the highest industrial and regulatory compliance standards as well as provide easy certification with the Connectivity Standards Alliance.

Zigbee technologies

Zigbee software protocol stack

CC2340 now supports Zigbee® through ZBOSS®, a software protocol stack that helps overcome challenges in creating a robust and reliable wireless mesh network.  Developed by DSR, ZBOSS is cross platform compatible which means porting between devices requires minimum effort, even across silicon vendors. With options to operate devices as a Monolithic architecture, Network Co-processor (NCP) architecture, or a Split MAC architecture, ZBOSS is suitable for implementation in a wide array of configurations such as end devices, routers, and gateways. The stack provides networking capabilities for most challenging applications such as smart home automation, energy management, lighting, and security.

Featured products for Zigbee
CC2340R5 ACTIVE SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 512-kB flash
NEW CC2340R2 ACTIVE SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 256kB Flash

Ultra-low power Zigbee nodes

Zigbee green power is a feature included in the Zigbee 3.0 specification, allowing for ultra-low power energy harvesting devices to operate on Zigbee networks. By reducing packet length, round-trips, connection re-discovery, and on network time, the power consumption of an already energy efficient device such as CC2340 is greatly reduced. In doing so, devices can be powered entirely by energy harvesters, removing the need for battery maintenance and truly wireless devices.

Featured products for Zigbee
CC2340R5 ACTIVE SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 512-kB flash
NEW CC2340R2 ACTIVE SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 256kB Flash

Discover featured applications

Building automation
Use reliable and secure Zigbee connectivity in a variety of building automation projects where large resilient mesh networks may be needed
Lighting
Zigbee technology can be used to create a reliable network to control large lighting deployments
Grid infrastructure
Add Zigbee to grid infrastructure applications to reduce maintenance costs and improve efficiency, especially where large mesh networks are required

Use reliable and secure Zigbee connectivity in a variety of building automation projects where large resilient mesh networks may be needed

With more than 20 years of experience developing connectivity devices, TI helps:

  • Create low power, connected Zigbee-based building automation systems that link a variety of sensors and controllers, helping to enable secure remote monitoring and control.
  • Enable large distributed self-healing networks for maximum range and robustness.
  • Connect multiple sensors to optimally control indoor environments.

Featured resources

REFERENCE DESIGNS
PRODUCTS
  • CC2652R7 – SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 704-kB Flash
  • CC2652RSIP – SimpleLink™ multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless system-in-package module with 352-KB memory
  • CC2642R – SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 352kB Flash
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Zigbee technology can be used to create a reliable network to control large lighting deployments

With Zigbee mesh technoloy, control lighting networks of 75 nodes or more with minimal effort and built-in infrastructure.  Take advantage of TI's 20 years of connectivity experience, quality product offerings and industry-best support to connect your next lighting network.

Featured resources

REFERENCE DESIGNS
  • TIDC-ZLIGHT2-W – Simple White Dimmable ZigBee Connected LED Light for Home and Building Automation
  • TIDC-CC2650-CC2592-EMK – SimpleLink™ CC2650 Wireless MCU and CC2592 Range Extender Reference Design - 122dB Link Budget
  • TIDA-01095 – 100W Dimmable DC-DC LED Driver with Daylight Harvesting and Wireless Connectivity Reference Design
PRODUCTS
  • CC2652R7 – SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 704-kB Flash
  • CC2652PSIP – SimpleLink™ multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless system-in-package module with integrated power amplifier
  • CC2642R – SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 352kB Flash
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TECHNICAL RESOURCES
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN RESOURCES

Add Zigbee to grid infrastructure applications to reduce maintenance costs and improve efficiency, especially where large mesh networks are required

The electric grid is becoming smarter every day, with improved monitoring and control capabilities.  Many of these are enabled by secure Zigbee wireless connectivity, which can be used to replace expensive cables, improve maintenance access and give more control to grid operators over even very large deployment areas.    

Featured resources

REFERENCE DESIGNS
PRODUCTS
  • CC2652R7 – SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 704-kB Flash
  • CC2652RSIP – SimpleLink™ multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless system-in-package module with 352-KB memory
  • CC2642R – SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 352kB Flash
HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL RESOURCES
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN RESOURCES
When building various infrastructures, size, power consumption and reliable connectivity pose numerous challenges for engineers. By using TI’s SimpleLink devices which offer ultra-compact solutions with minimal power consumption and easy integration in the Zigbee ecosystem, we are able to send reliable data from these infrastructures straight to the gateway so that our customers feel confident in their designs.
– Paolo Redaelli | Krabo, Project Manager

Technical resources

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Zigbee Product Certification Overview
Certify your end product with the Zigbee special interest group (SIG) and meet regulatory compliance standards with our Zigbee devices.
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TI RF Range Estimator
This tool is used to calculate a range estimate for indoor and outdoor RF links using our wireless devices.
Application note
Application note
Z-Stack Large Mesh Network Performance Using the SimpleLink™ Wireless MCU Family (Rev. B)
This application report describes the process employed to perform a Zigbee® 3.0 large mesh network test using SimpleLink CC1352P and CC2652R devices operating from Z-Stack 3.5.0.
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