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This was one of my #circuitpython2025 requests. Filing a issue to track this.
Context:
- Being an already power efficient board compared to the other dual core ESP boards(S3, S2 etc), I thing this board would benefit from a low power connectivity solution like zigbee, as wifi is a notoriously power hungry connectivity solution.
- Adding zigbee support to the c6 would be very beneficial in battery powered use cases (for environmental monitoring, home automation etc) as every mAh counts in such scenarios.
Prior work:
- I noticed there were earlier discussions about adding zigbee support on the NRF52 boards and I wasn't sure if the SW stack implementation was an issue there that prevented it from getting implemented
- In the case of C6, esp-idf does seem to have support for zigbee and has few examples here. I am not sure how feasible and practical this is, but I feel like this might be a great addition to this power efficient board.