Z-Pi 7 is a daughterboard designed to be installed directly atop the Raspberry platform. It has been designed to enable software developers to bring custom automation solutions to market without having to co-develop unique hardware alongside their software. Once connected to a Raspberry, it exposes developers to the full Z-Wave API including 700 series Z-Wave.
Compatible with both Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Zero, Z-Pi 7 physically connects to the Rasberry’s GPIO port. Its small footprint means that it can be wrapped in any Raspberry case to offer a seamless, all-in-one gateway.
Z-Pi 7 is part of Aeotec’s range of turnkey hardware designed to enable solutions makers to build automation solutions without developing custom hardware.
The Z-Pi7 is equipped with a GPIO connector for the Raspberry Pi interface. Raspberry 1,2,3 or 4, the Z-Pi7 hardware is compatible with any of these platforms. Thanks to the Z-Pi7 the gateway for your Smart Home can be built upon our long experience in making reliable and affordable Z-Wave hardware for everybody. Usually the gateway is the most expensive part of a Smart Home, but thanks to the Z-Pi 7 you can build the Smart Home base on a DIY platform like the Raspberry and use a Open Source software like Homeassistant to empower your Z-Wave network.
Whether in USB or daughter-board format, Aeotec has shipped hundreds-of-thousands of development and antenna units which our partners and customers depend on to build their own gateway solutions. And while they empower the same outcome, there are large points of difference between Z-Pi 7 and Z-Stick Gen5+.