What's better than a Raspberry Pi?

The Banana Pi M5 is probably the closest rival to the Raspberry Pi 4 B. Armed with an Amlogic S905X3 quad-core Cortex-A55 CPU, a clock speed of 2 GHz, 4 GB LPDDR4 RAM, and a Mali-G31 GPU, the performance of the Banana Pi M5 is a notch above Raspberry Pi's fourth-gen board.

Does Sonoff need a hub?

Sonoff Zigbee Because it uses Zigbee it will require a Zigbee hub to connect to the Internet. Nov 27, 2021

Can I use Sonoff without WiFi?

Yes, Sonoff devices can work without an active internet connection. Since mid 2018, Itead (the manufacturer of Sonoff devices) have been shipped Sonoff devices with firmware that includes a feature called “LAN Mode”.

Can Zigbee go through walls?

To determine whether a Zigbee signal will be able to get through the walls of your home, you can actually use your existing WiFi network. As both WiFi and Zigbee operate on the same frequency, they will also both have a similar ability to penetrate walls. Jun 6, 2021

Is Zigbee dead?

The IoT technology known as Zigbee isn't going away, but the Zigbee Alliance is rebranding to a new name and focus: the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). The Zigbee Alliance has been around for almost 20 years, and it's well-established as a global standards organization for IoT.