Hello everyone!
The Matrix Creator is a HAT for the Internet of Things that combines a lot of protocols (BT, Zigbee, Z-Wave, NFC..) and sensors (accelerometer, humidity…) for around a hundred euros.
This HAT seems to be the ideal tool for multi-protocol home automation, and as the main connector for an installation with a multitude of devices.
Integration into Gladys would be great, but I don’t currently have the JS skills to do it.
However, I am still curious and wonder how the integration could be done.
For the same protocol, you can have different connectors. For example: for Z-Wave, it can be a USB antenna, a specialized HAT, or a multi-protocol HAT (like the Creator).
Similarly, for Zigbee, it can be via the USB sniffer (through zigbee2mqtt), a Raspbee, or the Creator.
I wonder if the different inputs can be/be managed in the services.
This would mean coding interfaces between the software layer of the component and Gladys and its higher-level services.
Is this something taken/considered in the development of modules? Is it desirable? Useful? Feasible?
This is an open question!
What is your opinion on the matter? 