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I have 3 different brands usb adapters for the Xbee3

I just received another XB3-24Z8ST with RP SMA antenna and I tried it right from factory with the Ebay Xbee USb adapter and I had some issues since this usb adapter does not have a reset it did not want to load firmware and it appeared to get corrupt when I did try.
Once I reprogrammed it with my other brand usb adapter it appears to work fine with the ebay usb adapter.
I was having an issue even initial pairing the stock Xbee3 with the ebay usb board like others have mentioned that it would just sit initializing. I think it may not write the firmware correctly possible causing corruption.
Also the RP SMA antenna on the XBee3 will touch on the powered header on the usb board which will send 5v to your ground which you do not want to do so you will have to unsolder the header from the usb board. The header is fine with a XB3-24Z8PT (pcb antenna) it will not touch.

I also have a waveshare but this one needs you to install a CP210X driver for windows 10.
It is a bit flaky to work but it does.

The best working one (and more expensive one) is still the digikey Grove USB board part number 602-1979-ND .

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