Silicon Labs, Arduino team on Nano board for Matter
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Arduino is working with microcontroller supplier Silicon Labs for applications and a new board supporting the Matter over Thread wireless protocol.
The collaboration has started with Arduino’s first Matter software libraries are available today on both the xG24 Explorer Kit from Silicon Labs and the xG24-based SparkFun Thing Plus Matter – MGM240P development board. These use the EFR32MG24 System-on-Chip for 2.4 GHz wireless IoT applications using Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Zigbee, Thread, and Matter.
The two companies are also developing a new version of the Arduino Nano family of development boards for small form factor devices. The new board will incorporate the MGM240 Module from Silicon Labs and is also based on the EFR32MG24.
This uses an ARM Cortex-M33 core with 10 dBm radio output power, low current consumption, and the highest PSA Certification Level 3 security. It has up to 1536 kB of Flash, 256 kB of RAM, and 32 GPIO provides the capacity and expandability needed for Matter.
Code samples, reference designs and documentation are available in the Arduino Core for Silicon Labs Devices GitHub page and the libraries can be used with the Arduino IDE development environment.
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In internal testing, Silicon Labs engineers were able to set up a new board flashed as a Matter device and ready to be commissioned into a new network in under two minutes. This represents a major step forward in making Matter development more accessible, simpler, and faster than ever before.
“This partnership represents a significant stride in democratizing the development of Matter applications, for our community and beyond. By integrating Arduino’s simplicity and powerful development environment with Silicon Labs’ cutting-edge hardware capabilities, we are providing users with a unique blend of accessibility and advanced features. Together with Silicon Labs, we are excited to pave the way for the next wave of innovation in the IoT landscape,” commented Fabio Violante, CEO of Arduino.
“Arduino’s simplicity, ease of use, and powerful development environment is what makes them so appealing to their community of over 33 million users, whether they be Makers just getting started, or Pros with a wealth of development experience,” said Rob Shane, Vice President of Mass Market Sales and Applications at Silicon Labs. “By combining Arduino’s software libraries with Silicon Labs-based hardware, developers get the best of both worlds with our leading security, energy efficiency, and processing power for Matter.”
Silicon Labs is also evolving its own development tools. These will take a major step forward with the release of Simplicity Studio 6 later this year that will allow developers to integrate their own preferred IDE, meaning that they can program their devices within their preferred environment, using their preferred language.
Arduino also has a deal with another microcontroller supplier Renesas Electronics following a $10m investment in 2022.
www.silabs.com; www.arduino.cc
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