Collaboration enables developers to go from new board to
commissioned device in under two minutes
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Labs
(NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology
for a more connected world, today announced a new partnership in
collaboration with Arduino, the global leader in open-source
hardware and software, to better enable seamless development of
Matter over Thread applications for Arduino's 33
million-strong developer community. Developed in collaboration with
Silicon Labs, Arduino's first-ever 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.
"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."
Code samples, reference designs, documentation and more are now
live in the Arduino Core for Silicon
Labs Devices GitHub page.
Arduino Speeds Matter Development for Silicon Labs
Developers
Arduino is an ecosystem that offers hardware
products, software solutions, and cloud services accessible to all.
In line with the open-source nature of the entire project, the
Arduino programming language – used in the Arduino Integrated
Development Environment (IDE) – has grown and evolved over the
years thanks to the input of its highly engaged community and user
base, who routinely contribute to the platform's ability to meet
the changing needs of the embedded computing market. Its intuitive
interface and extreme ease of use have made it a favorite for
anyone from students taking their first steps in coding to
enterprise developers. This new partnership marks a crucial step
further in this direction, lowering barriers to entry to make
developing a Matter device easier than ever.
"Empowering innovators has always been at the core of Arduino's
mission, and our collaboration with Silicon Labs takes that
commitment to new heights. 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.
Indeed, Arduino's shared software resources are incredibly
powerful, with a wide range of pre-compiled libraries to help
developers get their new devices up and running, quickly. 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.
Phase Two of Partnership Focuses on Bringing New Hardware to
Market
A complete platform for Matter development needs both
hardware and software, and as Phase Two of the collaboration
between Arduino and Silicon Labs, the two companies are
co-developing a new member of the highly successful Arduino Nano family of development boards for
small form factor devices. The new member of the family will
incorporate the MGM240 Module from Silicon Labs.
Based on the MG24 SoC, the module provides wireless connectivity
using Matter, Thread, and Bluetooth® protocols. With key
features like an ARM® Cortex®-M33, ten dBm output power, low
current consumption, and the highest PSA Certification Level 3
security, Arduino developers can create robust, fast, and
energy-efficient applications while securing end-user privacy. The
large memory of up to 1536 kB of Flash, 256 kB of RAM, and 32 GPIO
provides the capacity and expandability needed for Matter.
Silicon Labs and Arduino Partnership Advances Goal of Simple
IoT Development
This new partnership between Silicon Labs
and Arduino is a part of Silicon Labs' ongoing goal to make IoT
development as user-friendly and expedient as possible. To
accomplish this, Silicon Labs is not only partnering with some of
the world's leading development tool providers, like Arduino, but
is also evolving its own development tools. These will take a major
step forward with the release of Simplicity Studio 6 later this
year. This next version of Simplicity Studio will allow developers
to integrate their own preferred IDE, meaning that they can program
their devices within their preferred environment, using their
preferred language. Learn more about how Silicon Labs is looking
inward and outward to make the lives of developers easier:
- See how easy it is to program and commission a new Matter over
Thread device in the Quick Look – Matter Over Thread for Arduino
video on YouTube
- Read more about the partnership in Arduino's blog
About Silicon Labs
We're a leader in secure, intelligent wireless connectivity for
a more connected world. For more information visit
www.silabs.com.
About Arduino
Arduino is the leading open-source hardware and software company
in the world. Born to provide an easy-to-use platform for anyone
making interactive projects, Arduino has reached a growing
community and adapted to new needs and challenges, branching out
into products for IoT, wearables, 3D printing, and embedded
environments. As of today, the Arduino community includes over 33
million active users.
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