Overview of Matter Ecosystem#

The Silicon Labs Matter platform supports the most recent versions of the Matter protocol and works with several commercial Matter ecosystems.
Matter allows multiple ecosystems to work together and control a single, shared Device.
Silicon Labs Matter devices can be controlled by various Matter enabled Ecosystems.

Prerequisites#

Ecosystems#

"Off the shelf" devices which are compatible with the official implementation of Matter in at least one commercial ecosystem

Smartphone to Control the Ecosystem#

Android smart phone installed with respective Ecosystem mobile apps Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Samsung Smart Things
Apple iphone installed with mobile app Apple Home.

Silicon Labs Development Boards#

In order to run Matter over Wi-Fi on compatible Ecosystem, at least below setup hardwares are required
Silicon Labs Wireless starter/development kit (WSTK)
Silicon Labs Wi-Fi development Kits & boards
- For SoC variants, an SiWx917 SoC Dual flash boards or Common flash boards
- For Network Co-Processor (NCP) variants,
  - Silicon Labs EFR32 - is used as a host processor and, with the WF200, provides Bluetooth LE capabilities
  - Silicon Labs Wi-Fi Processor
    - RS9116 development kit
    - WF200 expansion board
    - SiWx917 NCP expansion board
- Wi-Fi SoC Dev kits and boards
- SiWx917 / BRD4002A / Wireless Starter Kit
- SiWx917 SoC / Dual Flash Radio Board / 2.4GHz
  - BRD4325B - A0 dual flash 1.1
  - BRD4325B - A0 dual flash 1.2
- SiWx917 SoC / Common Flash Radio Board / 2.4GHz
  - BRD4325C - B0 common flash v1.2
  - BRD4325G - B0 Stacked Flash + External PSRAM v1.2
  - BRD4338A - B0 common flash v2.0
- Wi-Fi NCP Dev kits and boards
- MG24 boards:
  - BRD4186C / SLWSTK6006A / Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@10dBm
    - XG24-RB4186C
    - MG24 with WSTK : xG24-PK6009A
  - BRD4187C / SLWSTK6006A / Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@20dBm
    - XG24-RB4187C
    - MG24 with WSTK : xG24-PK6010A
- MG12 boards:
  - EFR32MG12 Development Kit
  - BRD4161A / SLWSTK6000B / Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@19dBm
    - SLWRB4161A
  - BRD4162A / SLWSTK6000B / Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@10dBm
    - SLWRB4162A
  - BRD4163A / SLWSTK6000B / Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@19dBm
    - SLWRB4163A
  - BRD4164A / SLWSTK6000B / Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@19dBm
    - SLWRB4164A
  - BRD4166A / SLTB004A / Thunderboard Sense 2 / 2.4GHz@10dBm
    - Thunderboard Sense 2
  - BRD4170A / SLWSTK6000B / Multiband Wireless Starter Kit / 2.4GHz@19dBm, 915MHz@19dBm
    - SLWRB4170A
- Wi-Fi Dev Kits & boards
  - RS9116
    - SB-EVK1 / Single Band Wi-Fi Development Kit / 2.4GHz
      - RS9116X-SB-EVK1
  - SB-EVK2 / Single Band Wi-Fi Development Kit / 2.4GHz
    - RS9116X-SB-EVK2
  - DB-EVK1 / Dual Band Wi-Fi Development Kit / 2.4GHz & 5GHz
    - RS9116X-DB-EVK1Note: Matter only supported over 2.4GHz on this Dev kit.
  - Interconnect board (included in the Wi-Fi kits)
  - SPI Cable (included in the RS9116 kit)
  - Jumper Cables (included in the RS9116 kit)
  - SiWx917
    - SiWx917 NCP Mode / Wi-Fi Expansion Board / 2.4GHz
      - BRD8036A (A0 Expansion v1.1)
  - WF200
    - WF200 / Single Band Wi-Fi Expansion Board / 2.4GHz
    - SLEXP8022A
  - WFM200S / Single Band Wi-Fi Expansion Board / 2.4GHz
    - SLEXP8023A
Windows/Linux/MacOS computer with a USB port
USB cable for connecting WSTK Board to Computer
Raspberry Pi with a >32 GB SD Card
Access Point with Internet Access
Interconnect board (included in the Wi-Fi kits)
SPI Cable (included in the RS9116 kit)
Jumper Cables (included in the RS9116 kit)

For detailed information about Silicon Labs Development Boards refer to the Hardware Requirements Page.

Setting up Matter with an Ecosystem and running a Matter Application#

A Matter device can be controlled by single Ecosystem controller and is also interoperable with multiple controllers

Follow Single Controller Setup and Execution to operate with single controller
Follow Multiple Controller Setup and Execution to interoperate with multiple controllers