Developing and Debugging Zigbee Applications#

These pages provide details on developing and debugging Zigbee applications. Content includes:

• ZCL Advanced Platform (ZAP) User's Guide: ZAP is an advanced configuration tool within Simplicity Studio that allows the developer to manage Zigbee endpoints, clusters and commands implemented by their device. ZAP, which is also used in Matter configuration, is known as the Zigbee Cluster Configurator (ZCL) in the Zigbee context.

• Zigbee Application Framework Developer's Guide: The Zigbee Application Framework is a body of embedded C code that can be configured by project configuration tools to implement any Zigbee Cluster Library (ZCL) application. This guide covers the structure and usage of the Zigbee Application Framework in SDK 7.0 and higher.

Development Tools#

Simplicity Studio and the Simplicity IDE: Simplicity Studio is the unified development environment for all Silicon Labs technologies, SoCs, and modules. It provides you with access to the target device-specific web and SDK resources, software and hardware configuration tools, and an integrated development environment (IDE) featuring industry-standard code editors, compilers, and debuggers. See the silabs.com Simplicity Studio page to download the tools and for more information.

Network Analyzer: Simplicity Studio® 5 (SSv5)'s Network Analyzer enables debugging of complex wireless systems. This tool captures a trace of wireless network activity that can be examined in detail live or at a later time. See the Network Analyzer section of the Simplicity Studio 5 User's Guide for more information.

Wireshark: Download instructions are provided for Windows/Mac users or Linux users. Simplicity Studio® 5 supports live interaction between the application running on a Silicon Labs device and Wireshark.

Energy Profiler: Simplicity Studio® 5 (SSv5)'s Energy Profiler enables you to visualize the energy consumption of individual devices, multiple devices on one target system, or a network of interacting wireless devices to analyze and improve the power performance of these systems. Real-time information on current consumption is correlated with the program counter providing advanced energy software monitoring capabilities. It also provides a basic level of integration with the Network Analyzer network analysis tool. See the Energy Profiler section of the Simplicity Studio 5 User's Guide for more information.

Simplicity Commander: Simplicity Commander is a single, all-purpose tool to be used in a production environment. It is invoked using a simple Command Line Interface (CLI) that is also scriptable. Simplicity Commander enables customers to complete essential tasks such as configuring and building applications and bootloaders and flashing images to their devices. Simplicity Commander is available through Simplicity Studio or can be downloaded through system-specific installers. The Simplicity Commander User's Guide provides more information.

Silicon Labs Configurator (SLC): SLC offers command-line access to application configuration and generation functions. Software Project Generation and Configuration with SLC-CLI provides instructions on downloading and using the SLC-CLI tool.