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Silicon Labs

EFR32MG12

This example functions as a light bulb device type, with on/off capabilities. The steps were verified on SiLabs EFR32MG12 (Mighty Gecko) development board.

This example uses a test Vendor ID (VID) and a Product ID (PID) of 0x8005.

Initial setup

  1. Install dependencies as specified in the connectedhomeip repository:
    1. Building Matter
    2. Building the EFR32 Lighting Example
  2. Install Simplicity Commander and make sure its binary (commander) is in your PATH. For example: 
    export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Commander.app/Contents/MacOS/
  3. Install JLink on your computer (needed for flashing image), as described in Viewing Logging Output for the EFR32 Lighting Example.
  4. Clone and initialize the connectedhomeip repo: 
    cd ~
git clone https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip.git
cd connectedhomeip
git fetch origin interop_testing_te9
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git submodule update --init --recursive
  5. Export environment variables: 
    export EFR32_BOARD=BRD4161A

Build the image and flash the board

  1. Build the image for the lighting app: 
    cd examples/lighting-app/efr32
source third_party/connectedhomeip/scripts/activate.sh
gn gen out/debug --args="efr32_board=\"${EFR32_BOARD}\""
ninja -C out/debug
    The image will be generated in out/debug folder.
  2. Connect the EFR32 board with your computer and flash the image to your EFR32 board: 
    python3 out/debug/chip-efr32-lighting-example.flash.py --erase

Validate the example

  1. Check logs from your board. Open two terminal windows.
    1. In the first window: 
      JLinkExe -device EFR32MG12PXXXF1024 -if JTAG -speed 4000 -autoconnect 1
    2. In the second window: 
      JLinkRTTClient
      The logs will be printed out in the second window.
  2. The device should present itself as a USB serial device on your computer. You may look it up in /dev/: 
    ls -la /dev/tty*
    You can open the serial console with minicom or screen. For example, if the device is at /dev/ttyACM0: 
    screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200
    The serial console allows you to enter OpenThread commands (for example, state).
  3. If the EFR32 board has been paired before, it's recommended that you factory reset it:
    1. Long press button PB0 for >10 seconds.
    2. The LEDs will blink 3 times. Keep holding the button until you see the QR code refresh on the small display.

Next steps

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