Introduction to Matter

Matter (previously known as Project CHIP or Project Connected Home over IP) aims to be an industry unifying standard for connected things at home. The objective is to specify and build an application layer that simplifies development for manufacturers and increases compatibility for consumers.

In this webinar, we introduce you to Matter, its usage, and its primary features. We discuss underlying technologies and backward compatibility with already existing smart home protocols. We also explore some unique attributes, like the one which allows Matter devices to work across and with multiple ecosystems.

Content:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Matter - Why is it necessary?
04:51 Matter - Primary features and device types
05:10 #Thread networking protocol - Introduction
10:55 Matter over Thread - why you need Bluetooth Low Energy
25:54 Matter - Details and working with different ecosystems
38:17 Matter device - Nordic's HW and SW
46:38 Thread Border router - Architecture considerations
49:09 Thread Border router - Nordic's HW and SW

The Thread webinars can be found here:

#smarthome #buildwithmatter

[ketheric]

Why is the specification kept private for members? That is not how open source works.

[Fan]

I don't quite understand the two Thread Border router architecture that you mentioned in the last section. For the NCP architecture I understand the reference app for the host side does not exist but for RCP architecture, do you mean we can find a platform(SoC) that supports Matter(Thread stack) or we can integrate it in host processor platform? Does Nordic has host processor for RCP architecture? Thank you.

[josedelabastida]

Why BT/BLE is not used for device-device or device-controller communications in Matter?

[amadoudame]

Could matter connect with LoraWAN based devices for a smart application?

[Charlie-ccvo]

Does thread allow application layer specific commands to be routed via thread FTDs that don’t support that application layer? For example, can I send a command to a matter endpoint in the future via a thread router that doesn’t itself support matter?

[ssnsenthil]

Can we connect the matter devices directly to apple home app, alexa app and google home app without installing the 3rd party app to link to it?

Since matter is a open source, can the manufacturer able to adopt matter standard to bring the product to market without getting the certification?

[espesp-idf]

I don't understand what makes matter over-Wi-Fi devices interoperable if we still need a hub according to the ecosystem. For example, if we use Google Home, we need a google home hub, if we use a Apple homekit then we need an Apple hub, and so on for Amazon. There should not be any requirement of hub if matter is just an application layer on top of other protocols. We understand for matter over thread a border router is is required to connected thread network to external internal IP network but for matter of Wi-Fi, it does not make sense at all use an external hub.

[EndOfLineTech]

Yeah thanks for coming together to unify. But the future of smarthomes is not wifi/cell/Ethernet. I will go back to to ancient times having to use candles and lanterns in my house before I install a single wifi anything. Your router should not be your smarthome hub.