A Comparison of Wireless Connectivity Protocols

Jan. 26, 2023

Texas Instruments recently introduced Matter-enabled software development kits for Wi-Fi and Thread SimpleLink wireless microcontrollers that will help streamline adoption of the Matter protocol in IoT applications.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

This video is part of our electronica 2022 coverage and the TechXchange: Why Matter Matters.

Texas Instruments recently introduced Matter-enabled software development kits for Wi-Fi and Thread SimpleLink wireless microcontrollers. The kits are intended to help streamline adoption of the Matter protocol in IoT applications. Matter is a royalty-free standard to connect compatible devices and systems with one another. Matter runs on Thread and Wi-Fi network layers and uses Bluetooth Low Energy for commissioning.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.