Release notes for nRF Door Lock and Access Control Add-on v0.6.0

Note

The support for the nRF Door Lock and Access Control Application and Aliro stack is currently experimental.

The following updates were introduced in this release.

  • Added:

    • Compliance with the Aliro specification confirmed against Aliro Test Harness (aliro-sve-v1.0 tag).

    • Credential Issuer Certificate verification using the Credential Issuer CA Public Key.

    • Reader Certificate provisioning.

    • Presenting Reader Certificate using the LOAD_CERT command.

    • Support for injecting proprietary NFC technologies.

    • The UWB Suspend and Resume functionality.

    • Support for testing Aliro over NFC and Aliro over Bluetooth LE + UWB with the Apple Home ecosystem.

    • Access Document storage in non-volatile memory.

    • Reference implementation of QM35825 firmware update using: * DFU over Matter * DFU over Bluetooth LE

  • Updated:

    • Integrated nRF Connect SDK v3.2.0.

    • Integrated Matter v1.5.0.

    • Integrated QM35825 firmware and software v0.6.0.

    • Improved NFC discovery mechanism.

    • Improved support for Aliro Expedited-Fast phase and Aliro Step-up phase.

    • Updated default UWB session termination to allow User Device–controlled session closure.

    • Improved system robustness by avoiding fatal errors when X-NUCLEO-NFC09A1 shield or QM35825 UWB module fail to initialize, preserving operability for potential firmware upgrades.

    • Changed default configuration to communicate with X-NUCLEO-NFC09A1 shield and QM35825 UWB module using a single SPI bus.

    • Extended documentation with: * Instructions for flashing the QM35825 device using nRF5340 DK. * Guidelines for testing with Aliro Test Harness. * Instructions for testing with the Apple Home ecosystem using Bluetooth LE + UWB.

  • Fixed:

    • Build issues when compiling the project on Windows PCs.