Matter description
Matter (formerly Project Connected Home over IP or Project CHIP) is an open-source application layer that aims at creating a unified communication standard across smart home devices, mobile applications, and cloud services. It supports a wide range of existing technologies, including Wi-Fi®, Thread, and Bluetooth® LE, and uses IPv6-based transport protocols like TCP and UDP to ensure connectivity between different kinds of networks.
If you want to go through a hands-on online training to familiarize yourself with Matter development, enroll in the Matter Fundamentals course in the Nordic Developer Academy.
Matter add-on 1.0.0 allows you to develop applications with Matter specification version 1.6.0 and Matter SDK version 1.6.0.0. For a full list of nRF Connect SDK and Matter versions, view the following table:
Matter Add-on version |
nRF Connect SDK version |
Matter specification version |
Matter SDK version |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0 |
v3.4.0 |
1.6.0.0 |
Note
The Matter SDK version is taken as the base for the dedicated Matter fork, which can then include additional changes for each Matter add-on release. These changes are listed in the Matter fork section of the Matter add-on Release notes.
For more information about Matter compatibility, see Supported Matter versions in the Matter add-on and supported Matter features per SoC.
See Samples for the list of available samples, or Matter Weather Station or Matter bridge for specific Matter applications. If you are new to Matter, you can follow along with the video tutorials on Nordic Semiconductor’s YouTube channel, for example Developing Matter 1.0 products with nRF Connect SDK.
Note
Matter requires the GN tool. If you are updating from the nRF Connect SDK version earlier than v1.5.0, see the Manual installation gn.