Requirements and setup

This page outlines the requirements that you need to meet before you start working with the Matter add-on.

Hardware requirements 

To use the Matter add-on, you need a development kit that supports the Matter protocol.

Hardware platforms	PCA	Board name	Board target	Shields
Thingy:53	PCA20053	thingy53	`thingy53/nrf5340/cpuapp`
Developing with nRF54L Series	PCA10184	nrf54lm20dk	`nrf54lm20dk/nrf54lm20b/cpuapp` `nrf54lm20dk/nrf54lm20a/cpuapp`	`nrf7002eb2`
Developing with nRF54L Series	PCA10156	nrf54l15dk	`nrf54l15tag/nrf54l15/cpuapp` `nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp/ns` `nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp` `nrf54l15dk/nrf54l10/cpuapp`
Developing with nRF53 Series	PCA10095	nrf5340dk	`nrf5340dk/nrf5340/cpuapp`	`nrf21540ek`
Developing with nRF52 Series	PCA10056	nrf52840dk	`nrf52840dk/nrf52840`	`nrf21540ek`

Software requirements 

For libraries and code for the Matter add-on, see the Matter add-on repository.

To work with the Matter add-on, you need to install the nRF Connect SDK, including all its prerequisites and the nRF Connect SDK toolchain. Follow the Installing the nRF Connect SDK instructions, with the following exception:

In the Installing the nRF Connect SDK section, click Create a new application.
Select Browse nRF Connect SDK Add-on Index, then choose NCS Matter.
Select v1.0.0 of the Matter add-on. This step also installs the nRF Connect SDK v3.4.0.

Initialize a new workspace:

Run the following command to initialize west with the Matter add-on, which also initializes the nRF Connect SDK v3.4.0:
```
west init -m https://github.com/nrfconnect/ncs-matter
```
Update the nRF Connect SDK modules:
```
west update
```

Include the add-on in an existing nRF Connect SDK workspace:

Assuming you have an existing nRF Connect SDK workspace in the ncs folder, run the following commands:
1. Navigate to the workspace folder:
```
cd ncs
```
2. Clone the add-on repository:
```
git clone https://github.com/nrfconnect/ncs-matter
```
3. Set the manifest path to the add-on directory:
```
west config manifest.path ncs-matter
```
4. Update the nRF Connect SDK modules:
```
west update
```
Optionally, run these commands in case you need to go back to work on the nRF Connect SDK without the add-on:
1. Configure the manifest path back to the nRF Connect SDK directory:
```
west config manifest.path nrf
```
2. Update nRF Connect SDK modules:
```
west update
```
3. Check the current manifest path with the following command:
```
west config manifest.path
```
  The output should be:
```
nrf
```
  This means that the current workspace is using the nRF Connect SDK.

See Configuring and building in the nRF Connect SDK documentation for information about how to permanently or temporarily change the configuration.

Requirements and setup

Hardware requirements

Software requirements

Hardware requirements 

Software requirements 