Silicon Labs Launches Works With Developer Conference to Lead the Future of IoT

Expanded its product portfolio for protocols such as Matter, Wi-SUN, Amazon Sidewalk and Wi-Fi 6

Beijing, China - September 14, 2022 - Silicon Labs (also known as "Silicon Labs"), a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technologies for a more connected world, today announced a series of new products that will further expand its product line known for its multi-protocol support, interoperability drive and robust security. It will also promote the innovation of new IoT technologies such as Matter, Amazon Sidewalk, Wi-SUN and Wi-Fi 6, and lead the development trend of the Internet of Things.

In the opening keynote of Silicon Labs' annual Works With developer conference, Silicon Labs CEO Matt Johnson will elaborate on the new look of the Internet of Things era. With its breadth of technology, depth of expertise and focus on the IoT wireless market, Silicon Labs has become a manufacturer completely focused on the IoT business.

“By 2025, there are expected to be 27 billion connected IoT devices worldwide, or about three to four devices for every person,” said Matt Johnson, CEO of Silicon Labs. “With our second-generation platform wireless SoC portfolio and product roadmap focused on connectivity, interoperability, power efficiency and security, Silicon Labs’ vision is to support and service all of these devices.”

The second-generation platform wireless SoC series was launched at a time when the Internet of Things is maturing, and the market is looking for IoT platforms that integrate hardware, software, security, tools and related support rather than single point solutions. This plan has proved to be correct, as Silicon Labs' revenue in the Internet of Things field has nearly doubled since the first product launched in the second-generation platform in 2019. Today, Silicon Labs has expanded its product range based on the success of the second-generation platform, including the following four new products:

• A complete Matter development solution supporting Matter over Wi-Fi, Matter over Thread, Bluetooth Low Power (Bluetooth LE) deployment, and Matter bridging to Zigbee and Z-Wave, all in advance of the expected release of Matter 1.0 this fall.

• The first end-to-end development platform supporting Amazon Sidewalk with complete connectivity, Silicon Labs’ Pro Kit supports Amazon Sidewalk to meet different security needs and bring their products to market faster with Secure Vault™, sub-GHz and Bluetooth LE connectivity, and software and tools designed for Amazon Sidewalk device makers, designers, and developers.

• New flagship SoC and power amplifier for Wi-SUN, the FG25 SoC and EFF01 front-end module (FEM), respectively, which, when used together, can provide sub-GHz transmission ranges of up to 3 km in complex urban environments without data loss.

• Silicon Labs’ first Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE SoC family, the SiWx917, is designed to be the industry’s lowest power, longest battery life SoC supporting both Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE.

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Complete Matter development solution helps device manufacturers leap forward on the Matter 1.0 standard

One of the biggest drivers of the new era of the Internet of Things will be the Matter standard, which will provide a unified application layer to bring together multiple smart home ecosystems. To accelerate the deployment of the Matter standard and realize this vision, Silicon Labs today announced the launch of Matter hardware and software solutions to provide a complete end-to-end Matter development kit for all ecosystems and wireless protocols.

The core component of the platform is the Silicon Labs 2.4 GHz wireless MG24 SoC single-chip solution, which was announced earlier this year. It can run Bluetooth and multi-protocol and supports Matter over Thread. The MG24 uses the OpenThread protocol stack and has an effective indoor transmission range of up to 200 meters. The chip also supports Bluetooth to enable Bluetooth deployment of new Matter devices. When the MG24 is combined with the ultra-low power Silicon Labs RS9116 Wi-Fi product, it will support the development of Matter over Wi-Fi 4 and can easily transition to Silicon Labs' Wi-Fi 6 single-chip Matter SoC in 2023.

With Silicon Labs Secure Vault™, all of Silicon Labs’ Matter solutions deliver the industry’s best IoT security.

Silicon Labs Unify SDK is a multiprotocol software development platform for Matter border routers. The tools provided can bridge Matter to other IoT platforms including Zigbee and Z-Wave, while Silicon Labs Simplicity Studio and GSDK provide developers with a single development environment to easily add Matter functionality to wireless devices and seamlessly connect these devices to the ecosystem they want to connect to.

Therefore, whether it is Bluetooth, Thread, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, or Z-Wave protocols, Silicon Labs provides hardware, software and development tool solutions that enable developers to connect their products with Matter and all major smart device ecosystems. The Matter-ready platform's MG24 SoC, RS9116 Wi-Fi SoC, multi-protocol Unify SDK, Simplicity Studio and Gecko SDK are now available to developers and designers, who can choose their wireless protocol and start designing Matter-ready products.

To learn more about the full Matter Development Kit, follow our blog, “Silicon Labs’ New Matter Development Platform Simplifies IoT Ecosystem.”

Silicon Labs Delivers Industry’s First Complete Wireless Development Solution Supporting Amazon Sidewalk

As a leading manufacturer in the field of wireless connectivity, Silicon Labs is the only IoT semiconductor company that provides a complete platform (including hardware and software), providing a one-stop service for IoT development. Silicon Labs announced today that it has enhanced its navigation capabilities through Amazon Sidewalk, a community-based network built on millions of everyday IoT devices in communities and organizations. Silicon Labs' Pro suite supports Amazon Sidewalk and provides a complete end-to-end development platform.

Silicon Labs' Pro Kit supports Amazon Sidewalk and includes all low-power, high-performance wireless hardware, CSS, software SDK, and security related to the Sidewalk protocol (including Bluetooth Low Energy, sub-GHz FSK). Silicon Labs' Pro Kit comes with pre-burned software image files and AWS pre-registration, allowing developers to quickly start Sidewalk development, saving days of build time. Simplicity Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for all Silicon Labs technologies, guiding developers through the entire Sidewalk development process (from starting development to final code verification, to a guided end-to-end process) to maximize innovation and productivity. By working with Silicon Labs, Amazon can better accelerate the development process of its Sidewalk ecosystem from concept to product launch, saving time and resources for IoT device manufacturers.

“We are excited to work with Silicon Labs to help developers build products and experiences using the secure, ubiquitous, and always-on community network we are building on Amazon Sidewalk,” said Tanuj Mohan, General Manager and CTO of Amazon Sidewalk. “The new Silicon Labs Pro Kit with Amazon Sidewalk simplifies the development process so developers can deliver their innovative products at scale using Sidewalk’s enhanced connectivity.”

Silicon Labs is excited to work with Oxit and New Cosmos USA Inc. to develop the first gas alarm device running on Silicon Labs' Amazon Sidewalk platform - a natural gas alarm connected to DeNova Detect, which can provide real-time gas leak alerts. In collaboration with Oxit, a North Carolina-based IoT design services company, New Cosmos will add this new alarm to their vast range of devices that help save lives. With Amazon Sidewalk, the new alarm will help devices achieve better reliability, long-range transmission, low-bandwidth coverage, help extend battery life and no network connection costs. Both Oxit's Amazon Sidewalk IoT integration platform and New Cosmos' new gas alarm products will be demonstrated at this year's Works With developer conference.

Silicon Labs’ Pro kit is sampling now, with production availability planned for the second half of 2023.

To learn how developers can easily get started with Amazon Sidewalk, follow our blog, “New Solution from Silicon Labs Simplifies Amazon Sidewalk Development.”

To learn more about Amazon’s take on this news and how Sidewalk’s enhanced connectivity can help deliver new benefits to customers and communities, follow their blog, “Amazon Sidewalk Unlocks New Benefits in Neighborhoods with Connected Devices.”

Silicon Labs' new FG25 SoC and EFF01 EFM products enable the world's most secure, large-memory, long-distance smart city solutions

To help address the growing demand for smart, connected devices in cities and other municipal environments, Silicon Labs has announced the launch of its new FG25 SoC and accompanying RF power amplifier, the EFF01.

The FG25 is a flagship SoC designed for low-power wide area networks (LPWANs) such as Wi-SUN and other private sub-GHz protocols. It is equipped with a powerful ARM Cortex-M33 processor and the most powerful memory in the Silicon Labs SoC product family. The large memory combined with Silicon Labs' scalable Wi-SUN Area Network (FAN) Border Router 1.1 enables FG25 deployments to scale to hundreds of thousands of nodes. This scalability is ideal for smart cities, allowing urban planners and municipal engineers to connect street lights, cameras, weather stations, smart metering, water, electricity and gas transmission systems, etc. to achieve data sharing and optimization between various city service departments, thereby improving efficiency, saving costs, and providing citizens with more ways to participate in and benefit from municipal service interactions.

The FG25 SoC is accompanied by the EFF01 RF front-end module. The EFF01 can amplify the power and transmission distance of the FG25 SoC, and the FF01 FEM can double the effective transmission distance of the FG25, enabling it to have a transmission distance of up to 3 kilometers in crowded urban environments with only minimal data loss. Currently, the FG25 and EFF01 are available for customer sampling, and mass production is planned for the fourth quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2023, respectively.