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2024/12/17
Matter 1.4: A Good Night’s Rest for your Smart Home
Matter 1.4: A Good Night’s Rest for your Smart Home
If there's thing all electronics have in common, it's that they all require power. In the case of battery-operated devices, this is even more important, as the supply of power available to them is limited. This is the dilemma behind the ever-evolving search for more energy efficient power solutions. On November 5th, 2024, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) reached a breakthrough through the introduction of Matter 1.4.
What makes Matter 1.4 special, compared to Matter 1.0, introduced to us two years ago? To put it simply, Matter 1.4 saves more energy in a similar manner to how we do it. By getting enough sleep. Matter 1.4 introduces the concept of Long Idle Time or LIT for short. Current applications of matter exist on a Short Idle Time or SIT. SIT devices can sleep for up to 15 seconds, but for many actuator devices, 3 to 5 seconds is typical. What this means is, every15 seconds, a SIT device will wake up and send a signal to the Matter controller, to remind the controller that it is there, and to not time it out. This applies for solutions such as locks, which need to be alert and ready to respond at any given moment. However, for devices like switches, which only need to be activated once every so often, turning on every 15 seconds is wasting energy.
With Matter 1.4, these devices can be set to turn on with much longer intervals in between, only using up to 60% of the battery Matter 1.0 devices are using. This is a huge improvement when it can be applied to a majority of smart appliances. If you want an interconnected home on an efficient energy budget, the answer is simple. Let your devices get more sleep! Silicon Labs remains dedicated to the advancement and deployment of Matter. With the most comprehensive lineup of SoCs and modules for Matter over Wi-Fi and Matter over Thread, software and tools, including Simplicity Studio and Matter SDK, we focus on simplifying Matter development for our customers.
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SiWx917 | Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth LE 5.4 Wireless SoCs
Silicon LabsThe SiWx917 features Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 LE, and an integrated applications processor. It's Matter-ready with industry-leading energy efficiency, ideal for battery-powered IoT devices with always-on cloud connectivity.
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AudioSmart® Far-Field Voice DSPs
SynapticsVoice has become the most exciting interface for interacting with consumer electronics. AudioSmart SoCs enable advancements in the smart home by incorporating home-grown far-field voice and wake word technologies as well as supporting the Synaptics SyNAP™ AI framework. Throughout the voice revolution, Synaptics has been bolstering its industry-leading portfolio of advanced audio hardware and software solutions designed to help today's always-listening voice-enabled devices hear and be heard.
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MP6516 | H-Bridge Motor Driver
MPSThe MP6516 is an H-bridge motor driver that operates from a supply voltage up to 35V and delivers a motor current up to 2.8A. Typically, the MP6516 is used to drive a DC brush motor. For the MP6516, control of each half-bridge is independent, using IN1, IEN1, IN2, and EN2 pins.
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MP3416 - Synchronous Converters
MPSThe MP3416 is a low quiescent current, step-up converter that uses peak-current control and variable frequency architecture to regulate the output voltage. The MP3416 can work with an input voltage as low as 0.86Vto provide an output voltage from 1.8V to 5.5V.
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