Silicon Labs OpenThread

The Leader in IoT Wireless Connectivity

Bluetooth Proprietary Thread Wi-Fi Zigbee Z-Wave

Zigbee Smart Home Success

500M #1
Zigbee Zigbee
Products Deployed Market Share

>90% >25%
US Market Share in Cable Operator US Homes have Zigbee-
Provided Home Security Systems powered products

100+ 500+
Man-Years QA Testing Node Zigbee
Network Testing

Silicon Labs Confidential

Leverage Zigbee Success

SEAMLESS
CONVERTION

4 Silicon Labs Confidential

Vast Connected Home Ecosystem

DIY RETAILERS SERVICE PROVIDERS

PLATFORMS SYSTEMS

DEVICES

5 Silicon Labs Confidential

The Silicon Labs Difference

Comprehensive Portfolio Multiprotocol Support Extreme Integration

PA/LNA
+ DC/DC
+ Antenna
+ Shield
+ Clocks
+ Passives

80+ Active OPNs 1 Platform, Many Protocols Innovative SiP Technology

→ Lower Product Cost → Reduced Complexity
Module to SoC Migration → Lower Design Cost/Complexity → Smaller Designs
→ Modules enable fast time to market → Increased Functionality
→ SoCs provide cost down path (e.g. beacons, commissioning) Integrated +20 dBm PA and LNA
→ Both leverage same software → Future Proofing → No External FEM (lower cost)

6 Silicon Labs Confidential

The Silicon Labs Difference
Wi-Fi Co-Existence
Reference Designs Differentiated Tools
(Gateways)

Flexible PTA Wi-Fi SoC

REQUEST
PRIORITY
Mighty Gecko RHO

GRANT

PTI

Packet Trace Interface (PTI)

Flexible PTA Interface
End Devices → On-chip 2-wire interface outputs
→ Multi-vendor Wi-Fi support
timestamped TX/RX events
→ Application Optimized Performance
Gateway Software
Network Analyzer
Deployed by many Tier 1s
Mobile Apps → Network-wide view and debug
→ Proven Solution
→ Logs accelerate support

7 Silicon Labs Confidential

The Silicon Labs Difference

Best-in-Class Mesh Stacks Platform Adoption Integration Lab + Support

Round Trip Latency - 1 to 7 Hops

350
300
250
Milliseconds

200
150
100
50
0
10 30 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 250
Packet Payload (bytes)

Leading Market Share

100+ man-years of R&D → Over 150 Million System Architecture
Mesh Networking Devices Shipped Design Reviews
500+ Node QA Test Network RF Performance Testing
Trusted by Leading Platforms Platform Integration
Comprehensive Large Network
Performance Benchmarks Interoperability Testing
Deep Ecosystem Relationships

8 Silicon Labs Confidential

Introducing Wireless Gecko… EFR32MG1x
Multiband, Multiprotocol Wireless SoC for the IoT
 ARM® Cortex®-M4
 2.4 GHz and sub-GHz
 Scalable Memory
 Up to 1 MB Flash / 256 kB RAM
Wireless Gecko
EFR32  Ultra low power
 Down to 63 μA/MHz (active)
 Down to 1.3 μA (sleep)
 Integrated DC/DC converter
 Autonomous peripherals

 Highly integrated
 Up to +20 dBm PA
 2.4 GHz balun
 Advanced crypto block

 -40 to +125° C operating temperature

9 Silicon Labs Confidential

EFR32xG21: Latest solution optimized for Mesh
Application Optimized High Performance Radio
Up to + 20 dBm output power
Optimized for line powered devices
-104.9 dBm sensitivity @ 125 kbps GFSK
Small form factor 4x4 QFN32
-104.5 dBm sensitivity @ 250 kbps O-QPSK
Reduced external BOM cost
-97.5 dBm sensitivity @ 1 Mbit/s GFSK
Improved blocking performance

Dedicated Security Core

Wireless Advanced crypto
True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
ARM Cortex-M33 Gecko Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures
80 MHz
Secure Boot w/ Root of Trust & Secure Loader (RTSL)
FPU and DSP
Secure Debug Unlock
Up to 1024kB of flash and 96kB RAM
Optional Features
• Secure key generation and storage
• Tamper detection
• Addtional crypto support

Low Active Current Compact Size World Class Software

8.8 mA RX (1 Mbit/s GFSK) 4x4 QFN32 (20 GPIO) Zigbee 3.0
9.4 mA RX (802.15.4) Thread
33.8 mA TX @ 10 dBm High Temp Bluetooth 5.1 and Bluetooth mesh
50.9 µA/MHz +125C Operating Dynamic Multi-protocol Support

Best performance and most secure SoC for mains powered devices
10
Thread Overview

 IPv6-based, low-power, secure mesh networking protocol

 Built for the IoT – smart home, commercial buildings
 Intended for control and automation (250 kbps)
 Scalable to 250+ nodes per subnet
 Runs on existing 802.15.4 wireless SoCs
Thread Software

 Integrated Stack
 Thread 1.1 certified
 Supports IPv6 addresses and simple IP bridging Customer Application
 Support for both SoC and NCP architectures
 Flexible, easy-to-use Application Layer
 Simplified commissioning and security
 Migrate from Zigbee on the same hardware UDP

 Field Upgradable Thread IP Routing

 NCP firmware updates over serial interface 6LoWPAN

MAC IEEE 802.15.4

PHY (RAIL)
Hardware
Gecko Bootloader

12 Silicon Labs Confidential

OpenThread Overview

 OpenThread is an open-source implementation of the

Thread networking protocol
 Thread 1.1 certification on EFR32 running OpenThread
 OpenThread GitHub example drivers
 EFR32MG12
 EFR32MG21
 Support for OpenThread Border Router Wireless Gecko
EFR32
 Raspberry Pi host
 EFR32 NCP

13 Silicon Labs Confidential

OpenWeave Overview

 OpenWeave is an open-source implementation of the

Weave network application layer
 Secure communications
 Fast and Reliable
 Easy to connect
 Always up to date
 Lock example
 Support for EFR32MG12 and EFR32MG21 (coming soon)
 Multiprotocol support for BLE + Thread

14 Silicon Labs Confidential

Simplicity Studio™
Wireless and MCU design made simple
 Common development environment
for MCU and Wireless products
 Eclipse-based IDE with
wireless stack support
 Complete Documentation
 Demos / Software Examples
 Advanced Tools
 Energy Profiler
 Network Analyzer
 AppBuilder
 Hardware Configurator

15 Silicon Labs Confidential

Network Analyzer

 Network-wide view of all packet activity

 Correlates network traffic into events
 Custom decoding and filtering options
 Log files accelerate Silicon Labs support
 Uses unique Packet Trace (PTI) Port feature
 2-wire interface
 Outputs every packet TX/RX with link quality
 Can be used to output application debug
statements

Advanced system-wide network debug and support

16 Silicon Labs Confidential

Energy Profiler

 Improve battery life

 Simple energy optimization and debugging
 Analyze real-time current consumption
 Correlate energy consumption to code

Advanced real-time energy profiling tools for optimization and debugging

17 Silicon Labs Confidential

Mighty Gecko Wireless Starter Kit (WSTK)
Ordering Code: SLWSTK6000B

+ 6 x Radio Boards
+ SDK and Development Tools
3 x MG12 SoC (2.4 GHz, +19 dBm)
3 x WSTK Mainboards 3 x MG12 SoC (2.4 GHz, +10 dBm) (IAR license required)

Refer to the Mighty Gecko website for a complete list of SoC/Module Radio Boards compatible with the WSTK

18 Silicon Labs Confidential

Leading Smart Home Partner in
Wireless Solutions and Ecosystems

19 Silicon Labs Confidential

 Thank you!

20 Silicon Labs Confidential