Just as wireless devices are connecting millions all over the world to work, do home tasks, and play through smart home electronics, today is Silicon Labs' first day to connect the IoT developer community with the smart home platform and protocol leaders moving this exciting space forward.  

Silicon Labs Works With virtual smart home developer conference starts today, and we welcome the thousands of developers and smart home IoT fans who have registered to immerse themselves in our keynotes, workshops, and technical tracks - most likely from the comfort of your own smart home.  

"It's exciting to see our vision of building a smarter, more connected world come alive at the industry's first Works With smart home developer conference," said Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle. "With our decades of wireless experience, a solid investment in IoT, and proven leadership in the smart home component market, Silicon Labs is uniquely positioned to educate developers and accelerate industry collaboration across protocols, smart home ecosystems, design houses, distributors and developers." 

Silicon Labs plays a key connector role in IoT through our broad portfolio of wireless multiprotocol hardware and software solutions. We are proud to connect you to smart home industry leaders, technical training sessions, one-on-one developer meetings, and more. Speakers from companies like Amazon, Comcast, Google, Tuya, Silicon Labs, and others will train attendees to design and deliver certified IoT solutions that "work with" any smart home ecosystem or wireless protocol. 

Here's what to expect from Works With 2020, kicking off today at 10:00 AM EDT|7:00 AM PDT and running through tomorrow, September 10. 

Hear from Smart Home Leaders 

Be the first to hear the latest announcements and innovations from industry leaders shaping the future of IoT development. Our president and CEO, Tyson Tuttle, and our SVP of IoT, Matt Johnson, get things started today with a welcome keynote and panel session featuring some of the world's most influential smart home leaders, including Grant Erickson, Principal Software Engineer at Google; Jim Kitchen, Vice President of Connected Home Devices and Platforms at Comcast; and Joshua Danovitz, General Manager of Amazon Common Software (ACS). Each representative will share their company's vision for the smart home and discuss how IoT developers can better design new products for each of their established and growing ecosystems. 

IoT devotees and developers will also want to tune-in today at 2:00 PM EDT|11:00 AM PDT for a panel discussion led by Stacey Higginbotham, veteran technology journalist and host of the popular Stacey on IoT podcast. Stacey will be joined by Mark Reimer, Vice President of Product Engineering at ADT; Martin Huddart, Head of Smart Residential Solutions at ASSA ABLOY; Per Sigurdson, Development Leader - Home Smart at IKEA; Sujata Neidig, Marketing Director at NXP; and George Yianni, Head of Technology at Philips Hue. The group will discuss topics such as the highly anticipated Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP), as well as the smart home industry's overall efforts to give developers the hardware and software interoperability they need to meet consumers' expectations. The opportunities to grow the smart home market are great, but so are some of the challenges. This group will cover that ground.  

Tomorrow, our flagship keynote features none other than Jamie Siminoff, Founder and Chief Inventor of Ring. Matt Johnson will join Jamie, and the two will discuss Jamie's experience inventing Ring, what's happening across the growing Ring ecosystem, and Amazon's promising Sidewalk effort. 

You can see the full list of today's and tomorrow's speakers here: workswith.silabs.com/agenda. 

Expand Your Technical Skills 

Join developers from around the world at more than 40 industry breakout sessions over the next two days. Experienced designers will lead you through technical deep dives and advanced training on topics like security, energy harvesting, battery life, cloud computing, and environmental sensing. Smart home engineers are teaching hands-on workshop sessions using the latest technologies to build real-world devices, including smart locks, sensors, lightbulbs, and switches. To really hone in on your specific product goals, Amazon, Google, Apple HomeKit, Samsung, and Z-Wave are all leading specialized technology tracks and hosting one-on-one developer meetings to share best practices on building certified products. 

Meet with Experts All in One Place  

Works With is a hub for all parts of the smart home ecosystem to connect. 

• Platform Partners: Amazon, Apple HomeKit, Google, Tuya 

• Protocol Experts: Bluetooth, ioXt, Project CHIP, Thread, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Z-Wave 

• Enablement Partners: Darwin Tech, Connected Development, eInfochips, JASCO and Paragon Innovations 

• Global Channel Partners: Arrow, Mouser Electronics, Symmetry Electronics, TTI 

• Device Developers: thousands of engineers from leading companies across the IoT ecosystem, 

including Qolsys – a Johnson Controls company 

See the Industry Come Together 

The comprehensive IoT hardware, software and development tools, and platforms we are demonstrating at Works With simplify connected product design and enable IoT device makers to get their products to market quickly. These products are competitively advantaged with cutting-edge wireless features that consume minimal energy, include state-of-the-art security, and easily scale across any smart home ecosystem, including Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings, and Tuya Smart, as well as across multiple wireless protocols such as Bluetooth, Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP), Thread, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Z-Wave, and proprietary. 

Access Industry News 

Be sure to check the Works With Newsroom to stay on top of breaking IoT smart home news from Silicon Labs and the company's sponsors, partners, and customers.  

Log On To access the Works With sessions live or on-demand, register here.  

If already registered, simply login to Works With and navigate to the agenda. Locate the desired sessions and click "Join Broadcast."  

Hi,

We don't have a health example for now. I think the usage of it should be very strightforward,  you only need to add the health server and client to separate projects, then use then functionalities (APIs) listed in chapter 2.15 and 2.16 in the API reference manual.

If you meet any specific problems, let me know.

Thanks,

Kevin

Ericm, that's helpful feedback on the number of clicks it takes to get to each discussion forum. It should only take 2 for each board, but even that we can try to reduce. 

On the no thread options, this was something we debated internally between the "reddit model" of multiple threads and the "stackoverflow" model of just one indent. In the end the stack model one, but we are going to continue to make adjustments. For example, want to have @mentions so it's easier to group conversation, allow comments to be sorted like in stack (oldest, votes, active), etc. 

On the no post options, can you explain more? 

Also, I created a thread here to collect all the community feedback if you want to move the conversation to a forum post and not the blog. As the community manager, Nari will be monitoring regularly and feeding the insights back into the community team. 

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As I'm sure you can tell, we launched an improved Silicon Labs community experience we are calling The Red Planet. 

But this is more than just a facelift. The community will continue to be a great space for you to ask technical questions, share your ideas, and learn more about our latest solutions; however, we do have some key changes. We now have higher quality search, a product-centric architecture, and improved integration between our technical resource library and the community.

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Hi, community members! 

As I'm sure you can tell, we launched an improved Silicon Labs community experience we are calling The Red Planet. 

But this is more than just a facelift. The community will continue to be a great space for you to ask technical questions, share your ideas, and learn more about our latest solutions; however, we do have some key changes. We now have higher quality search, a product-centric architecture, and improved integration between our technical resource library and the community.    

Our mission is to help you build something great, and would love to hear from you. Please share your feedback on the new community. 

Hi, community members! 

As I'm sure you can tell, we launched an improved Silicon Labs community experience. 

But this is more than just a facelift. The community will continue to be a great space for you to ask technical questions, share your ideas, and learn more about our latest solutions; however, we do have some key changes. We now have higher quality search, a product-centric architecture, and improved integration between our technical resource library and the community.    

Our mission is to help you build something great, and would love to hear from you. Please share your feedback. 

Hi, community members! 

As I'm sure you can tell, we launched an improved Silicon Labs community experience. 

But this is more than just a facelift. The community will continue to be a great space for you to ask technical questions, share your ideas, and learn more about our latest solutions; however, we do have some key changes. We now have higher quality search, a product-centric architecture, and improved integration between our technical resource library and the community.    

Our mission is to help you build something great, and would love to hear from you. Please share your feedback in the replies below.