Currently if the offline installer archives are used to install and update Simplicity Studio it is hard to tell when the archive files have been updated indicating that an update is available. Since the files tend to be very large (some are over 8 GB) it is inconvenient to download them just to check if they have been updated. So this article will list the latest version of Simplicity Studio and the various SDKs that have been released. The goal will be to update the article each time there is a new release, so that by following this article customers will be notified when Simplicity Studio and the various SDKs have been updated.
I also want to point out that the Simplicity Studio [Help] > [About] functionality has been enhanced to show a unified version number and the versions of the various components that comprise that version of Simplicity Studio. The information is presented in a matrix format that will show the component versions for the last 10 Simplicity Studio releases. The unified version number will make it easier to communicate the installed version of Simplicity Studio to Silicon Labs.
The current version of Simplicity Studio is 4.1.9.7. It was released on March 29th, 2019 and this is a portion of the [Help] > [About] information that also shows the Simplicity Studio Platform version (which was previously the easiest way to report the Simplicity Studio version):
On the About box there is also a "Toolchains and SDKs" tab that shows the versions of the installed toolchains and SDKs. This screenshot shows the information on the latest available SDKs as of March 29th, 2019:
I did also want to point out that with the SV4.1.9.7 release, the Z-Wave SDK has been made available to everyone that has a registered account on www.silabs.com.
I hope this information proves useful especially to customers using the offline archives files to install and update Simplicity Studio. This article should provide a temporary benefit until an update indication can be added to the offline installer page.
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Latest Simplicity Studio Versions (aid for customers using offline installer archives)
Currently if the offline installer archives are used to install and update Simplicity Studio it is hard to tell when the archive files have been updated indicating that an update is available. Since the files tend to be very large (some are over 8 GB) it is inconvenient to download them just to check if they have been updated. So this article will list the latest version of Simplicity Studio and the various SDKs that have been released. The goal will be to update the article each time there is a new release, so that by following this article customers will be notified when Simplicity Studio and the various SDKs have been updated.
I also want to point out that the Simplicity Studio [Help] > [About] functionality has been enhanced to show a unified version number and the versions of the various components that comprise that version of Simplicity Studio. The information is presented in a matrix format that will show the component versions for the last 10 Simplicity Studio releases. The unified version number will make it easier to communicate the installed version of Simplicity Studio to Silicon Labs.
The current version of Simplicity Studio is 4.1.9.7. It was released on March 29th, 2019 and this is a portion of the [Help] > [About] information that also shows the Simplicity Studio Platform version (which was previously the easiest way to report the Simplicity Studio version):
On the About box there is also a "Toolchains and SDKs" tab that shows the versions of the installed toolchains and SDKs. This screenshot shows the information on the latest available SDKs as of March 29th, 2019:
I did also want to point out that with the SV4.1.9.7 release, the Z-Wave SDK has been made available to everyone that has a registered account on www.silabs.com.
I hope this information proves useful especially to customers using the offline archives files to install and update Simplicity Studio. This article should provide a temporary benefit until an update indication can be added to the offline installer page.
Thank you,
jpitt