Silicon Labs took the decision to deprecate its proprietary implementation of Thread and instead be a major contributor to the more popular OpenThread implementation.

 

The announcement was made as part of the release notes for Silicon Labs Thread (SL-Thread) SDK  v2.10.1.0 which can be found here:
https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/release-notes/thread-release-notes-2.10.1.pdf

 

The notice indicates that the inclusion of the SL-Thread implementation will be removed from the Simplicity Studio release scheduled in December 2019.

 

The notice re-iterates that Silicon Labs has a continued focus on its Thread strategy and is committed to continuing as a leading-edge Thread supplier. Support for Thread will continue within the Silicon Labs software and hardware tools but the stack availability itself will be distributed through the commonly accessible OpenThread GitHub repository.

 

More information on the OpenThread implementation can be found at: https://openthread.io/platforms/efr32

 

 

In EmberZNet version 6.6, Silicon Labs has made changes to the underlying framework so that it uses the same user interface and metadata used by all of Silicon Labs’ other stacks including the xNCP, Silicon Labs Thread, and Flex. This change results in a slightly different user interface for the EmberZNet 6.6 stack in Simplicity Studio. The most noticeable change is that projects are no longer generated into the <stack>/app/builder directory. Instead projects are generated by default into the user’s workspace directory. What follows is a comprehensive guide to both the UI changes for the EmberZNet 6.6 stack in Simplicity Studio as well as a migration guide for moving a pre-6.6 project using Application Framework V2 to one using the Zigbee Application Framework in EmberZNet 6.6.

 

Creating an Application from Scratch

The first thing you will notice when creating an application in SDK version 6.6 is that the application framework is no longer called “ZCL Application Framework V2”, but rather “Silicon Labs Zigbee”.

Other than this minor change to the location of projects and naming of the application framework, the creation of an application is unchanged.

 

User Interface Changes

The AppBuilder interface is still broken up into Tabs, however the contents and names of some of the tabs have changed slightly. The ZCl global tab has been removed and its contents moved to the ZCL Clusters tabs or removed. All changes are detailed below.

Pre EmberZNet 6.6 Stack Tabs

Post EmberZNet 6.6 Stack Tabs

The General Tab

1. The generation directory has moved out of the stack and away from the “app/builder” directory and into the user’s workspace by default:

2. There is no longer an option to “Automatically generate when file is saved”.

3. Multi-network configuration widget has moved to the Zigbee stack tab.

ZCL Global Tab

1. The ZCL Global tab has been removed.

2. The Manufacturer Code and Default Response Policy options have moved into the ZCL Clusters tab.

3. Specification versions pulldowns that were related to previous ZCL “Profiles” have been removed. Applications are always built against the latest Zigbee 3 ZCL cluster definition located in the stack’s app/zcl directory.

ZCL Clusters Tab

1. Includes the Manufacturer Code and Default Response Policy from the ZCL Global Tab.

ZNet Stack Tab

1. The ZNet Stack tab has been renamed to the Zigbee Stack Tab.

2. Multi-network configuration has moved into the Zigbee Stack Tab from the General Tab.

3. “Interpan settings” has been removed.

4. The “Custom ZCL Additions” widget has been added. Custom ZCL .xml files used to be loaded into Simplicity Studio preferences and were applied to all projects. We have moved the interface into the project itself so that custom ZCL .xml files and additions are added on a project by project basis.

 

Prior to EmberZNet 6.6, ZCL .xml additions were added into the Simplicity Studio Preferences and thus affected all projects created for a given stack version as shown below. This is no longer an option for EmberZNet 6.6 and higher.

 

Printing and CLI Tab

1. The Debug printing checkbox has moved into the “Debug Configuration” widget.

2. “Cluster debugging” has been renamed to the more generic “Application Specific debug printing”. All of the clusters are still listed in this section.

3. Individual plugin debug printing has been added.

4. The “CLI Options” widget has been renamed to “CLI”.

Hal Configuration Tab

1. This tab has been renamed to “HAL”.

2. The “IO Configuration” widget has been renamed to “Serial Configuration”. The Command Line Interface pulldown has been moved to an App Framework Core plugin option.

3. The “Board Header” widget has been renamed to “Board Header Configuration”.

4. The “Manage integration…” widget has been renamed to ”Hardware Configurator Interface”.

5. The “Multi Protocol Stack Interface” widget has been renamed to “MPSI Configuration” with the acronym spelled out below.

Plugins Tab

The ability to expand the table, collapse the table, and show only selected plugins does not exist yet in the EmberZNet 6.6 interface.

Callbacks Tab

This tab is unchanged.

Includes Tab

The “Custom Events” widget is now renamed to “Event Configuration”.

Other Options Tab

This tab is unchanged.

Bluetooth GATT Tab

This tab is unchanged.

 

ISC File Changes

1. Many of the key value pairs located in the pre-EmberZNet 6.6 stacks have been moved into “setup” configurations in the new .isc file format.

2. Pre-EmberZNet 6.6 .isc files are automatically upgraded to the new Zigbee Application Framework format when they are opened against an EmberZNet 6.6 stack.

 

Migrating a Pre-EmberZNet 6.6 Application Over to EmberZNet 6.6.

Applications created with earlier versions of EmberZNet can be moved into the user’s workspace directory and migrated over to EmberZNet 6.6. The following is a step by step instruction on the migration process, starting with the creation of a pre-EmberZNet 6.6 application and resulting in an upgraded application. This process works for both SoC and Host applications.

1. In the SDK preferences navigate to and open your Pre-EmberZNet 6.6 stack. In this example I will use the EmberZNet 6.5 stack, part of Gecko SDK Suite 2.5.3.

2. Right click and close all open projects in the workspace. Now, create a new project using the earlier stack. In this case I’ll create an EmberZNet 6.5 Z3LightSoc.

3. Generate and compile the project. This will generate code into your <GSDK>/app/builder directory.

4. Right click and close all open projects in the workspace. Not doing so will re-enable the older stack versions upon restarting studio. In the Simplicity Studio V4 preferences disable earlier stack and enable EmberZNet 6.6.

5. Since you have generated and compiled against an earlier stack you should close Simplicity Studio in order to clear out any Hardware Configurator cached data. Hardware configurator data is cached in Simplicity Studio by default in order to speed up generation. Alternatively caching can be turned off in Simplicity Studio preferences.

6. In your user workspace directory create a directory called “<project name>_temp”. This is a temporary directory that you can copy your important project files into before they are imported into Simplicity Studio. For example, my user workspace is located at “/Users/<username>/SimplicityStudio/v4_workspace/.” My project is called Z3LightSoc so I created a directory at “/Users/<username>/SimplicityStudio/v4_workspace/Z3LightSoc_temp”

7. Copy your project’s .isc, .hwconf and callbacks.c files from the <GSDK>/app/builder/<projectname> directory into this temporary directory inside your workspace.

8. Start Simplicity Studio V4.

9. In Simplicity Studio V4 go to File > Import… and browse to the temporary directory that you have created containing your copied files.

• You should have the option of importing the project as an “External Project Type”.

10. Import the project. Be sure to set the stack to your EmberZNet 6.6 stack. The project name should default to the original name of the project, in my case Z3LightSoc.

11. You should see the project inside the Simplicity Studio IDE.

12. Double click on the .isc file in the Simplicity Studio to open the project in AppBuilder.

13. Change the generation directory from the old <GSDK>/app/builder directory to your project directory inside your workspace. In my case this is /Users/<username>/SimplicityStudio/v4_workspace/Z3LightSoc

14. Be sure to change the path to any “Included” files in your project by modifying the “Other Options Tab” as necessary.

15. Generate your application.

16. As a final step you should copy the files out of your <projectname>_temp directory into your actual project directory by right-clicking on the files in Simplicity Studio and choosing “Copy Linked Files into Project”.

17. Compile your application.

This is a guide is for creating, building, and running a Dotdot OTA Server and Client using available sample applications. The OTA Server will be on a Host application on the Raspberry Pi that has an NCP connected. This KBA assumes that the user has reviewed UG116 and is familiar with running a Raspberry Pi Host with NCP. (Please note, it is not a requirement for the OTA Server to also be a Border Router).

This KBA was written with the following software tools:

• Simplicity Studio
• Gecko SDK version 2.5
• IAR Workbench 7.80.4
• GCC 6.3.0

With the following recommended hardware:

• Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
• Two BRD4164s or equivalent EFR32MG12 reference boards with WSTKs

 

Sample Applications

Create projects for the following sample applications found in Gecko SDK version 2.5 through the Application Wizard. These can be found through the File menu going to File -> New -> Project -> Silicon Labs AppBuilder Project.

• OTA Server (Host)
• Light (Soc)
• NCP UART HW (Hardware Flow Control)
• SPI Flash Storage Bootloader (single image)

The Light and OTA Server are pre-commissioned and will be in the same network at startup,  unless the devices were already in a previous network. Resetting the network parameters will coax the devices to enter the networking state-machine. The reset command is as follows:

ota-server> network-management reset

 

OTA Server Configuration

The OTA Server (Host) Sample application has all the plugins required to be an OTA Server. Most notable are the following:

• OTA Bootload Core
• OTA Bootload Server
• OTA Bootload Server Policy
• OTA Bootload Storage CLI
• OTA Bootload Storage Core
• OTA Bootload Storage UNIX

In OTA Server Sample app we recommend making the following changes for testing: 

• Under the Printing tab enable the following debug output
  • ICMP CLI
  • OTA Bootload Core
  • OTA Bootload Server
  • OTA Bootload Storage UNIX
  • OTA Bootload Storage Core
  • OTA Bootload Server Policy
• In OTA Bootload Server Plugin
  • Change the Image Notify Period to 1 minute

Generate, transfer to Raspberry Pi, Compile the OTA server application. Also, compile ip-driver-app found under v2.x/protocol/thread/ with the following command:

$> make -f app/ip-ncp/ip-driver-app.mak

 

Light OTA Client Configuration

The OTA Client is based on the Light sample app. The following plugins are used to enable the OTA functionality. Here we assume the device you are using has external EEPROM:

•  OTA Bootload Client
•  OTA Bootload Client Policy
•  OTA Bootload Core
•  OTA Bootload Storage CLI
•  OTA Bootload Storage Core
•  OTA Bootload Storage EEPROM

In the OTA Bootload Client options set the following to maximize the recurrence of OTA Client/Server communication:

• Discover Server Period to 1 minute
• Query Next Image Period to 1 minute 

In the OTA Bootload Client Policy options note the following and/or set them to something unique. These will be used for creating the OTA image:

• Current Image Manufacturer Code
• Current Image Type
• Current Image Version 

In the OTA Bootload Storage EEPROM plugin make sure the value of EEPROM OTA Storage End Address is one less than the value found in SPI Flash Storage Bootloader Slot 0 size (under the Storage tab). If the size does not match the download will fail.  

We also recommend enabling the following plugins for testing:

• ICMP CLI
• COAP CLI
• UDP CLI

As well as the following for debug output under the Printing tab:

• EEPROM
• OTA Bootload Storage EEPROM
• OTA Bootload Client Policy
• OTA Bootload Core
• NVM3 Library
• ZCL Core
• OTA Bootload Client

Generate, Build, and Flash the Light application and bootloader to the EFR32. 

 

Building OTA Image

Recall the values in OTA Bootload Client Policy plugin for the Light. In order for the Light application to flash an image it must verify if the image has met the criteria of the OTA policy. The Manufacturer ID, Image Type ID need to be the same, and the Firmware Version must be a higher value. We will need to create a second image with a higher version number. For example, the first image will be version 0x00000001 and the new image will have version 0x00000002. Go back to AppBuilder and update the project to have a higher version number by changing the setting, generating, and compiling. (Note: this will overwrite your old image. If it needs to be available store it in a different place or rename the GBL file.)

The Image Builder tool will wrap the GBL file in an OTA file. The tool can be found under the SDK directory tree ../gecko_sdk_suite/v2.5/protocol/thread/tool/image-builder/. The following command can be called in a terminal:

$> ./image-builder-linux -c 1234-5678-00000002-light.ota -m 0x1234 -i 0x5678 -v 0x00000002 -s 4 -t 0  --security-credentials=3 -f "light292BRD4163A_02.gbl"

• -c : The OTA file to create
• -m : Manufacturer ID found in OTA Bootload Client Policy
• -i : Image type ID found in OTA Bootload Client Policy
• -v : Firmware version found in OTA Bootload Client Policy
• -s : ZCL Stack version
• -t : Tag Identifier
• --security-credentials : The security credentials required for this upgrade.
• -f : The file to be included in the OTA

More information can be found in  AN716: Instructions for Using Image-Builder

 

Kicking off OTA upgrade

Copy the OTA image to the same directory where the Server Host application is called. Start the ip-driver-app followed by the ota-server.

$> sudo ./ip-driver-app -u /dev/ACM1 -t tun0 -m 4901 &
$> sudo ./ota-server -m 4901

In ota-server call the following command to see if it has found the OTA image.

ota-server> ota-bootload-storage info

The output should be similar to the lines below:

ota-server: 
1234-5678-00000002-light.ota: m=0x4X t=0x4X v=0x8X
ota-server.nvm: 
Load files found 1 files
OTA Bootload Storage Info: maximumFileSize = 1000000, fileCount = 1
File 0: m=0x1234 t=0x5678 v=0x00000002 size = 311919

On the Light side open the console and check the network parameters using the info command and make sure it is on the same network as the OTA Server. The results should be similar to the lines below:

light_01> info
network status: 0x03
eui64: >000B57FFFE25FAFC
macExtendedId: >776A3C93A3776E86
network id: precommissioned
node type: 0x02
extended pan id: >4F8EC75FB4E1EFC6
pan id: 0x1075
channel: 19
radio tx power: 3 dBm
ula prefix: fd01::/64
mesh-local: fd01::1f0e:750c:b36:7ce5
link-local: fe80::756a:3c93:a377:6e86

To kickoff the search for an OTA Server use the following command:

light_01> ota-bootload-client update

The following lines should output to console:

Sent discovery command: .well-known/core?rt=urn:zcl:c.2000.s&
get 0x00
Using upgrade server discovery
Discovered server: fd01::63e6:a84:377c:3305->5683

If the server is discovered then the OTA transfer will start in ~1 minute (as we configured in OTA Bootload Client plugin).

The ISA3 Utilities are a set of software tools for the Silicon Labs Ember ISA3 Debug Adapter. With these tools you can manipulate adapter firmware as well as program chips in the EM35x and EM35xx family of parts. The latest downloads of these parts can be found here:

ISA3 Utilities

For assistance using these utilities, please refer to this user guide:

UG107: ISA3 Utilites

If you are having the issue mentioned in the title after an update to EmberZnet 6.5.0.0 please consider updating to the Gecko Bootloader. If it is not an option for you the following is an explanation on why this problem occurs followed by a proposed solution. 

Although support of Ember Standalone Bootloader for EFR32 based products has ended in 2017. There could still be some devices in the field that were initially manufactured with the Ember Standalone Bootloader and are now unable to upgrade to the Gecko Bootloader. 

Since the 2.5 GSDK release modules are regarded as first class citizens and while the Gecko bootloader has been upgraded to facilitate this update the Ember Bootloader was not because it is no longer being developed. 

This update causes the AAT header in .ebl files built during the post-build process in Simplicity Studio to be interpreted as corrupt by the Ember Standalone Bootloader.

The problem is that the value of byte 0x78 used to be 0x10 for EFR32MG1P or 0x11 EFR32MG1B and after the update it is set to 0x01 for MGM111. 

If this is the issue the advised solution is to convert the created .s37 file to .ebl using the 'em3xx_convert' tool.
This should be located at "(StudioFolder)\developer\adapter_packs\em3xx\utils"

Open any command line tool at this location and you can convert a .s37 to .ebl with the correct AAT header using the following command. 

 "em3xx_convert.exe --chip EFR32 (path)/(filename).s37 (path)/(filename).ebl"

 

 

If your existing Host-NCP solution is lacking Green Power proxy support and you want to add it to the design these steps will walk you through the process of adding it.

Adding host support

First, go to the ZCL Clusters tab and find the Multiple endpoint configuration section at the top. Click the New button to add an endpoint to your device, this will create a second endpoint on the device with identifier 2. Now we need to convert this to a green power endpoint.

In the Configuration column, click the Primary name, which will bring up a button with 3 dots

Click the box to bring up the Endpoint type window

Select the option Create new endpoint type and name your new endpoint Green Power. Click OK.

Keeping the endpoint selected, go to the pull-down menu for ZCL Device Type and change the device to GP Proxy Basic (under GP devices). When this is selected, this will make the endpoint change to number 242. This should also enable Cluster 0x0021, the Green Power cluster, on the device.

Now go to the Plugins tab and on the search bar, enter Green – this will find 4 plugins in the Green Power section:

Check the box next to the Green Power Client and Green Power Common plugins, this will enable them. There isn't any need to change any of the default settings within the plugins, so you can leave those alone. 

At this point you should be able to generate and build your host application with no issue and Green Power will be supported. However support for green power needs to be enabled within the NCP.

Adding NCP support

As you are configuring your  NCP application, go to the plugins tab and enable the Green Power Stack Library plugin. Make sure the Green Power Stack Stub Library is disabled:

Since this is just a proxy, you can leave the settings as defaulted, proxy table size of 5 and sink table size of 0. However you will need to consider your potential network when configuring your table sizes. A larger proxy table might be needed for supporting all devices on the network.

This is all you need for NCP support. You can generate and build your NCP and combined with your new host code, green power proxy support should be ready to go.

What is the maximum allowed power for ZigBee applications under ETSI EN 300 328?

Although ETSI EN 300 328 allows 20dBm RF output power, there is a limitation for PSD (Power Spectral Density) for wide band modulations other than FHSS. This PSD limit restricts the maximum allowed power for ZigBee applications.

Section 5.4.3.2 in EN 300 328 V2.1.1 details the test method for PSD. The ZigBee modulated signal measured according to Option 2, Step 3 (with sweep time set to 10s):

CW signal with the same power level and spectrum analyzer settings:

The peak power difference between the ZigBee and CW signal measured with RMS detector is ~2.3dB. In order to meet the PSD limit of 10dBm per MHz, the maximum allowed power is 12.3dBm (EIRP).

Note: The 12.3dBm power limit is radiated (EIRP), which means that in case of an antenna with 0dBi, the maximum conducted power allowed is 12.3dBm. For antennas with lower gain than 0dBi, conducted power can be increased, while for antennas with higher gain than 0dBi, conducted power should be reduced.

Measurements were performed on an EFR32MG13 based reference board (BRD4158A Rev A01).

The firmware upgrade through UART requires the following steps. 

1. Make sure your device has a XMODEM bootloader. 
2. Connect your device to the machine that will perform the upgrade through a UART interface. 
3. Connect to the device with a serial terminal application that is capable of XMODEM file transfer. (I used tera term)
4. Reboot your device into the bootloader. You can confirm this if you see the bootloader menu on the serial interface.
5. The bootloader menu looks like this
    
6. Select the 'upload gbl' option by pressing 1. 
7. The device will enter a loop and start waiting for XMODEM packets
    
8. Transfer the desired firmware upgrade file in gbl format using XMODEM file transfer
   
9. After the device confirms that the upload was successful select the 'run' option
    
10. The new firmware should be running on the device now try and connect to it with a HOST. 

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Once you have created your projects, it's time to use App Builder to configure the projects for the types of devices they are going to. As we introduce new parts of app builder, we will do our best to explain to you the pieces which you are using and hopefully educate you on making the best use of app builder. 

For the light

Let's take a look at the MyLight.isc file. By default you should be on the General tab of your project. This gives some basic settings for your project, such as board, chip, and compiler. Below this is the Application configuration, which outlines the version of EmberZNet you are using and the location of the project. If you had an example project from the stack, this would give you a description of the operation of the application. And directly underneath this is multi-network configuration. This isn't something we will use today, but if you are looking for details, AN724 will outline multi-networking.

The next tab is the ZCL global tab. This is identification and versioning information for your part. You don't want to make any changes here for this project.

After this is the ZCL clusters tab, here is where we will make our first changes. On this tab you configure the ZCL elements of your device, namely your endpoints, the clusters which are enabled on your endpoints, and the attributes and commands that are supported by these clusters. 

For our light device we only need a single endpoint, which is the default, but we need to pick a device type that will work for our needs. While you can build custom devices with whatever clusters and attributes you want supported, AppBuilder includes a number of ZCL device types which contain the preconfigured clusters and attributes which are normal for a particular device type. Since we are building a light, we can use a default device included with the stack, for this project find the LO On/Off Light Switch  under the LO devices. This light definition has a number of default clusters for you, such as Basic, Identify, Groups, Scenes and On/Off. For this project we are going to focus on the On/Off cluster. But after you are done you can explore the other settings or even extend this light to be dimmable or color control, to add more functionality.

Moving to the Znet stack tab we will configure the Zigbee device and security level. This tab is where many of the Zigbee options are set. For the light, it will be a Coordinator/Router and utilize Zigbee 3.0 Security. These should be the default settings for this device, but if these settings aren’t correct they can be changed here. There are also some settings here for Radio configugration, ZDO and Inter-PAN settings, but they are beyond the scope of this project.

Proceeding to the Printing and CLI tab we find the configuration of Debug printing as well as the setup of the CLI. Debug printing allows you to add additional printing options beyond the ones that are supported by a standard application. The Cluster debugging includes print statements that are specific to the clusters enabled for your device. The General-purpose debug printing gives you additional printing within different aspects of your application, such as security or service discovery. You can even created your own custom messaging within this block.  Along the bottom you will settings for customizing your CLI. In this section you can enable different CLI commands for your device beyond the standard ones which are included.  For our needs, we are going to enable the On/off cluster printing along the top, so check box boxes next to this so that these print statements are compiled in and enabled at startup. But the normal CLI as it's built will be fine for our needs, so there are no changes needed for the bottom section.

The next tab is the HAL configuration tab. As noted, this is where some hardware settings are made. You want to be sure that your device is setup for the Application bootloader and that your part matches the board you are using (the BRD4162), but any other changes, we will make in a future step.

Finally, we need to configure the required plugins, which can be found on the corresponding tab. Plugins are the EmberZNet method to quickly enable or disable functionality supported by our application layer with a simple click of the button. For plugins, you should use all of the plugins which are included by default with the project and add the following: Network Creator, Network Creator Security, Find and Bind Target (all under ZigBee 3.0) and Security Link Keys Library (Stack Libraries).

Just to be safe, save your project to prevent anything from being lost. We aren't quite done yet, so don't hit the generate button just yet.

For the switch

Now, let's open up MySwitch.isc and configure the Switch similar to the light. Since you know where to find these settings, they should be much easier to set up.

Like the light, your device will have 1 endpoint. But the ZCL device type will be an LO On/Off Light Switch.

It will utilize Zigbee 3.0 Security but will be an End Device. Don't make it a sleepy end device, you won't be able to get as much response from the CLI, and we need to be able to interact with the device as we make our settings.

For plugins, you should use all of the plugins which are included by default with the project and add the following: Find and Bind Initiator (ZigBee 3.0) and Button Interface (HAL).

Because the switch is an end device you can exchange the Zigbee PRO Stack Library Plugin for the Zigbee Pro Leaf Library. This is an optional step, but the leaf library removes many of the additional stack libraries which are only needed for routers and coordinators. The result is a smaller library which consumes less power. While we aren't using the sleepy end device, this would help you achieve a much lower current draw when your device sleeps.

Finally, located the Binding Table Library plugin. It has one option to configure – the size of the binding table, we need to make sure our table has at least 6 entries. We probably won't need this many entries, but we want to make sure we have them, just in case. 

For both devices

There is one final setting you need to make to both devices to make sure you can run the CLI. This involves making sure that the serial port is configured correctly.

On both mySwitch and myLight go back to the plugins tab and you want to make sure that the Serial plugin is enabled. From within the Serial plugin you need to ensure both SERIAL and USART0 are enabled (select each in the peripheral box). Finally, because the Thunderboard doesn’t support hardware flow control, we need to change the flow control type within the USART0 peripheral (in the serial plugin), make sure that Flow Control mode is set to Xon-Xoff.

Once you have configured both applications, you want to save each project.

Next, click the Generate button on each project. Just like our bootloader this will create or link to all of the files necessary to build the project. It shouldn't take too long, but you will have a few moments of waiting until the Generation successful window appears. Once you get that, click OK.

Finally, you can click the hammer icon on the toolbar

(or any other command that will begin building your application) and build your application. This will take a minute or two, depending on the speed of your computer. You can follow the progress in your Console window at the bottom. Once the files are compiled and linked, some post build scripts will run. If these run correctly you will get the following message:

Image-builder not invoked since "OTA Bootload Cluster Policy plugin" is not enabled

16:55:26 Build Finished (took 48s.142ms)

The key is the Image-builder message. Image-builder is run after your project compiles correctly. Once you see that, you know that your project has compiled successfully. Next we need to flash it to our device and test it.

If you get some sort of error during your build, return to your project .ISC file and check your work setting on your device and see if you missed any steps or have an incorrect setting.

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Flashing and testing the application

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Locate your files in the binary folder within Studio and select either the .GBL .EBL or .S37 files for your project.

Flash each binary to a separate Thunderboard, making one Thunderboard the light and one the switch.

commander flash -s XXXXXXXX MyLight.s37 -d EFR32

commander flash -s XXXXXXXX MySwitch.s37 -d EFR32

We need to verify that each application is properly flashed and running. We will check them from the CLI. To connect to the serial terminals, enter either the Simplicity IDE or Network Analyzer view in Studio. Find your WSTKs under Debug Adapters. Right click on each of them and select “Launch Console.” This will bring up your console window. Switch to the Serial 1 header and press enter a few times, this should cause your Project name to appear as your application prompt.

Ensure that both your Light and Switch are working.

Next, we will step through joining each device onto a network and adding the pieces to each so that you can activate the LEDs of your light and the buttons of your switch.

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