Matter Protocol

Standardized application layer foundation for connected things

At Nordic Semiconductor, we are committed to driving innovation in low-power wireless solutions, and Matter represents an exciting leap forward for smart home connectivity. Matter is an open-source standard developed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), designed to enable seamless interoperability between IoT devices from different manufacturers.

As a leader in Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE), Thread, and Wi-Fi, Nordic provides Matter-ready solutions that help developers create secure, low-power, and future-proof smart home products. Our nRF54L15, nRF54L10, nRF52840 and nRF5340 SoCs, combined with our nRF Connect SDK, offer a robust platform for building Matter-compliant devices using Thread and Bluetooth LE. Additionally, our nRF7002 Wi-Fi companion IC extends Matter support to Wi-Fi-based applications.

With Nordic’s energy-efficient hardware and developer-friendly software tools, bringing Matter-certified products to market has never been easier. Whether you're building smart lighting, door locks, sensors, or other home automation devices, Nordic's proven, scalable, and secure wireless solutions ensure a smooth path to Matter certification.

We enable your Matter projects

Up to date Matter integration

Our nRF Connect SDK has Matter support fully integrated, and our solution is ready for prototyping. We will continue to implement the newest updates with every release. To learn more, have a look at our user guide about Matter.

Matter Samples

We have sample programs for light bulb, light switch, door lock, smoke CO alarm, thermostat, window covering, a sample that demonstrates custom manufacturer-specific clusters, as well as a Template sample that demonstrates a minimal implementation of the matter application layer.The template sample allows is the perfect starting point  if you want to create a device type that is not already represented in one of the other samples. All Samples can be found here.

All samples are optimized for low power consumption and most support Matter over Wi-Fi in addition to Matter over Thread. 

You can also find two application examples in the documentation:

  • The Matter weather station runs on the Thingy:53 Prototyping platform and has participated in a Matter Specification and Validation Event (SVE), successfully passed all tests and is considered to be compliant with Matter 1.0 certification.
  • The Matter bridge is an application that allows the use of non Matter devices in a Matter fabric, basically allowing Bluetooth LE peripheral devices to act as matter devices. The matter bridge architecture also allows you to add support for other technologies like Zigbee or Bluetooth Mesh.

 

We provide a comprehensive user guide about configuring a Matter development environment. The guide explains how to run a Matter accessory on a Nordic Development Kit. It shows what types of Matter controllers to use and how to set them up together with a Thread Border router.

diagram showing a Matter test setup. A Matter controller running on a pc, connected to a matter accessory (Thingy:53) and to a Wi-Fi Access Point. The Wi-Fi Access point ic connected to a Thread Border Router. Both the Matter accessory and the Border router can communicate with the Thread network Matter protocol, Matter development, Developing for Matter

These examples show the usage of Matter with our nRF connect SDK. The weather station example lets you remotely gather different kinds of data. It collects temperature, air pressure, and relative humidity, using the device sensors. The resulting device works as a Matter accessory device. It can pair and be remotely controlled over a Matter network built on top of a low-power, 802.15.4 Thread network. Use these samples as references to create your own devices