How to setup and build Matter/CHIP EFR32 Lighting Example on Ubuntu 20.04.

The following steps show you how to setup and build Matter/CHIP EFR32 Lighting Example on Ubuntu 20.04.

1. Install necessary packages.

sudo apt-get install -y git gcc g++ pkg-config libssl-dev libdbus-1-dev libglib2.0-dev libavahi-client-dev ninja-build python3-venv python3-dev python3-pip unzip libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev libreadline-dev
 
2. Get Matter/CHIP source codes.

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip
 

3. Enter Matter/CHIP source folder and build Matter/CHIP EFR32 Lighting Example

    3.1 run "cd connectedhomeip/"
 
    3.2 run "source scripts/activate.sh"
 
    3.3 run "./scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh ./examples/lighting-app/efr32/ ./out/lighting-app BRD4161A"

 

4. Get chip-efr32-lighting-example.s37 under /connectedhomeip/out/lighting-app/BRD4161A to program it via Simplicity Flash Programmer or Commander.

5. You can see QR code on BRD4001A LCD and execute CLI command on serial console.