Build and run Matter and OpenThread lighting-app on EFR32MG24 to work with Apple HomePod Mini and iPhone Home App.

The following steps show you how to build and run Matter and OpenThread lighting-app on EFR32MG24 to work with Apple HomePod Mini and iPhone Home App.

1. Refer to steps 1 and 2 in How to setup and build Matter/CHIP EFR32 Lighting Example on Ubuntu 20.04 to setup Ubuntu 20.04 build environment and git master Matter source codes.

2. Switch to v1.0-branch and workable commit.

    cd connectedhomeip/
    git fetch origin
    git branch -a
    git checkout -b v1.0 remotes/origin/v1.0-branch
    git submodule update --init --recursive
    git checkout 561d23d0db215a99705ff0696e73853c8edf11b2
 

3. Build lighting-app for BRD4186C

    ./scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh ./examples/lighting-app/efr32/ ./out/lighting-app BRD4186C

4. Download chip-efr32-lighting-example.hex (can be found under out/lighting-app/BRD4186C) in to BRD4186C+BRD4001A.

5. Make sure your Apple HomePod Mini and iPhone are update to OS 16.1.

6. Start Home App on your iPhone and scan the QR code on LCD of BRD4186C+BRD4001A. Following Home App wizard to complete settings.

7. You can have the Matter enable Light connecting with HomePod Mini and control it with iPhone Home App.

P.S. You can add the following code into AppTask::Init() in AppTask.c to print URL on RTT viewer output to generate QR code on browser.

PrintOnboardingCodes(chip::RendezvousInformationFlags(chip::RendezvousInformationFlag::kBLE));

P.S. You can use the following command to build lock-app SED for low power device test.

./scripts/examples/gn_efr32_example.sh ./examples/lock-app/efr32/ ./out/lock-app_SED BRD4186C --sed "chip_detail_logging=false chip_automation_logging=false chip_progress_logging=false is_debug=false show_qr_code=true chip_build_libshell=false disable_lcd=false enable_openthread_cli=false"