2020
May
28

Part 1: Webinar Q&A Follow-Up - “IoT Convergence with Thread and Project Connected Home over IP”

By Sujata Neidig, VP Marketing for Thread Group / Director Product Marketing for NXP Semiconductor

Thread Group recently hosted a virtual Panel Session Event regarding Thread’s role in IoT convergence and how that relates to the Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) initiative driven by the Zigbee Alliance. It was an engaging and informative panel consisting of Thread Group Board Direct...

2020
May
05

Thread Border Router: The simple component to get your Thread network started

By Jorg Kennis, OSRAM Standardization Office

Thread’s similarities to Wi-Fi Thread is a secure, low-power, wireless communication protocol that can be seamlessly integrated into a corporate network, or the Internet at large. It compliments and works in tandem with the existing Wi-Fi and ethernet infrastructure. There is no need for ...

2020
March
02

What does Project CHIP mean for Thread in Commercial?

By Jorg Kennis, OSRAM Standardization Office

[Note: Project CHIP is now known as Matter]

What is Project CHIP?

In December 2019, Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance announced the start of Project CHIP (“Connected Home over IP”, sometimes referred to as “Commercial and Home over IP”) that aims to create a unified standard for communication between smart home devices. Its aim is to simplify development of smart home devices by ensuring that products which conform to the new standard will work with leading ecosystems, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant and Comcast’s Xfinity.

2019
December
18

IP Drives IoT Convergence for Thread and Project Connected Home over IP

By Grant Erickson, President, Thread Group; Sujata Neidig, Vice President, Marketing, Thread Group; Jonathan Hui, Vice President, Technology, Thread Group

[Note: Project CHIP is now known as Matter]

We at Thread Group see today’s introduction of Project Connected Home over IP via joint announcement from Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance - along with the support and contribution of Zigbee Alliance board member companies such as IKEA, Legrand, NXP Semiconductors, Resideo, Samsung SmartThings, Schneider Electric, Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), Silicon Labs, Somfy, and Wulian- as an exciting milestone to accelerate IoT market adoption.

2019
March
29

Thread 1.2 Commercial Commissioning Greatly Simplifies Large-Scale Network Installation and Control

By Jorg Kennis and Jos Bruins, OSRAM Standardization Office

The Thread specification was built to seamlessly and securely connect low-power devices to a wireless network. It is based on the widely used IEEE 802.15.4 radio standard and is built from the ground up on the established and proven IPv6 protocol. This streamlines integration with existing IP networ...

2019
March
26

Thread Group Membership Tier Changes

By Grant Erickson, President, Thread Group
Tom Sciorilli, Director of Certification, Thread Group

Today, the Thread Group offers four membership tiers: Academic Aimed at non-profit and academic research institutions. Affiliate Aimed at those who want to simply keep an insider track on the pulse of Thread. Contributor Aimed at those who want to implement a...