Thread Newsletter

NEWSLETTER Q2 2020

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

I hope this continues to find each of you, your families, and your colleagues well and healthy amidst the ongoing global pandemic.

Thread Group continues to operate and connect virtually with a number of exciting highlights since our last newsletter.

First, we added eleven new members to our ranks. We welcome Allegion, Eve, Watts, Carrier, Espressif, Safran, Envio, San Jose State University, Iowa State University, Mediatek, and Leipzig University of Applied Sciences and the engagement they bring to the Thread Group.

Second, on the adoption front, we added eleven new Thread Certified components and two new Built on Thread certified products. Components include solutions from NXP and Nordic Semiconductor, to name a few. The Built on Thread WideSky Hub end product emphasizes the importance of the commercial and enterprise markets. Details on the full scope of Thread Certified products and components will be made available on the Thread website.

We continue to be excited about or industry collaborations, whether with the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA) to collaborate on running the popular and pervasive DALI commercial lighting protocol over Thread or with our long-time partners Zigbee Alliance, Open Connectivity Foundation, KNX Association, and BACnet International aligning through IP-BLiS to promote the Internet Protocol as a secure backbone for building automation worldwide.

Finally, we were thrilled to engage with many of you through virtual events in the last quarter. Hundreds of you participated in both our highly-attended and -engaged “IoT Convergence with Thread and Project CHIP” webinar and our first ever virtual members meeting.

We look forward to engaging with you virtually.

Stay healthy!

Best Regards,
Grant Erickson
President
Thread Group

IN THE NEWS	DALI Set To Unwire With Thread LEDs Magazine April 30, 2020

PRESS RELEASES	Leading Technology Alliances Unite Behind IP As Secure Backbone For Building Automation June 25, 2020 Thread Group Certifies IoT Hub For Smart Commercial Buildings And New Components May 27, 2020

NOTABLE TWEETS	If you missed the #IPBLiS webinar you can view it here. Listen to experts from @BACnetIntl, @KNXassociation, @OpenConnOrg, @TheThreadGroup, and @zigbeealliance introduce #IPBLiS and the future vision of smart building connectivity: https://t.co/xwkKs7GTXg @NordicTweets nRF52840 – nRF5 SDK for #Thread and Zigbee 4.1 advanced multi-protocol SoC is Thread Certified. Learn more https://t.co/zirNScXABl Don't miss this webinar! Hear from #Thread Group Board of Directors from @Google, @Apple, @Siemens, @OsramCOM, @yalelocks, and @SomfyUS to learn about #IoT Convergence with #Thread and Project CHIP. Followed by an interactive Q&A session. https://bit.ly/2NLFkuZ

Q2 HIGHLIGHTS

Held the first-ever Virtual Thread Group Members Meeting with over one hundred and twenty five members and guests in attendance
Published an update to the Thread Network Fundamentals white paper
Hosted the webinar IoT Convergence with Thread and Project Connected Home over IP
Planned and participated in the IP-BLiS debut webinar and issued a joint press release
Certified new Thread products and components from WideSky, NXP Semiconductors, and Nordic Semiconductor

HOT TOPICS

IP - BUILDING AND LIGHT STANDARD (IP-BLiS)

The IP-BLiS vision is to make commercial buildings more responsive to the needs of users by promoting a secure, multi-standard, IP-based harmonized IoT solutions allowing for better integration of building automation products.

The IP-BLiS liaison parties, BACnet International, KNX Association, Open Connectivity Foundation, Thread Group and Zigbee Alliance, through collaboration and cooperation, will educate and influence the market regarding application framework standards over IP for commercial building connectivity through marketing and communications.

IP-BLiS recently held a launch webinar which can be accessed here. Learn more about IP-BLiS www.ipblis.org.

VIRTUAL THREAD GROUP MEMBERS MEETING

We held the first-ever Virtual Thread Group Members Meeting with over 125 members and guests in attendance. Paving the way for convergence and collaboration in the IoT, Tobin Richardson, CEO and President, Zigbee Alliance was our guest speaker discussing Project Connected Home Over IP. We hosted Technical, Marketing, and Certification breakout sessions with efforts around the Duckhorn Roadmap. All levels of membership were allowed to attend.

Save the date for the next Virtual Thread Group Members meeting to be held November 3-5, 2020. Details will post on the Thread Group website once available.

THREAD CERTIFICATION

Certification provides an official, independent proof-point of a product's functional conformance to the Thread specification and interoperability performance with market-leading Thread reference implementations. Learn about The Seven Steps of Highly Successful Thread Products‚ visit our Certification page.

For a complete list of Thread Certified Products and Components‚ visit our website.