Several new open-source projects from Home Assistant / Nabu Casa developers related to Silicon Labs EFR32 firmware management

[Hedda]

@pipiche38 I think that some of the news in this blog post on Home Assistant's web page might be indirectly be of interest to you too:

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/02/08/state-of-matter-and-thread/

In summary:

• They announcing SL Web Tools available as open source. It allows users to manage the firmware on Zigbee/Thread sticks using SiLabs chips directly from their browser, with no terminals or compilation necessary. This allows any creator to offer easy firmware updates to their users and make experimental updates available to test bug fixes quickly.
  • To see it in action, SL Web Tools has been added to the Home Assistant SkyConnect documentation -> https://skyconnect.home-assistant.io
  • SL Web Tools is powered by another new open-source Python package "silabs-universal-flasher" -> https://github.com/NabuCasa/universal-silabs-flasher
  • https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/02/08/state-of-matter-and-thread/#silabs-multi-flasher--sl-web-tools
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-88K23e8XYw&ab_channel=HomeAssistant
• They have open-sourced and released a project with an automated build system to help make it easier to create reproducible firmware builds for Zigbee and Thread based on SoCs from Silicon Labs.
  • https://github.com/NabuCasa/silabs-firmware-builder
    • https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/02/08/state-of-matter-and-thread/#building-firmware-for-silicon-labs-chips
• They made a big update to the SkyConnect documentation website, including tutorials on how to migrate from a different Zigbee stick inside ZHA (which in turn uses zigpy-cli to backup and restore Zigbee network).
  • https://skyconnect.home-assistant.io
• If using Home Assistant Operating System it is now possible to turn your Home Assistant SkyConnect into a OpenThread Border Router (OTBR). This can be done by enabling our experimental multiprotocol support in Settings -> Hardware and by clicking Configure.
  • They also updated their related Thread and Matter integration documentation -> https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/thread and https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter