Matter Bouffalo Lab Lighting Example

This example functions as a light bulb device type, with on/off and level capabilities and uses a test Vendor ID (VID) and a Product ID (PID) of 0x8005.

Current supported boards:

  • BL602DK
  • BL706DK
  • BL704LDK

Legacy supported boards:

  • BL602-IoT-Matter-V1, here to purchase.
  • BL602-NIGHT-LIGHT
  • XT-ZB6-DevKit
  • BL706-NIGHT-LIGHT

Warning: Changing the VID/PID may cause compilation problems, we recommend leaving it as the default while using this example.

BL602

BL602/BL604 is combo chip-set for Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and BLE 5.0 base-band/MAC.

BL70x

BL70x is combo chip-set for BLE and IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee/Thread.

  • BL702/BL706 has 14dbm tx power and is recommended for routing devices. SDK uses BL702 as a general name.
  • BL702L/BL704L is designed for low power application. SDK uses BL702L as a general name.

BL70x has fully certified with all Thread 1.3 features, included Thread SSED and Thread Border Router.

Solutions introduction

Bouffalo Lab has full connectives support for Matter Applications.

  • Wi-Fi 4/6 application, we have
    • BL602, Wi-Fi 4 application.
    • BL706 + BL602, Wi-Fi 4 application. BL602 runs as a normal WLAN transceiver; TCP/IP stack runs as BL706 side. We recommend this solution is for Openthread Border Router application and Matter ZigBee bridge.
      • Openthread Border Router application, please refer to Openthread Border Router application
      • Matter ZigBee Bridge application, please contact Bouffalo Lab for support.
  • Thread application, we have
    • B70X
  • Ethernet application, we have
    • BL706. It supports single Matter application, and also Openthread Border Router application and Matter ZigBee bridge
      • Openthread Border Router application, please refer to Openthread Border Router application
      • Matter ZigBee application, please contact Bouffalo Lab for support.

Initial setup

The following steps in this document were validated on Ubuntu 20.04.

  • Install dependencies as specified in the connectedhomeip repository: Building Matter.

  • Clone and initialize the connectedhomeip repo

    git clone https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip.git
cd connectedhomeip
git submodule update --init --recursive
source ./scripts/activate.sh -p bouffalolab

  • Setup build environment for Bouffalo Lab SoC

    ./integrations/docker/images/stage-2/chip-build-bouffalolab/setup.sh

    Script setpu.sh requires to select install path, and please execute following command to export BOUFFALOLAB_SDK_ROOT before building.

    export BOUFFALOLAB_SDK_ROOT="Your install path"

Build CHIP Lighting App example

The following steps take examples for BL602DK, BL704LDK and BL706DK.

  • Build lighting app with UART baudrate 2000000

    ./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl602dk-light build
./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl616dk-light-wifi build
./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl704ldk-light build
./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl706dk-light build

  • Build lighting app with RPC enabled and UART baudrate 115200.

    ./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl602dk-light-light-rpc-115200 build
./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl704ldk-light-light-rpc-115200 build
./scripts/build/build_examples.py --target bouffalolab-bl706dk-light-light-rpc-115200 build

Build options with build_examples.py

  • -wifi, specifies to use Wi-Fi for Matter application.

    • BL602 uses Wi-Fi by default. -wifi could be elided.
    • BL702 needs it to specify to use BL706 + BL602 for Wi-Fi.

  • -thread, specifies to use Thread for Matter application.

    • BL70X uses Thread by default. -thread could be elided.

  • -ethernet, specifies to use Ethernet for Matter application.

    • BL706 needs it to specify to use Ethernet.

  • -littlefs, specifies to use littlefs for flash access.

  • -easyflash, specifies to use easyflash for flash access.

    • for platform BL602/BL70X, it is necessary to specify one of -easyflash and -littlefs.

  • -mfd, enable Matter factory data feature, which load factory data from MFD partition

  • -shell, enable command line

  • -rpc, enable Pigweed RPC feature

  • -115200, set UART baudrate to 115200 for log and command line

  • -cdc, enable USB CDC feature, only support for BL706, and can't work with Ethernet Board

  • -resetCnt, enable feature to do factory reset when continues power cycle is greater than 3

  • -mot, to specify to use openthread stack under third_party/openthread/repo

    • Without -mot specified, Matter Thread will use openthread stack under Bouffalo Lab SDK

  • -fp, to specify to enable frame pointer feature to print call stack when hit an exception for debug purpose.

Download image

  • Using script *.flash.py.

    After building gets done, python script *.flash.py will generate under build output folder, such as

    • chip-bl602-lighting-example.flash.py for BL602
    • chip-bl702-lighting-example.flash.py for BL702
    • chip-bl702l-lighting-example.flash.py for BL702L

    Download operation steps as below, please check help option of script for more detail.

    • Connect the board to your build machine

    • Put the board to the download mode:

      • Press and hold the BOOT button.
      • Click the RESET or EN button.
      • Release the BOOT button.

    • Type following command for image download. Please set serial port accordingly, here we use /dev/ttyACM0 as a serial port example.

      • BL602DK, BL704LDK and BL706DK.

        ./out/bouffalolab-bl602dk-light-littlefs/chip-bl602-lighting-example.flash.py --port /dev/ttyACM0
./out/bouffalolab-bl616dk-light-wifi/chip-bl616dk-lighting-example.flash.py --port /dev/ttyACM0
./out/bouffalolab-bl704ldk-light-littlefs/chip-bl702l-lighting-example.flash.py --port /dev/ttyACM0
./out/bouffalolab-bl706dk-light-littlefs/chip-bl702-lighting-example.flash.py --port /dev/ttyACM0

      • To wipe out flash and download image, please append --erase option. Take BL602DK as example.

        ./out/bouffalolab-bl602dk-light/chip-bl602-lighting-example.flash.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 --erase

        Note, better to append --erase option to download image for BL602 develop board at first time.

Run the example

  • You can open the serial console. For example, if the device is at /dev/ttyACM0 with UART baudrate 2000000 built:

    ```shell
picocom -b 2000000 /dev/ttyACM0
```

  • To reset the board, Click the RESET or EN button.

  • To toggle the light bulb’s on/off state by clicking BOOT button, which also toggles the LED.

  • To do factory reset, press BOOT button over 4 seconds, release BOOT button after led blink stopped.

Test Commission and Control with chip-tool

Please follow chip_tool_guide and guide to build and use chip-tool for test.

Prerequisite for Thread Protocol

Thread wireless protocol runs on BL706, which needs a Thread border router to connect Thread network to Wi-Fi/Ethernet network. Please follow this guide to setup a raspberry Pi border router.

After Thread border router setup, please type following command on Thread border router to get Thread network credential.

sudo ot-ctl dataset active -x

Commissioning over BLE

  • Reset the board or factory reset the board

  • Enter build out folder of chip-tool and running the following command to do BLE commission

    • Wi-Fi

      ./chip-tool pairing ble-wifi <node_id> <wifi_ssid> <wifi_passwd> 20202021 3840

    • Thread

      ./chip-tool pairing ble-thread <node_id> hex:<thread_operational_dataset> 20202021 3840

    <node_id>, which is node ID assigned to device within chip-tool fabric
    <wifi_ssid>, Wi-Fi network SSID
    <wifi_passwd>, Wi-FI network password
    <thread_operational_dataset>, Thread network credential which running sudo ot-ctl dataset active -x command on border router to get.

Cluster control

After successful commissioning, cluster commands available to control the board.

  • OnOff cluster

    The following command shows to toggle the LED on the board

    $ ./chip-tool onoff toggle <node_id> 1

  • Level cluster

    The following command shows to move level to 128.

    $ ./chip-tool levelcontrol move-to-level 128 10 0 0 <node_id> 1

  • Color cluster

    The following command shows to change hue and saturation to 240 and 100

    $ ./chip-tool colorcontrol move-to-hue-and-saturation 240 100 0 0 0 <node_id> 1

  • Identify Light

    The following command shows to identify the board 10 seconds

    ./chip-tool identify identify 10 <node_id> 1

Test OTA software upgrade with ota-provider-app

Please take guide for more detail on ota-provider-app build and usage.

Create the Matter OTA image

Bouffalo Lab Matter OTA image contains two parts:

  • Bouffalo Lab OTA bootable image:
    • Add boot parameters, signature/encryption if specified
    • And specify whether image has be compressed.
  • Add Matter recognition header by ota_image_tool.py.

Script *.flash.py builds Bouffalo Lab bootable image and call ota_image_tool.py to add Matter recognition header. Take BL602DK as example.

./out/bouffalolab-bl602dk-light/chip-bl602-lighting-example.flash.py --build-ota --vendor-id <vendor id> --product-id <product id> --version <version> --version-str <version string> --digest-algorithm <digest algorithm>

lighting-app.ota should have greater software version which is defined by macro CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_DEVICE_SOFTWARE_VERSION in CHIPProjectConfig.h

Start ota-provider-app

  • Start ota-provider-app for lighting-app.ota

    $ rm -r /tmp/chip_*
$ ./chip-ota-provider-app -f <path_to_ota_bin>/lighting-app.ota

    where <path_to_ota_bin> is the folder for lighting-app.ota.

  • Provision ota-provider-app with assigned node id to 1

    $ ./chip-tool pairing onnetwork 1 20202021
$ ./chip-tool accesscontrol write acl '[{"fabricIndex": 1, "privilege": 5, "authMode": 2, "subjects": [112233], "targets": null}, {"fabricIndex": 1, "privilege": 3, "authMode": 2, "subjects": null, "targets": null}]' 1 0

Start ota software upgrade

  • BLE commission BL602/BL702 lighting if not commissioned.
  • Start OTA software upgrade process
    ./chip-tool otasoftwareupdaterequestor announce-otaprovider 1 0 0 0 <node_id_to_lighting_app> 0
    where <node_id_to_lighting_app> is node id of BL602/BL702 lighting app.
  • After OTA software upgrade gets done, BL602/BL702 will get reboot automatically.

Run RPC Console

  • Build chip-console following this guide

  • Start the console

    $ chip-console --device /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 2000000

  • Get or Set the light state

    rpcs.chip.rpc.Lighting.Get()

    rpcs.chip.rpc.Lighting.Set(on=True, level=128)