Smart home IC speaks Matter, Zigbee and Bluetooth Low Energy

Qorvo has announced a system-on-chip for smart home devices with multi-network support for Matter, Zigbee and Bluetooth Low Energy.

“QPG6200L supports multiple protocols on separate channels simultaneously for consumer IoT applications including smart lighting, sensors and home hubs. It also leverages a built-in secure element and is PSA Certified Level 2 for enhanced IoT security,” according to the company, whihc claims that it “enables the adoption of Matter while supporting existing Zigbee networks without trade-offs in latency and link performance”.

Up to 3 IEEE 802.15.4 networks can operate on different channels – Zigbee and Matter, for example – and multiple radios allow continuous scanning for incoming packets across Bluetooth Low Energy and IEEE 802.15.4 protocols. Antenna diversity is included for Bluetooth Low Energy and IEEE 802.15.4.

The radio is compliant with ETSI EN 300 328 and FCC CFR-47 Part 15, transmitting up to +10dBm, adjustable down in 1dB steps.

The IEEE 802.15.4-2020 radio for Matter, Thread and Zigbee operates at up to 250kBit/s and can receive -102dBm at maximum sensitivity.

For Bluetooth, it is v5.4 compliant including Bluetooth Mesh v1.0. Data rates are 2Mbit/s (-94.5dBm sensitivity), 1Mbit/s (-97.5dBm), 500kbit/s or 125kbit/s (-105dBm).

Antenna diversity gain is 8dB – this and all the other figures come with caveats – see the preliminary data brief for more.

Processing is by a 192MHz Cortex-M4F (with DSP), 2Mbyte of flash and 336kbyte of ram.

Packaging is 4 x 4mm 32pad QFN.

The associated development kit, QPG6200LDK-01, has a QPG6200 radio board with printed antennas and certified communication stacks.

The radio board plugs into an included carrier board which has an integrated Segger J-Link debugger-programmer and virtual COM port via USB-C.

Alongside a 16 Mbit SPI flash on the carrier are peripherals for IoT applications including an RGB, cool white and warm white LED, an I²C humidity and temperature sensor, an I²C accelerometer, five push buttons and a slider switch.

Additional sensors and peripherals can be connected via an Expansion is via an Arduino (Uno Rev3) Shield compatible socket.

QPG6200L web page from which preliminary data sheet can be downloaded

QPG6200L development kit web page