Full Kit for Matter development

[Welcome Ezra Hale]

Hello, I'm doing an evaluation of your development kit for Matter. I see that you recommend the nRF52840 DK does this kit come with everything I need for Matter development, like to set up the weather station or do I need more hardware? Where can I get the complete list of hardware required so that I can purchase it all at the same time.

Thanks,

Ezra

[Simonr]

Hi Ezra

No we don't have a full kit for Matter, as it's hard to define what exactly a full kit is. What peripherals one would need is quite dependent on each use case, and so we recommend using relevant peripherals alongside our DKs, as they're easy to connect peripheral devices to with many GPIOs available from the DK.

I would recommend you buy the peripherals you want to use in your project and take it from there. The nRF52840 DK comes with buttons and LEDS for user interaction, an I/O interface for Arduino form factor plug-in modules, a SEGGER J-Link OB debugger with debug out functionality, an UART interface through virtual COM port, a USB, external flash memory, and support for NFC.

Best regards,

Simon

[Welcome Ezra Hale]

Ok, I have purchased an nRF5340 Dev kit. I'm trying to get it going on my Mac. Unfortunately the latest version of nRF Connect 3.10 does not launch on my Mac. I'm running a pretty old version of the OS Mojave, is there a known issue here? All I get is a splash screen but the Connect tool never comes up. If I downgrade to 3.9 it works but then I don't have the components I need to launch the tools. Right now in terms of Matter development on my Mac I think I'm dead in the water. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Simonr]

Hi

What nRFConnect apps is it that you need exactly? Are you trying to set up the nRF Connect SDK using the Toolchain Manager or is there some other app you want to use? I'm not sure what other app you would need for Matter development. If you need the nRF Connect SDK, it is also possible to set it up manually by following our guide here.

Best regards,

Simon

[Welcome Ezra Hale]

Hello Simon, thanks for your help. I'm trying to build a Matter application using nRF Connect and Connect SDK. I have installed all the toolchain dependencies and have installed nRF Connect for VS Code. I'm at a point where I have my applications building but now I can't for the life of me get my device to show up in the "Connected Devices" window in VS Code. I have searched everywhere online for a solution, but all the tutorials seem to assume that this just works flawlessly. Unfortunately for me on my Mac it doesn't appear to work at all. I'm blocked at the moment in your OOB development flow. Thanks, Ezra

[Simonr]

Hi

I've never had an issue with the CONNECTED DEVICES tab. It should show up after pressing the "Refresh connected devices" button.  Does the DK show up in the Mac's equivalent of the Device Manager at all? Are you sure the DK is connected to the Mac correctly? We've seen issues in the past when using a USB hub for instance, so if possible, try connecting the DK directly to the computer.

Best regards,

Simon