Development Tools for Thread

Low power mesh

IP-based wireless networking protocol

Nordic enables your products

Are you thinking about integrating Matter into one of your products? If you are using one of our Thread-capable devices this will be easier that you think. Nordic devices put you in the ideal position to develop your Matter products. As the #1 Bluetooth Low Energy System-on-Chips (SoCs) supplier with a presence in OpenThread, Nordic is your ideal partner.

Nordic has a leading position in Thread/Bluetooth Low Energy multiprotocol. Our nRF52840 SoC and nRF Connect SDK 2.0.2 received the worlds first Thread 1.3 certification badge, that can be easily inherited by our customers and is a prerequisite for Matter over Thread, where Bluetooth LE is used to commission and Thread for data transfer. It is also possible to build a Thread-capable device now and include Matter support later with an update.

We offer excellent documentation and technical support to anyone developing a Thread product with our SoCs. We guide you through the product development process.

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Developing Thread Products using nRF Connect SDK

Thread development made easy

We offer development tools that make it easy to develop Thread products based on our SoCs. We want to enable you to build your product as quickly as possible, without sacrificing quality. We provide tools for developing code, testing it, debugging, and much more.

Below is an overview of all relevant development tools for developing a Thread product. Make sure you also check out the Development hardware and Development software tabs.

Desktop development tools

nRF Connect for Desktop

nRF Connect for Desktop is a cross-platform framework for development applications. It contains applications for testing Bluetooth Low Energy and LTE links, power optimization, programming and more.

nRF Command Line Tools

The nRF Command Line Tools are used for development, programming, and debugging of Nordic Semiconductor's nRF51, nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 Series devices.

nRF Util

nRF Util is a unified command line utility for Nordic products.

nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4

A helpful and valuable sniffer for learning and debugging 802.15.4 protocols, like Thread and Zigbee.

nRF Thread Topology Monitor

nRF Thread Topology Monitor is a cross-platform desktop tool that enables developers to visualize Thread mesh network topology in real time.