Technologies

Thread

Advance home and building automation with IP-based, low power wireless mesh technologies.

Thread enables smart locks, thermostats, sensor or actuator devices, access points and gateways, to seamlessly integrate with existing cloud-based infrastructures and digital assistants. TI OpenThread github on SimpleLink™ wireless microcontroller (MCU) portfolio offer sleep current as low as 0.710μA while fully retaining SRAM. Additionally, the SimpleLink™ portfolio supports the Matter connectivity standard over Thread.

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Why choose TI Thread?

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Industry-leading, low-power performance

Extend your battery life with our Thread and Matter devices with standby current as low as 0.710µA while fully retaining SRAM and coin-cell operation at 20dBm. 

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Matter-ready portfolio

Enable end devices or access points using Thread as the foundation to operate with Matter smart home ecosystems.

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Quality, reliability and certification

Our Thread and Matter solutions are proven and tested to meet the highest industrial and regulatory compliance standards as well as provide easy certification with the Connectivity Standards Alliance and Thread Group.

Thread portfolio by memory & use case

Design & development


Resource
Thread SimpleLink Academy
Learn with SimpleLink Academy through easy-to-use training modules and guides that span a wide range of topics for all LaunchPads in the SimpleLink MCU family

SOFTWARE
Github repository
Start developing today with TI’s platform enablement for open source OpenThread

Technical article
Thread vs. Zigbee – What’s the Difference?
Learn about the differences between Thread and Zigbee standards

Certification
OpenThread Certification
Learn how we support OpenThread with our SimpleLink family of wireless MCUs 

Low-power 2.4-GHz products
CC2340R5 ACTIVE
SimpleLink™ 32bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ 2.4GHz wireless MCU with 512kB flash

Low-power 2.4-GHz products
CC2755R10 ACTIVE
SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 wireless MCU with EdgeAI support, security, <1µA standby current