Matter NFC Chip Streamlines Smart-Home Device Integration
Designed to make home networks faster and easier to install and scale, STMicroelectronics' new secure NFC chip leverages the latest Matter smart-home standard. The ST25DA-C chip enables users to add lighting, access control, security cameras, or any other IoT device to their home network in one step by simply tapping their phone.
The first commercial solution to use the latest published enhancements in Matter, the chip leverages this capability to simplify device commissioning through tap-to-pair functionality.
This functionality reduces setup complexity, especially for difficult-to-access installations, thanks to NFC-enabled battery-less connectivity. Matter is an important standard for the smart-home industry, which allows for seamless communication across devices, mobile apps, and cloud services. The chipset comes with the tools to develop the next generation of smart-home products.
The NFC Forum Type 4 chip opens the door to faster, more reliable, and secure NFC-enabled device commissioning compared to conventional pairing using technologies such as Bluetooth or QR codes, which aren't lways possible. Able to run cryptographic operations required for Matter device commissioning using energy harvesting from the RF field, the ST25DA-C secure NFC tag also allows users to jump-start unpowered devices to the smart-home network.
Features include strong security to smart homes, leveraging ST’s expertise in embedded secure elements for protecting assets with device authentication, and secure storage for cryptographic keys, certificates, and network credentials. The ST25DA-C also targets certification to the GlobalPlatform Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP level 3).
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Alix Paultre
Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF
Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.
An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.
Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.