Taking Matter(s) into your own hands

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simple convenience; it becomes a very tangible way of improving your day-to- day living.

that are set up easily and work

SETTING UP A DEVICE WITH MATTER

Let’s say you’re an end user interested in buying a smart home device. You could be tech-savvy, or you might not be all that familiar with smart home devices, but you’re interested in reaping some of the benefits already discussed, like energy management and monitoring. The question is, how do you set up the device in the first place? Will it work first time, or will it need further fiddling with? Because of the initial confusion and segmented approaches about how to realise a smart home fabric, manufacturers are keen to create devices

from the get-go – subsequently, module vendors are keen to offer products that manufacturers can use with ease. “Something that’s very important is the end user experience,” said Matt Maupin, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Silicon Labs. “They [device manufacturers] need to make sure they’re going beyond just certification testing and looking at how this works for users in the field and running pilots.”

Let’s look at the end user perspective,