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manufacturing barrier” than anticipated. “There were new concepts such as Blockchaining every single product identity to ascertain its identity, or provisioning a device every single time … You see that the customer is already thinking about talking to someone about PKI (Public Key Infrastructure),” he said. COMMON PAIN POINTS Common pain points encountered by device manufacturers included the high manufacturing barrier that Joshi mentioned, certification, and ecosystems failing to support all Matter features. “For example, every ecosystem technically supports window blinds but there’s also a command to tilt the shades back, and not every ecosystem supports that. There are areas that are more niche where not everything is supported,” said Finn Boetius, Product Marketing Manager at Nordic Semiconductor. “This is a pain point for device manufacturers to figure “FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY ECOSYSTEM TECHNICALLY SUPPORTS WINDOW BLINDS BUT THERE’S ALSO A COMMAND TO TILT THE SHADES BACK, AND NOT EVERY ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTS THAT. THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE MORE NICHE WHERE NOT EVERYTHING IS SUPPORTED"
Finn Boetius, Product Marketing Manager at Nordic Semiconductor
out where their devices are supported, and how to communicate to their customers that their device will only work if they use ecosystem A or ecosystem B.” Certification came up several times as an acknowledged difficulty – simply put, manufacturers getting their devices certified has proved challenging. Joshi spoke about the modules the company offers which provides the wireless interfaces required by Matter; Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, and Wi-Fi, and the launch of their Matter Certificate Service in July 2024 means the company can handle Device Attestation Certificates (DACs) and inject them into compatible modules. “We don’t sell it as a certification service. We sell it as a production service,” stated Joshi.
“One [pain point] we see is that
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