Thread / Matter BorderRouter with Raspberry Pi and nRF52840-dongle

Thread is a network technology for wireless networks based on IPv6. It is ideally suited for home automation, Industry 4.0 and wireless sensor-actuator networks. Matter is a new home automation standard. A Thread BorderRouter can connect a Thread network to a home network (LAN/WiFi) or even directly to the Internet. This makes it an important building block for wireless sensor networks or for SmartHome networks that support Matter.

In this video we implement an OpenThread BorderRouter using a Raspberry PI 4b+ and a nRF52840 dongle as the radio co-processor (RCP). We ping the Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) and a local IPv4 address on our LAN from a thread device and vice versa.

Book (english version)
WSN & IoT (Basics, protocols and applications):
https://a.co/d/5yfTIuJ
ISBN-13: 979-8851358074

Book (deutsche Version)
WSN & IoT (Grundlagen, Protokolle und Anwendungen):
https://amzn.eu/d/hAbTgD0
ISBN-13: 979-8648512061

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Hardware ###########
Raspberry Pi 4b+ (as BorderRouter):
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/...

nRF52840 Dongle nRF52840-usb as Radio Co-Processor (RCP):
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

Developer board nRF52840-dk as CLI-Thread device:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...


Software ###########
Raspberry PI OS:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads...

Raspberry PI Imager:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

GIT repository for nRF52840 as RCP:
https://github.com/openthread/ot-nrf5...

RCP-firmware as hex-file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pb2n...

nRF connect (Programmer) for flashing the nRF52840-dongle:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/D...

GIT repository for Raspberry PI as OpenThread Border Router:
https://github.com/openthread/ot-br-p...


Introduction into network technology Thread ###########
   • Thread network technology - 01 introd...  


00:00 Indroduction
00:38 Network topology
02:04 Matter layer overview
03:11 Hardware overview
04:27 Radio co-processor (RCP)
05:46 Example network structure
06:53 Raspberry PI OS installation
11:05 Download nRF52xxx GIT-repository and build RCP-firmware
14:09 Transfer the RCP-firmware on the dongle via DFU
16:19 Download GIT-repository for OpenThread BorderRouter
16:59 Install the border router software on the Raspberry PI
19:56 Setting the Thread network parameter on the border router
21:08 Determine nat64prefix and ping Google DNS from the BorderRouter
23:41 Setting up a CLI-Thread device with a nRF52840 Developerkit
25:40 Commissioning and join the Thread network
30:50 Ping Google-DNS and a PC in our LAN from the Thread device
31:29 Ping the Thread device from our home-PC (Off-mesh routable prefix)
34:45 Outro

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