How to Build and Flash the Matter Accessory Device (MAD)

The Matter Accessory Device, such as the lighting-app, is the actual Matter device that you will commission onto the Matter network and control using the chip-tool.

Step 1: Get the Image File to Flash the MAD

We have provided two ways to get the required image to flash the MAD. You can use one of the following options:

  1. Use the pre-built image file

  2. Build the image file from the ‘matter’ repository


  • Using the Pre-Built Image File

    All of the Matter Accessory Device image files are accessible through the Matter Artifacts Page. If you are using a pre-built image file, you can skip forward to Step #2: Flashing the MAD.

    If you are coming from Simplicity Studio, you may have already installed the demo image in Simplicity Studio in which case you can skip forward to the next step.


  • Building the Matter Image File from the Repository

    IMPORTANT: A complete list of software requirements for Silicon Labs Matter 15.4 development is included on the Matter Software Requirements page. Be sure that you have satisfied these requirements before proceeding.

    The Matter Accessory Device (lighting-app) can be built out of this repo.

    Documentation on how to build and use the lighting-app Matter Accessory Device is provided in this README.md

    Please note that you only need to build a single device for the demo such as the lighting-app. If you wish to build other examples such as the sleepy end device you are welcome to, but it is not necessary for the demo.

    Additional examples are provided in /examples directory, or /silabs_examples (such as onoff-plug-app).

    The build process puts all image files in the following location:

    <git location>/matter/out/<app name>/<board name>


Step 2: Flash the Matter Accessory Device

For more information on how to flash your Silabs development platform see the following instructions: How to Flash a Silicon Labs Device

Once your Matter Accessory Device has been flashed it should show a QR code on the LCD. If no QR Code is present it may be that you need to add a bootloader to your device. Bootloader images are provided on the Matter Artifacts page.