TuyaOpen Adds Silicon Labs SiWx917 Wi-Fi 6 SoC Support
Silicon Labs and Tuya Smart have added support for the SiWx917 low-power Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE system-on-chip to TuyaOpen, Tuya's open-source development framework. The integration gives developers a supported hardware option for connected products, alongside TuyaOpen's SDK, development boards and AI-assisted coding tools.
- TuyaOpen now supports Silicon Labs' SiWx917 Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE SoC.
- The chip includes an Arm Cortex-M4 processor, hardware-based security and power management.
- Support covers the BRD2605A and Sekorm SiWx917 development kits.
- TuyaOpen's IDE provides AI-assisted code generation and adaptation features.
- The SDK and SiWx917 integration are available through open-source repositories.
A low-power connectivity option for TuyaOpen
The SiWx917 combines Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE connectivity with an Arm Cortex-M4 application processor, hardware-based security and power management. Silicon Labs says the chip uses half the energy of competing Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE SoCs.
Its integrated design combines wireless connectivity and application processing in one chip. According to Silicon Labs, this can help developers reduce the number of components needed for those functions in connected devices.
“SiWx917 combines low-power multi-protocol wireless connectivity, application processing and hardware-based security in a single chip,” said Irvind Ghai, Vice President of Wi-Fi at Silicon Labs. “Support in TuyaOpen makes those capabilities available to developers building products for the Tuya ecosystem.”
Development kits and AI-assisted coding
The TuyaOpen integration supports the Silicon Labs BRD2605A SiWx917 Development Kit and the Sekorm SiWx917 AI Development Kit. The boards provide hardware for prototyping and evaluating applications that use the SDK.
TuyaOpen includes a C/C++ software framework and a hardware abstraction layer designed to separate application code from chip-specific functions. Its TuyaOpen IDE combines project setup, compilation, device programming and serial log debugging in one development environment.
The IDE also offers AI-assisted development features, including natural-language help for generating and adapting application code. Tuya said the framework and its wider ecosystem can help developers explore connected products that use cloud-based AI services and multimodal AI offerings. Availability of individual IDE and AI functions may depend on the selected workflow and platform configuration.
Open-source repositories provide the starting point
The TuyaOpen SDK and SiWx917 platform integration are available through Tuya's open-source repositories. The SDK is published at github.com/tuya/TuyaOpen, while the SiWx917 integration is available at github.com/tuya/TuyaOpen-SiliconLabs. The TuyaOpen IDE is available at tuyaopen.ai/tuyaopen-ide.
Silicon Labs lists the BRD2605A Development Kit as a development resource. Availability and ordering information for the Sekorm SiWx917 AI Development Kit will be provided by Sekorm.
“Adding SiWx917 support gives TuyaOpen developers another hardware option for connected product development,” said Hsuan Han Lai, Head of TuyaOpen at Tuya Smart. For developers, the announcement provides a route to evaluate designs combining low-power wireless connectivity with TuyaOpen's cross-platform software and AI-assisted workflow.
PR Newswire: TuyaOpen Adds Support for Silicon Labs SiWx917 Low-Power Wi-Fi SoC
