IoT Application Development with Matter and the ESP32

Develop Matter based IoT applications on the ESP32 and learn the key features of the Matter protocol.

Created by: Ivo Brett
Educator and Embedded Software Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• Discover Matter, a new protocol for smart devices, enhancing user experience, fostering interoperability across ecosystems, backed by 140+ companies
• Follow hands-on practical exercises in developing ESP32 based IoT applications using the ESP-IDF and ESP-Matter libraries.
• Learn the core elements of the Matter data model: nodes, endpoints, clusters, attributes, and commands, defining IoT device capabilities
• Learn how Matter devices interact within a network, enabling useful automations without intermediaries, utilizing device binding and ACLs
• Explore Matter Fabric & Multi-admin: Understand how devices join multiple ecosystems, authenticate, & enforce access control across different Fabrics.
• Understand Matter's security model: Learn how PKI, DACs, and NOCs authenticate devices, ensuring trusted communication and protecting data privacy.

Requirements

• Knowledge of basic Linux commands
• Laptop or PC running Ubuntu 22.04
• ESP32 development kit
• Basic knowledge of C and C++ programming
• Basic knowledge of IP networking

Target audience

• IoT Application Developers
• IoT Operational support
• IoT Solution Architects
• Educators