Silicon Labs Bluetooth User Manual
Bluetooth® mesh SDK 2.0.1.0 GA
Gecko SDK Suite 3.1
January 27, 2021
Bluetooth mesh is a new topology available for Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) devices that
enables many-to-many (m:m) communication. It's optimized for creating large-scale device networks, and is ideally suited for building automation, sensor networks, and asset
tracking. Our software and SDK for Bluetooth development supports Bluetooth Mesh and
Bluetooth 5.2 functionality. Developers can add mesh networking communication to LE
devices such as connected lights, home automation, and asset tracking systems. The
software also supports Blue tooth beaconi ng, beacon s canning , and GATT connection s so
Bluetooth mesh can connect to smart phones, tablets, and other Bluetooth LE devices.
These release notes cover SDK versions:
2.0.1.0 release January 27, 2021
2.0.0.0 released Decemb er 9, 2020
KEY FEATURES
• Support added for MGM220P,
xGM210LA, BGM220SC22HNA modules
• Integration with Gecko SDK Suite
• Simplicity Studio 5 support added
• New Bluetooth Mesh APIs
Compatibility and Use Notices
If you are new to the Silicon Labs Bluetooth mesh SDK, see Using This Release.
Com patible Compile rs:
Note: The supported compilers will be upgraded to ARM GCC-10-2020-q4-update and IAR 8.50.9 in the next major release.
IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (IAR-EWARM) version 8.30.1
• Using wine to build with the IarBuild.exe command line utility or IAR Embedded Workbench GUI on macOS or Linux could result in
incorrect files being used due to collisions in wine’s hashing algorithm for generating short file names.
• Customers on macOS or Linux are advised not to build with IAR outside of Simplicity Studio. Customers who do should carefully
verify that the correct files are being used.
GCC (The GNU Compiler Collection) version 7.2.1, provided with Simplicity Studio.
Link-time optimization feature of GCC has been disabled, resulting in slight increase of image size
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Contents
Contents
1 New Items .................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1.1 New Features...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 New APIs ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2
2 Improvements ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.1 Changed APIs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Fixed Issues ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
4 Known Issues in the Current Release .......................................................................................................................................... 5
5 Deprecated Items ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6
6 Removed Items .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
7 Using This Release .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
7.1 Installation and Use ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
7.2 Support ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
8 Legal .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
8.1 Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
8.2 Trademark Information ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
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New Items
1 New Items
1.1 New Features
Added in release 2.0.1.0
New Hardware Support
Support for the following hardware was added: Thunderboard BG22 B variant, xGM210P module.
Added in release 2.0.0.0
New Hardware Support
Support for the following modules was added: MGM220P, xGM210LA lighting modules, BG M220SC22HN A SIP module.
Gecko SDK Suite
Bluetooth Mesh SDK release 2.0.0.0 is the first Bluetooth Mesh SDK release that has been integrated in the Silicon Labs Gecko SDK
Suite.
Simplicity Studio v5
As of S DK ver si on 2 .0. 0. 0, S impl ici ty St ud io v 5 is r equir ed to run the Bluetooth Mesh SDK, instead of the Simplicity Studio v4 used by
the older releases.
1.2 New APIs
The structure and overall interface of the Bluetooth Mesh API has changed in a backward-incompatible manner. For migrating from
APIs on the v1.x SDK please refer to AN1298: Transitioning from the v1.x to the v2.x Bluetooth Mesh SDK. No major new functionality
compared to the latest 1.x release was added in this release.
For additional documentation please refer to the Bluetooth Mesh So ftwa re API R eference Manual i nstalled with the Bluetooth Mesh S DK .
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