TI Thread 1.00.00.00 Release Notes

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Introduction

Texas Instruments’s Thread stack is an implementation based on the open source project Openthread, an implementation of the Thread 1.1 specification at https://github.com/openthread/openthread. It allows developers to create Thread 1.1 based products using the TI’s SimpleLink™ CC26x2 wireless microcontrollers. This software provides various examples which can be used as a framework to develop new end products; this allows you to quickly get started, reducing the time and cost of getting your product to market.

Documentation

What’s New

ID Summary
TIOP-246 Change temperature sensor example to be a SED
TIOP-239 Add production radio power settings
TIOP-230 Support off-mesh commissioning via Border router
TIOP-229 Build border router with BeagleBone Black and CC2652 NCP
TIOP-228 Add post process CLI FTD example application image to support Boot Image Manager
TIOP-207 Enable border router on BBB

Fixed Issues

ID Summary
TIOP-267 RF Driver not delivering subscribed interrupts to callbacks
TIOP-261 The SED stays active for 367msec during transmit causing a high transmit current.
TIOP-217 Out of Buffers error found on NCP in flooded network
TIOP-208 Temperature sensor died after 8 hours running in stability test

Known Issues

ID Summary
TIOP-268 Examples include Thread specific RF Driver

Upgrade and Compatibility Information

The SimpleLink CC26x2 1.00.00.00 SDK introduces changes that may impact existing projects. Refer to the included porting guide for migrating applications.

Operating System Support

The TI-OpenThread Stack is supported on the platforms supported by this SDK.

Dependencies

TI-OpenThread 1.00.00 was built and tested on a Windows host platform using the following Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), toolchains, and components. For supported tool and component version numbers, see the top level SDK release notes.

Note: Earlier IDE/toolchain versions are not supported and compatibility with newer versions of supported IDEs is not assured.

Device Support

See the top-level SDK release notes provided with this SDK for a list of supported devices.

Development Board Support

See the top-level SDK release notes provided with this SDK for a list of supported development boards.

Validation

The TI-OpenThread 1.00.00 stack is currently undergoing certification with the Thread Group. Stack certification status can be obtained from a Texas Instruments representative.

Versioning

This product follows a version format, M.mm.pp.bb, where:

Technical Support and Product Updates