I started looking around and found that *Thread is supposed to be the best of all the mesh/wifi-esqe languages.* (even though it still needs a hub for wifi... ew) It seems and Zigbee requires a hub, but it's still worse for smart home systems (somehow?). **Wanted to know if anyone has experience with Silicon Labs' matter/thread chipset** and can weigh in on whether it's worth using for custom apartment automation electronics before buying/building these new ones[ Arduino](https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/01/09/arduino-and-silicon-labs-team-up-to-make-the-matter-protocol-accessible-to-all/)\+[SiliconLabs](https://news.silabs.com/2024-02-06-Silicon-Labs-and-Arduino-Partner-to-Democratize-Matter) boards. **Also** I like the idea of using Matter/Thread because arduino+siliconlabs boards and chips and stuff are currently available to design in this [open source hardware AI powered EDA site](https://www.flux.ai/search?q=arduino-matter&utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=r%2FAskElectronics&utm_campaign=Arduino_SiLabs_Matter_Thread_r_Ask_Electronics).
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