Gateway shopping lists grow quickly: a Linux board, a Bluetooth kit, a debugger, a serial adapter, a packet sniffer, power supplies, cables and breakout boards. Each item seems useful.

Then you start connecting them. One board is missing a pin. A firmware image targets a different chip. Another tool turns out to be unnecessary for the experiment in front of you. You have bought the hardware, but still cannot assemble the connection you wanted to test.

Our project bridges Bluetooth Mesh devices into Matter. A Linux host handles Matter and device mapping; a Silicon Labs module runs the Bluetooth Mesh stack; Telink-based lights and switches sit downstream. The PC prototype already connects to Apple Home, and we have built a Linux system image .…