nRF Connect SDK v2.0.2 Release Notes

nRF Connect SDK delivers reference software and supporting libraries for developing low-power wireless applications with Nordic Semiconductor products in the nRF52, nRF53, and nRF91 Series. The SDK includes open source projects (TF-M, MCUboot, OpenThread, Matter, and the Zephyr RTOS), which are continuously integrated and redistributed with the SDK.

Release notes might refer to “experimental” support for features, which indicates that the feature is incomplete in functionality or verification, and can be expected to change in future releases. The feature is made available in its current state though the design and interfaces can change between release tags. The feature will also be labeled with “EXPERIMENTAL” in Kconfig files to indicate this status. Build warnings will be generated to indicate when features labeled EXPERIMENTAL are included in builds unless the Kconfig option CONFIG_WARN_EXPERIMENTAL is disabled.

Highlights

This minor release adds the following changes on top of the nRF Connect SDK v2.0.1:

• Added support for Thread 1.3.0 to enable both the testing of Matter during Specification Validation Event (SVE) and the Thread 1.3.0 Certification by Inheritance for Matter 1.0 end products.

See Changelog for the complete list of changes.

Release tag

The release tag for the nRF Connect SDK manifest repository (https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-nrf) is v2.0.2. Check the west.yml file for the corresponding tags in the project repositories.

To use this release, check out the tag in the manifest repository and run west update. See Get the nRF Connect SDK code and Examples of commands for more information.

For information on the included repositories and revisions, see Repositories and revisions for v2.0.2.

IDE and tool support

nRF Connect extension for Visual Studio Code is the only officially supported IDE for nRF Connect SDK v2.0.2. SEGGER Embedded Studio Nordic Edition is no longer tested or recommended for new projects.

Toolchain Manager, used to install the nRF Connect SDK automatically from nRF Connect for Desktop, is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Supported modem firmware

See Modem firmware compatibility matrix for an overview of which modem firmware versions have been tested with this version of the nRF Connect SDK.

Use the latest version of the nRF Programmer app of nRF Connect for Desktop to update the modem firmware. See Updating the modem firmware for instructions.

Modem-related libraries and versions

Modem-related libraries and versions

Library name	Version information
Modem library	Changelog
LwM2M carrier library	Changelog

Known issues

Known issues are only tracked for the latest official release. See known issues for nRF Connect SDK v2.0.2 for the list of issues valid for the latest release.

Changelog

The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.

Protocols

This section provides detailed lists of changes by protocol.

Thread

• Enabled Thread 1.3 features by default.

• Removed support for Thread Border Router as part of the Master library feature set.

• Updated:

  • The recommended version of OpenThread Border Router and the accompanying nrfconnect/otbr docker image.

  • Values in the memory requirement tables in OpenThread memory requirements after the update to the OpenThread pre-built libraries in nrfxlib.

Zephyr

The Zephyr fork in nRF Connect SDK (sdk-zephyr) contains all commits from the upstream Zephyr repository up to and including 53fbf40227de087423620822feedde6c98f3d631, plus some nRF Connect SDK specific additions. This is the same commit ID as the one used for nRF Connect SDK v2.0.0 and v2.0.1.

For a complete list of nRF Connect SDK specific commits since v2.0.0, run the following command:

git log --oneline manifest-rev ^v3.0.99-ncs1