A Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE option for device developers
Silicon Labs and Tuya Smart announced support for the SiWx917 wireless system-on-chip in TuyaOpen on November 10. The integration gives developers using the C/C++ framework another hardware target for connected-device prototypes and applications.
The chip combines Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE connectivity with an Arm Cortex-M4 application processor, hardware-based security and power management. The announcement points developers to the public TuyaOpen SDK and a separate Silicon Labs platform repository. It does not establish that the code first appeared on the announcement date.
Two kits are named, with different availability information
The companies name the Silicon Labs BRD2605A SiWx917 Development Kit and the Sekorm SiWx917 AI Development Kit as supported evaluation hardware. The release links to the Silicon Labs kit page, while saying Sekorm will provide availability and ordering information for its own board. It does not give a shared price or guarantee stock in a particular country.
TuyaOpen IDE provides a related development workflow, including AI-assisted coding. The release qualifies individual IDE and AI features by workflow and platform configuration. Support for the chip is not a promise that every cloud model, AI function or finished product works without further integration.
Match the platform instructions to the TuyaOpen checkout
The platform repository says it cannot be compiled on its own. Its current setup guide expects a TuyaOpen tree that already contains SIWX917 board support and the matching platform configuration. That guide says no integration patch is required for this current layout and recommends starting with the switch demonstration before the chatbot example.
The repository also distinguishes active integration work on its dev branch from an older master snapshot associated with the TuyaOpen v1.6.0 patch workflow. The reviewed current guide and an older guide use different setup paths and steps. Check the selected SDK commit, platform branch and matching instructions together instead of combining commands from different revisions.
The current guide records build, flash and monitor use on compatible Linux and Intel macOS 15 hosts. It lists Apple Silicon macOS and Windows as untested. These are the project’s stated test limits; Briefpixel has not built the integration or tested a board. The guide also specifies BLE provisioning for this port, rather than a combined SoftAP and BLE setup.
