歡迎來到Silicon Labs（亦稱“芯科科技”）制作的2021展望－芯科播客（Podcast）系列，與我們一同探索智能家居和消費應用市場的發展。本次播客由Silicon Labs物聯網細分市場經理Sean Snell主講，他專職負責智能門鎖（Smart Lock）客戶，將以問答的形式來分享更多關于智能門鎖應用的知識以及未來的設計趨勢。

Q： What are the new things that you‘re seeing drivethe growth in the smart door lock space？你看到有哪些新事物推動智能門鎖的增長？

Sean：Yeah good question. So， to begin kind of one of the easiest answer to that is justincrease market adoption， you know smart home is starting to ramp as we’ve expected for a long time. But door locks are a little bit of a lagging indicator in that were the first purchase that usually occurs in any kind of smart home life cycle is a hub of some kind of either an Alexa， Google， apple HomeKit， like the HomePod， and then after that usually the second purchase of some kind of lighting fixture， like some light bulbs.好問題。最簡單的答案就是市場的采用率增加，你知道智能家居已經開始像我們預期的那樣快速增長了。但是門鎖是一種滯后的指標。在任何一種智能家居的生命周期中，經常出現的第一種購買商品是某種Alexa、Google或Apple HomeKit設備例如HomePod智能音箱之類的產品，然后通常第二次購買某種照明設備如燈泡。

But one of the earlier purchases kind of after those two initial ones is door locks so we‘re kind of seeing this ramp up his door locks are finally being kind of integrated into the smart home ecosystem， as well as a lot of apartment blocks using door locks， now smart door locks can give them versatility.

在這兩個最初的產品之后則是智能門鎖，所以我們看到門鎖最終被整合到了智能家居生態系統中，還有很多公寓樓都在使用智能門鎖，現在智能門鎖能給用戶多功能性。

So as we’re kind of moving through 2021， we just expect the market to start increasing adoption of this. We‘re moving from leading to kind of mainstream and that’s kind of a big part of it. On top of that， all the ecosystems are making big pushes into smart homes these days. Apple recently had a whole section of their keynote devoted to their new HomePod mini kind of featuring the entire smart phone ecosystem and how they‘re kind of bringing it in.邁入2021年，我們希望市場開始越來越多地采用智能門鎖，我們正在走向主流角色，這是其中的一個重要部分。除此之外，近期所有的生態系統都在大力推進智能家居。蘋果在最近的主題演講中，專門介紹了他們新的HomePod Mini產品，以整個智能手機生態系統為特色，說明如何將其引入智能家居。

So you know， when these tech giants sorts of start to make actual strides breaking into this market and to kind of pushing this market forward then.A variety of peripheral equipment also began to develop， so that’s kind of going to start driving a lot of business in this market. More tractions because these tech giants are bringing a lot of attention to them so that is a big part of itfor door lock specifically. Wi-Fi has really become a big growth market as well Wi-Fi historically struggled in this just because of our constraints reallywith the Wi-Fi being a little bit to power hungry to be A feasible products， alot of companies to get around this by having it as some kind of socket thatplugged into the wall.當這些科技巨頭開始真正的大步進軍這個市場，然后推動這個市場的發展。各種外設設備也開始發展，因而推動這個市場上的大量業務。更具吸引力是因為這些科技巨頭吸引了很多關注，特別是在門鎖方面，Wi-Fi已經成為一個巨大的增長市場，但Wi-Fi確實是一個有耗電需求的產品，很多公司通過插電來解決這個問題。

So there will be a secondary communication from the Wi-Fi radio， which was plugged into a wall socket to the lock itself. With recent improvements in battery life constraints or battery life consumption that hasallowed for the Wi-Fi radios actually moved into the lock which makes the user experience a little bit easier and kind of make it gives them one less thing that they have to buy and install one of the things to keep their eyes on so that‘syou know has shorten the battery life， a little bit because the Wi-Fi still ismore power hungry than other protocols. But was also allowed for kind ofan easier installation process， which is a big focus for this for this market.

所以，從Wi-Fi無線電（插在墻上的插座）到鎖本身會有二次通信。隨著最近對電池壽命限制或電池壽命消耗的改善，Wi-Fi實際上已經可以安裝到門鎖內，這使得用戶體驗更加輕松，并減少了他們需要購買和安裝的設備。這就是你知道的電池壽命會縮短的原因，有一點是因為Wi-Fi仍然比其他協議更耗電。但也允許安裝過程更簡單，這是這個市場的一個重點。

And then finally security， so this is kind of more of a shuffling around and all ofiot again. There’s a lot of security regulations coming into play now with SB-327 and a couple of the other regulations really kind of starting to have an influence on the market.最后是安全性。現在，有很多安全條例正在與SB-327一起實施，還有其他規范開始對市場產生影響，改變這個市場的運作方式。

Q：Those are really kind of changing how this market is acting and how we take part in and how our customers end up delivering products？安全性顯然是Silicon Labs非常有實力的立足點，這些新的法規確實要求門鎖的安全性。你能和觀眾分享更多信息嗎？

Sean：Yeah so a lot of these regulations and for context， some of the big ones are SB-327， which is a California state bill. And a couple others that are all cominginto the market， they have certain requirements that are very relevant to the door lock market big to secure device. On the exterior of a house， so it has a potential to be approached or interacted with by someone who is not inside your house or in a secure area.是的，很多法規中較受關注的是SB-327，這是加利福尼亞州的法案與物聯網密切相關。另外則是一些進入當地市場的要求，對門鎖市場的安保設備非常嚴格。因為在房子的外部，設備有可能被人接觸或與之互動。

A lot of this includes some temper detection， so this is more so for the kind of our customers when they get the devices， knowing that it hasn‘t been tampered with kind of as the temper detection suggests， but then also for security bug. The under lying requirements behind them is that they need to verify when someone is going into them and checking their code and requirements are going to require devices to confirm the identities and make sure that these users， that are changing the code actually have permission to modify the code.很多安全機制包括篡改檢測（temper detection），對于我們的客戶來說，當他們得到設備時即便知道設備沒有被篡改，但也有安全漏洞。背后的底層需求是，當有人要接入設備或代碼時，需要驗證且確認身份，并確保正在更改代碼的用戶實際上有修改代碼的權限。

On top of that there’s also security storage so understanding that accessing the code is going to need certain keys and making sure that those keys are stored in a safe manner. One that can be replicated in a way， in both public and private keys that kind of work in pairs to make sure that the devices as secure as we can currently achieve with them with the technologies today and then finally just tamper detection so understanding.此外，還有安全存儲，訪問代碼需要某些密鑰，并確保這些密鑰以安全的方式存儲。這是能夠以某種方式復制，在公共密鑰和私鑰中，這種密鑰成對工作，以確保設備安全。目前已經可以通過當今的技術來實現。

Having the device be physically secure and that hasn‘t been tampered with through either voltage attacks through heat attacks any kind of physical stimulus althrough any kind of modifications electrically so all of these are kind of building requirements in the security regulations that apply to this market.

讓設備在物理上是安全的，而且沒有通過任何形式的攻擊如電壓攻擊（物理刺激或通過任何形式的電攻擊）來篡改它。這些都是來自于極為關鍵的安全性要求。

And kind of our goal with security， especially our kind of recent is to satisfy all of these and to add on top of that， so bringing in a couple of other elements. With secure identity and security station， a lot of the big security features that we have specifically target these requirements.我們的目標是不斷持續改進產品的安全性，因此引進了安全身份（secure identity）和安全站點（secure station），我們特別針對行業需求開發許多安全特性。

Q：As you mentioned， regulations is definitely one way to have a customer change in their product lines. As a customer I’m looking for something that’s changing the way it interacts with my house oradding a new feature so I‘ve heard a lot of changes in the industry through the standards and ecosystems， for example， I’ve heard recently about Project CHIP and OpenThread， Bluetooth mesh and Z-wave long range. Can you comment on how these are specifically going to impact new door lock design？如前所述，法規是讓客戶改變其產品線的一種影響力。客戶正在尋求改變與家居互動的方式或添加新功能，因此關注了很多與標準和生態系統，例如Project CHIP（現改稱Matter）、OpenThraed、藍牙mesh，以及Z-Wave遠程技術的進展。你能評論一下這些技術對門鎖設計的影響嗎？

Sean：Yeah so Product CHIP （Matter） is a good example let‘s start there so Product CHIP （Matter）， especially is kind of is very important to alot of our customers， because of the opportunity it provides to work with both several major ecosystems， you know Apple and Google are both working very hardon shipping.

是的，Project CHIP（Matter）是一個很好的例子，讓我們從這里開始，Project CHIP（Matter）對我們的很多客戶來說是非常重要的，因為它提供了與幾個主要的生態系統合作的機會，你知道蘋果和谷歌都在非常努力的推動此標準。

As well as the kind of the overarching end device market where our manufacturers kind of get an easier design process， so you know getting from the ideation to actual design. On home depot or Walmart’s floor where they can sell it and then not having to worry about building specific designs for you know your apple is ecosystem or Google‘s ecosystem and sidewalk.

制造商在終端設備市場獲得更簡單的設計過程，簡化從構思到實際設計。他們可以在家得寶或沃爾瑪出售產品，而不必擔心具體的設置，因為支持蘋果、谷歌或Sidewalk。

On the other hand， remote access is a benefit of Z-Wave and is really beneficial to the door lock market because you know the access points on your property aren’t just limited to your physical house the physical building itself. But there are exterior access points that you want to control as well， such as your front gate or you know your garage door.

另一方面，遠程訪問是Z-Wave的一個好處，對門鎖市場大有助益，因為你知道你的房產上的接入點不僅僅局限于你的實體房子，實體建筑本身。有一些外部接入點需要控制，比如前門或者車庫。

Q：

Yeah you‘d mentioned the tech when they joined together forsomething like Project CHIP will do good to the industry. But beyond that sowe’ve talked about security regulations and the standards can you talk aboutsome new innovative features for door lock designs？

是的，當你提到科技巨頭為了Project CHIP（Matter）標準聯合起來的時候，肯定對于這個行業大有助益。除此之外，我們還討論了安全規則和聯盟標準。你能進一步分享有關門鎖設計的創新功能嗎？

Sean：The door lock market as a whole， outside of smart things you know it‘s a pretty stable market. There’s not been a lot of innovation there for a while， but with the introduction of smart things， it‘s opened up a whole range of new possibilities. You mentioned the user approach one so for those around user approaches， the door lock automatically opens so it makes the transition easier. It’s kind a similar thing， if you forget to lock your door， the door itself automatically blocks. Those are two really interesting experiences. there‘s a couple of technologies that are being developed around this that provides kind of distance measurement. That we’re Silicon Labs is investigating and kind of putting some resources into.

門鎖是相當穩定的市場，有一段時間沒有太多的創新，但是隨著智能技術的引入，它開辟了一系列新的可能性。你提到了用戶體驗，作為用戶，當他們接近門鎖時，門鎖會自動打開，這一過程就非常簡化了。類似的情況，如果忘了鎖門，門就會自動關上，這是兩個非常有趣的體驗，業內有一些技術正在圍繞著用戶體驗發展，可以提供距離測量。Silicon Labs正在研發并投入了許多技術資源，從而為客戶帶來新的功能。

Another innovation we have which isinteresting is the addition of hall effect sensors. But on top of that there‘s a new kind of series of features that include understanding if the doors physically open or closed to provide extra information. You know those are someof the major innovations in high levels that have come to the market and we’re really interested in seeing how our customers managed to take advantage of the main drive value to the end consumer themselves. I believe that there are locks that are realizing this value now and we hope that it will become more popularas people realize that that‘s a big frustration.

另一個很有趣的創新是霍爾效應傳感器的加入，提供一系列新的特性，包括了解門是開著還是關著的，以便為用戶提供額外的信息。這是一些已經進入市場高水平的創新，我們非常有興趣看到我們的客戶如何利用這些創新，并為最終消費者創造價值。我相信現在有一些鎖正在實現這種價值，我們希望隨著人們意識到它的好處，它會變得更加流行。

Q：Can you share some of the Silicon Labs solutions that you see will help the customers when working on this challenge with doorlocks？請分享一些你認為對客戶有幫助的Silicon Labs解決方案，我們做了什么來幫助解決智能門鎖的挑戰？

Sean：yeah so in general， you know one of the biggest benefits of SiliconLabs that we’re a protocol agnostic company so regardless of the protocol that our customers come to us with， we really have a solution for them. On Wi-Fi specifically， as that‘s kind of a big initiative for us this past year， with the acquisition of Redpine is more cost efficient for our solutions.

總的來說，Silicon Labs最大的好處之一是不管客戶需要什么協議，我們都能提供解決方案。在收購Redpine后，我們有了新的Wi-Fi產品線，這是我們在過去一年里的一項重大舉措，使我們的解決方案更具成本效益。

In addition， we have BG Bluetooth product series， FG proprietary protocol and MG Multiprotocol product series. It depends on the environment involved in the customer’s product to decide how to give the customer design suggestions.另外我們有BG藍牙產品系列，FG專有協議和MG多協議產品系列，這取決于客戶產品所涉及的環境來決定如何給到客戶設計建議。

To a potential customer or a current customer that‘s looking to kind of expand to anew protocol or a new line of business， if they want to operate in a new ecosystem or bring a Wi-Fi product into their portfolio. And also we have some reference designs on github， people can use as a starting point for door locks.

如果潛在客戶或當前客戶希望擴展到新的協議或新的業務，或是他們想在新的生態系統中運營或將Wi-Fi產品引入他們的產品組合中，我們在Github上有一些參考設計，客戶可以把它作為門鎖設計的起點。

We actually have both an OpenThread and a Product CHIP （Matter） as references. If anyone wants to go check those out， we will give those are quick plugs to help evaluation.

實際上我們現在有OpenThread和Project CHIP（Matter）的參考解決方案，如果有人感興趣的話，我們可以提供給一些快速的插件幫助評估。

原文標題：“芯科播客”上線－智能門鎖應用與設計趨勢問答

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