IKEA ALPSTUGA - Air Quality Sensor with Matter - Unboxing and teardown

This is my first look and teardown at one of the first newly launched IKEA smart home accessories that now communicate using Matter (protocol) over Thread (the channel). This means any Matter compatible Hub with a Thread radio will be able to communicate to this sensor natively without the need of a dedicated IKEA Hub, the DIRIGERA. Inside it's very simple, the main microcontroller is a EFR32MG24 (supports BT5.3 on top of Thread) paired to a VK16D32 LED driver. The sensor is a Sensirion SEN63C-SIN-T Even in high volume the cost of the Sensirion part is almost the same as the entire product so as always it's incredible how IKEA can keep these items affordable.