How to Install OTBR (OpenThread Border Router) on a Raspberry Pi

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

Tutorial - How to Install OTBR (OpenThread Border Router) on a Raspberry Pi
Latest version of this Tutorial(Normalized sounds) is here - https://youtu.be/4it4LK4b8Wk

[Part - II] Demo - OTBR 🔗 https://youtu.be/d8k9uCx3reY

⏰ Timestamps / Chapters

00:00 Start
01:04 What is Thread Border Router ?
04:21 Hardware Details
05:34 Two main Important Steps in this Project
06:23 RCP Firmware
06:54 nRF Connect for Desktop
08:00 How to enter into DFU Mode - nRF52840 Dongle
09:39 Flash the RCP Firmware into nRF52840
10:31 Hardware Setup of project
10:53 Prepare the Raspberry Pi
14:30 Login into Raspberry Pi
17:20 Commands to Install OTBR
20:33 WebGUI Issue
23:05 Demo


📷 About Video -

🚩 In this video, we will see how to make Open-Thread-Border-Router. For that, We will use Raspberry Pi and Nordic's nRF52840 dongle

#make2explore #iot #matter #thread #smarthome #arduino #sp32 #homeautomation

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📜 Source Code, Circuit Diagrams and Documentation :

🌐 GitHub Repository - 🔗 https://github.com/make2explore/Open-Thread-Border-Router-on-RaspberryPi

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