It’s finally here: Thread v1.0 has been released, but without the fanfare or Google smart home product association we were expecting. Instead, the Thread Group has announced that Qualcomm has joined the board of directors, firmly backing the protocol alongside its AllJoyn device discovery framework. The specification and documentation is now available to Thread Group members, and non-members will be granted access to the group’s whitepapers as an introduction. A product certification program will begin in September, and as of today, ARM, Freescale and Silicon Labs have all made Thread software stacks available for some of their chips – for developers to begin work. The group says the first Thread-certified products will be available in late 2015. A few weeks…