About Nordic Semiconductor

NB-IoT, LTE-M, GPS

The nRF9160 DK is an affordable, pre-certifed single board development kit for evaluation and development on the nRF9160 SiP for LTE-M and NB-IoT. It also includes an nRF52840 board controller that for example can be used to build a Bluetooth^® Low Energy gateway.

It has a dedicated LTE-M and NB-IoT antenna that supports a wide range of bands, to operate globally. LTE bands B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28 and B66 have been certified so far, with many more planned: nordicsemi.com/9160cert

Included is also a dedicated antenna for GPS, and a 2.4 GHz antenna to be used with Bluetooth LE. SWF RF connectors are available for all antennas.

NB-IoT, LTE-M, GPS

The Nordic Thingy:91 is a battery-operated prototyping platform for cellular IoT, certified for global operation. It integrates the nRF9160 SiP, supporting LTE-M, NB-IoT and GPS, and a nRF52840 board controller, supporting Bluetooth Low Energy and NFC. Source code for firmware, hardware layout, schematics are all available for free.

It is the ideal platform for rapidly developing a prototype for any cellular IoT concept. It is especially suited for any flavor of asset tracking application. Find the position with the GPS integrated in the nRF9160 SiP, and use the accelerometers to do motion analysis and sleep when nothing is happening.

An exhaustive set of sensors is included to gather data about the environment, and the movement of the Nordic Thingy:91. Temperature, humidity, air quality, air pressure, color and light data can easily be extracted for local or remote analysis.

For input, the Nordic Thingy:91 offers a user-programmable button. Visual output is achieved with user-programmable RGB LEDs, while a buzzer can provide audible output.

Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, NFC

The nRF5340 is the world’s first wireless SoC with two Arm^® Cortex^®-M33 processors. It is truly secure, and the combination of two flexible processors, the advanced feature set, and an operating temperature up to 105 °C, make it the ideal choice for professional lighting, advanced wearables, and other complex IoT applications.

Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, NFC

The nRF5340 DK is the development kit for the nRF5340 System-on-Chip (SoC), containing everything needed to get started with development, on a single board.

The DK supports development with an extensive range of wireless protocols. It supports Bluetooth Low Energy with features such as high throughput 2 Mbps, Advertising Extensions and Long Range. Mesh protocols like Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Zigbee can run concurrently with Bluetooth LE, enabling smartphones to provision, commission, configure and control mesh nodes. NFC, ANT, 802.15.4 and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols are also supported.

Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, NFC

The nRF52840 is an advanced, highly flexible single chip  solution for today’s increasingly demanding ULP wireless  applications for connected devices on our person, connected living environments and the IoT at large. It is designed ready for the major feature advancements of Bluetooth^® 5 and takes advantage of Bluetooth 5’s increased performance capabilities which include long range and high throughput modes. Inherent industry-grade security is essential in today’s applications. The nRF52840 adds best-in-class security for Cortex™-M Series with on-chip ARM^® CryptoCell cryptographic accelerator.

Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, NFC

The nRF52840 DK is an affordable single-board development kit for Bluetooth^® 5, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, ANT, 802.15.4 and 2.4 GHz proprietary applications using the nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC. The nRF52840 DK also supports development for the nRF52811.

The kit is compatible with the Arduino Uno Rev3 standard making it possible to use a wide range of 3rd-party shields during development.

The kit has access to all I/Os (48) and interfaces via connectors and there is an integrated PCB trace antenna and an RF connector for direct RF test measurements. There is also a connector for an external NFC antenna (included in kit).

Measurement Tool

The Power Profiler Kit II (PPK2) is an easy-to-use tool for current measurements and power consumption optimization of embedded solutions. The PPK2 connectors can be connected to any Nordic DK or custom board as a standalone unit, i.e. there are no requirements for additional kits or debuggers. The PPK2 supports both a source mode and an ampere meter mode.

In the source mode, shown as source measure unit (SMU) on the PCB, the PPK2 both supplies power and measures the current of the external device under test (DUT). The source mode has an on-board regulator capable of supplying up to 1A peak currents. Both modes support VCC levels between 0.8V and 5V. In the ampere meter mode, the DUT is powered by a separate power source.

Power Management IC

The nPM1100 is a dedicated power management IC (PMIC) with dual-mode configurable buck regulator and integrated battery charger. It is designed as a complementary component to Nordic’s nRF52^® Series and nRF53^® Series System-on-Chips (SoCs) to ensure reliable power delivery and stable operation, whilst maximizing battery life through high efficiency and low quiescent currents.

The dual-mode regulator operates at up to 92% power conversion efficiency, prolonging battery life of any nRF52^® or nRF53^® SoC based application using a rechargeable battery. Hysteretic mode reduces current consumption for low load conditions, while PWM mode allows for cleaner power operation and better performance for higher loads. The regulator can deliver up to 150 mA, efficiently providing ample current for the nRF52^® or nRF53^® Series SoC plus additional circuitry.

The device can also be used as a generic PMIC for any rechargeable application. Its extremely compact form factor makes it ideal for advanced wearables, connected medical devices, and other size constrained applications. When optimized for size, PCB area usage can be as low as 23 mm2 with passive components included. This increases to approximately 27 mm2 when optimized for performance.

For more information please have a look at our nPM1100 landingpage.

Multi-Protocol IoT Prototyping Platform

The Nordic Thingy:53™ is an easy-to-use IoT prototyping platform. It makes it possible to create prototypes and proofs-of-concept without building custom hardware.

The Thingy:53™ is built around the nRF5340 SoC which enables it to run embedded machine learning (ML) models directly on the device with the processing power and memory size of its Arm Cortex-M33 processors. The nRF Edge Impulse app enables users to connect their Nordic Thingy:53™ to their Edge Impulse studio account through a mobile device. It allows them to wirelessly transfer sensor data over Bluetooth LE to the mobile device and upload it to the cloud for training and download trained ML models to the Thingy:53™ for deployment and inferencing.

Ultra-low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 companion IC

The potential synergy between Nordic Semiconductor's low-power wireless heritage and Wi-Fi's latest low-power evolution now enables battery-powered IoT devices. Nordic want to use the decades of wireless ultra-low-power expertise and maximize Wi-Fi’s low-power potential in applications such as sensor networks, smart speakers, security cameras, home appliances, robot vacuums, and more. The product range of Nordic now covers Bluetooth, cellular IoT and Wi-Fi.

With the nRF7002, Nordic Semiconductor brings decades of ultra-low-power wireless IoT and silicon design expertise to Wi-Fi 6, a standard which features efficiency gains that support long-life, battery-powered wireless IoT operation.

The nRF7002 is a companion IC, providing seamless Wi-Fi connectivity and Wi-Fi-based locationing (SSID sniffing of local Wi-Fi hubs). It is designed to be used alongside Nordic’s existing nRF52^® and nRF53^® Series Bluetooth Systems-on-Chip (SoCs), and nRF91^® Series cellular IoT Systems-in-Package (SiPs). The nRF7002 can also be used in conjunction with non-Nordic host devices, is supplied in a 6 x 6mm QFN package and is sampling now.

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Key Features:

• 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz dual-band
• Low-power and secure Wi-Fi for the IoT
• Ideal coexistence with Bluetooth LE
• Supported in nRF Connect SDK
• Target Wake Time (TWT)
• SPI / QSPI
• Wi-Fi 6 Station (STA)
• Complies with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
• 1 Spatial Stream (SS)
• 20 MHz channel bandwidth
• 64 QAM (MCS7), 86 Mbps PHY throughput
• OFDMA (Downlink and Uplink)
• BSS coloring
• Co-existence interfaces