Asset tracking

From chip to cloud, Nordic Semiconductor can provide you with all the building blocks required to build an asset tracking solution that will stand out in the market, and result in a reliable, optimized, low power solution that can seamlessly track fixed or moving assets indoors and outdoors.

Track much more than just location

Nordic makes it commercially and technologically viable to track manufactured goods, equipment, medicines, vehicles, food, animals, workers, and many other assets. Even low-value, high-volume assets can be tracked efficiently.

Our solutions also enable monitoring of damage in transit, poor handling, incorrect packing or packaging, exposure to adverse environmental conditions, and much more.

Class-leading end-to-end wireless connectivity solutions for asset tracking

Nordic expertise enables the complete range of asset tracking use cases. As leaders in low power wireless IoT connectivity, we offer a complete portfolio of short-range and long-range solutions required for continuous, global tracking across all environments and continents, including:

System-on-Chip (SoC) and System-in-Package (SiP) solutions based on Bluetooth LE, Thread, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, cellular IoT (with integrated GNSS), and DECT NR+
Specialist ICs for power management and range extension
Companion nRF Cloud Services designed specifically for asset tracking

Ease of implementation

Nordic’s overriding focus is delivering lowest power consumption and delighting our customers with maximum design simplicity and flexibility, including:

Companion hardware and software platforms for straightforward, rapid prototyping and demonstration
Trusted SIM partners to enable easy and cost-optimized roaming
Knowledgeable and ever-expanding Nordic-certified Design, Solution, and Module Partners to bring extra levels of expertise if required and further accelerate time-to-market
World-class tech support

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Highlighted applications

Vehicle tracking and fleet management	Healthcare	Livestock tracking
Stolen vehicle recovery	Manufacturing	Waste container tracking / management
Shipping and logistics	Retail	Project resource (workers and tools) tracking
Supply chain and inventory management	Tracking children and senior citizens	Pet tracking
Lost item recovery

Wireless protocols for asset tracking

Wi-Fi

Nordic Semiconductor is a leading provider of low-power wireless communication solutions, utilizing decades of ultra-low-power wireless expertise to maximize Wi-Fi’s low-power potential in various applications including home automation, smart lighting, and other IoT devices.

Bluetooth Low Energy

Want to add Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) connectivity to your product? We offer high-quality BLE SoCs, Bluetooth Low Energy chips, and BT modules with ultra-low power consumption and protocol stacks, ensuring excellent interoperability.

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Thread

We offer the complete solution for building Thread and Matter products; feature-rich SoCs, a qualified mesh stack with samples, and a topology monitor.

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Matter

Matter provides a shared foundation on which to build an application. The goal is to have interoperability between devices and ecosystems.

Zigbee

Are you looking to develop a Zigbee product? Advanced multiprotocol SoCs, a qualified mesh stack with samples, certified hardware, and software.

Cellular IoT

Want to add cellular connectivity to your product? We offer the most compact and low power solutions in the market for cellular IoT.

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Recommended hardware

nRF7002 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF7002 - Low-power, advanced security, seamless coexistence

2.4GHz and 5GHz Dual-band

Low-power and Secure Wi-Fi for the IoT

Ideal coexistence with Bluetooth LE

Supported in nRF Connect SDK

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

TWT

SPI / QSPI

Co-existence interfaces

nRF7001 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF7001 - Low-power, advanced security, seamless coexistence

2.4 GHz single-band

Low-power and Secure Wi-Fi for the IoT

Ideal coexistence with Bluetooth LE

Supported in nRF Connect SDK

Wi-Fi 6 Station (STA)

Complies with 802.11b/g/n/ax

1 Spatial Stream (SS)

20 MHz channel bandwidth

64 QAM (MCS7), 86 Mbps PHY throughput

OFDMA (Downlink and Uplink)

BSS Coloring

TWT

SPI / QSPI

Co-existence interfaces

nRF7000 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF7000 - SSID-based Wi-Fi locationing

Ideal for SSID-based Wi-Fi locationing

2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Dual-band

Coexistence with Bluetooth LE

Supported in nRF Connect SDK

BSS Coloring

SPI / QSPI

Co-existence interfaces

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Recommended software

nRF Connect SDK

nRF Connect SDK is a common software development kit for Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, cellular IoT, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee and Matter. It supports all our nRF52, nRF53, nRF70 and nRF91 Series wireless devices.