nRF5 SDK

Available Protocols

Rich and well tested development environment

Bluetooth

Bluetooth® Low Energy brings wireless connectivity to small, low-cost devices that require months to years of battery lifetime.

ANT

ANT™ is a proven, ultra low power, flexible and easy-to-use network protocol for 2.4 GHz ISM band communication.

2.4 GHz

We offer a complete range of ultra-low power 2.4GHz ISM band solutions including wireless system-on-chips, protocol stacks, development tools, and reference designs.

nRF52 Series SoCs

Supported by the nRF5 SDK

nRF52840 aQFN73 SoC bluetooth le/bluetooth low energy bt module

nRF52840 SoC

Bluetooth 5.4 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth mesh, NFC, Thread and Zigbee

64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU
1 MB Flash, 256 KB RAM
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth mesh
Thread, Zigbee
+8 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM, Arm CryptoCell-310
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM, I2S, QSPI, PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC
USB 2.0

nRF52833 SoC

Bluetooth 5.4 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth mesh, Bluetooth Direction Finding, NFC, Thread and Zigbee

64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU
512 KB Flash, 128 KB RAM
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth Direction Finding
Bluetooth mesh
Thread, Zigbee
+8 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM
HS-SPI, I2S, PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC
USB 2.0

nRF52811 SoC

Bluetooth 5.4 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth Direction Finding and Thread

64 MHz Cortex-M4
192 KB Flash, 24 KB RAM
2.4 GHz transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth Direction Finding
Thread
+4 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM
PWM
12-bit ADC

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nRF51 Series SoCs

Supported by the nRF5 SDK

nRF51822 SoC

General purpose Bluetooth Low Energy SoC ideal for single chip solutions or as a connectivity device.

16 MHz Cortex-M0
256/128 KB Flash, 32/16 KB RAM
2.4 GHz Transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 250 kbps
Bluetooth Low Energy
+4 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM
UART, SPI, TWI

10-bit ADC

nRF51422 SoC

General purpose multi-protocol ANT/Bluetooth Low Energy SoC. It is a nRF51822 with ANT support.

16 MHz Cortex-M0
256/128 KB Flash, 32/16 KB RAM
2.4 GHz Transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 250 kbps
Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT
+4 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM
UART, SPI, TWI

10-bit ADC

nRF51824 SoC

nRF51824 is a AEC Q100 Grade 2 qualified Bluetooth Low Energy SoC. It is an auto grade nRF51822.

16 MHz Cortex-M0
256 KB Flash, 16 KB RAM
2.4 GHz Transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 250 kbps
Bluetooth Low Energy
+4 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM
UART, SPI, TWI

10-bit ADC

AEC-Q100

nRF52 SoftDevices

Bluetooth LE & ANT

SoftDevice S112

SoftDevice S112 is a memory-optimized Peripheral-only Bluetooth LE protocol stack for the nRF52805, nRF52810, nRF52811, nRF52820 and nRF52832 SoCs.

Bluetooth 5.1 qualified
High-throughput 2 Mbps
CSA #2
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID
Concurrent multiprotocol support

SoftDevice S113

SoftDevice S113 is a memory-optimized Peripheral-only Bluetooth LE protocol stack for the nRF52805, nRF52810, nRF52811, nRF52820, nRF52832, nRF52833 and nRF52840 SoCs.

Bluetooth 5.1 qualified
High-throughput 2 Mbps
CSA #2
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID
LE Data Packet Length Extension
L2CAP connection-oriented channels
Concurrent multiprotocol support

SoftDevice S122

SoftDevice S122 is a memory-optimized Central-only Bluetooth LE protocol stack for the nRF52811, nRF52820 and nRF52833 SoCs.

Bluetooth 5.2 qualified
High-throughput 2 Mbps
CSA #2
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID
Concurrent multiprotocol support

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nRF51 SoftDevices

Bluetooth LE & ANT

SoftDevice S110

The S110 is a Bluetooth 4.1 qualified Peripheral protocol stack for the nRF51 Series.

Concurrent link as a Peripheral and Broadcaster
Configurable ATT Table
Privacy 1.1
Security mode 1 - Levels 1, 2 and 3
Custom UUID support
Support for concurrent multi-protocol with 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols

S120: Bluetooth 4.1

The S120 is a Bluetooth 4.1 qualified Central or Peripheral protocol stack for the nRF51 Series.

8 concurrent links as Central with Observer/Peripheral with Broadcaster

Configurable ATT Table

Privacy 1.1

Security mode 1 - Levels 1, 2 and 3

Custom UUID support

Support for concurrent multi-protocol with 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols

S130: Bluetooth 4.2

S130 is a Bluetooth 4.2 qualified Central and Peripheral protocol stack for the nRF51 Series

8 concurrent links as Central with Observer&Peripheral with Broadcaster

Configurable ATT Table

Privacy 1.1

Security mode 1 - Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4

Custom UUID support

Support for concurrent multi-protocol with 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols

LE Secure Connections

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Desktop Software

Bluetooth Low Energy technology

nRF Connect for Desktop

nRF Connect for Desktop is a cross-platform framework for development applications. It contains applications for testing Bluetooth Low Energy and LTE links, power optimization, programming and more.

nRF Command Line Tools

The nRF Command Line Tools are used for development, programming, and debugging of Nordic Semiconductor's nRF51, nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 Series devices.

nRF MDK

Register header files and startup code to get you started developing with nRF51, nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 Series devices in 3rd-party IDEs.

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Toolchains

Supported by the nRF5 SDK and nRF52 DK

SES - Segger Embedded Studio

Segger Embedded Studio is a professional all-in-one IDE solution for embedded C/C++ programming. IDE, project manager, debugger and Clang/LLVM and GCC compilers included. Supports WIN, Linux, OSX.
Free for non-commercial use, without limitations.

GNU Embedded Toolchain

The GNU Embedded Toolchain for ARM is a ready-to-use, open-source suite of tools for C/C++ and asm programming for Cortex-M and -R processors. Includes GCC compiler/linker. WIN, Linux, OSX. Available directly from ARM and 100% Free to use under the GNU GPL.

IAR Embedded Workbench

IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM provides one single toolbox, one view, one uninterrupted workflow. Includes IDE/editor, compiler, linker. WIN only.
Free Evaluation license available: Choose between 30-day fully functional trial or 32Kbyte code-size limited "kickstart" version.

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Mobile applications

nRF Connect for Mobile

nRF Connect for Mobile is a powerful mobile tool that allows you to scan and explore your Bluetooth Low Energy devices and communicate with them.

nRF Mesh

The nRF Mesh apps enables you to provision, configure and control Bluetooth mesh networks, to demonstrate a subset of the capabilities of the nRF Mesh open source libraries.

Source code available!

Thingy:52

The Thingy:52 mobile app complements the Nordic Thingy:52 IoT Sensor kit. It makes it possible to configure and interact with the Thingy out-of-the-box and can be used as a reference for your own app.