nRF52840 Micro Development Kit – USB Dongle

The nRF52840 Micro Dev Kit USB Dongle is a small and low-cost development platform enabled by the nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC in a convenient USB dongle form factor. The nRF52840 Micro Dev Kit USB Dongle features a programmable user button, RGB LED, up to 12 GPIOs and 2.4G Chip antenna on board.

Comm and Networking IoT RF / Wireless November 2, 2018 by mixos

The nRF52840 Micro Dev Kit USB Dongle is a small and low-cost development platform enabled by the nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC in a convenient USB dongle form factor.

The nRF52840 Micro Dev Kit USB Dongle features a programmable user button, RGB LED, up to 12 GPIOs and 2.4G Chip antenna on board.

The USB Dongle can be used as a low-cost Bluetooth5/Tread/802.15.4/ANT/2.4GHz multi-protocol node or development board. Alternatively the USB Dongle can be used as a Network Co-Processor(NCP) with a simple connection to a PC or other USB enabled device.

Features

Low cost USB dongle supporting Bluetooth LE, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4GHz
Pre-built OpenThread NCP Firmware support
OpenThread Border Router support
Thread Network Sniffer with Wireshark

Hardware Specification

Nordic nRF52840 System-on-Chip
ARM® Cortex®-M4F processor optimized for ultra-low power operation
Combining Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth Mesh, Thread, IEEE 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4GHz proprietary
On-chip NFC-A tag
On-chip USB 2.0 (Full speed) controller
ARM TrustZone® Cryptocell 310 security subsystem
1 MB FLASH and 256 kB RAM
Up to 12 GPIOs available via headers
User programmable Button and RGB LED
On-board 2.4G chip antenna
3.3V regulator with 1A peak current output
VBUS & VIN Power-Path Management
Convenient USB dongle form factor
Breadboard-friendly with dual 10-Pin headers
Measures 1.65″ x 0.7″ x 0.16″ (42mm x 18mm x 4mm) without headers soldered in