Advanced Zigbee SoCs
The nRF52840 is our Zigbee flagship SoC. It is an advanced and flexible SoC for demanding Ultra-low-power wireless applications.
It offers generous memory availability for both Flash and RAM, which it needs for demanding applications.
The nRF52840 is multiprotocol capable with full protocol concurrency. It has protocol support for Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, 802.15.4, ANT, and 2.4 GHz proprietary stacks.
The nRF52840 includes a superset of the most prominent nRF52® Series features. The capabilities for Zigbee, Bluetooth LE, and security features are a great starting point for your application. With high-speed SPI, QSPI, USB, and Arm Cryptocell 310 it enables ambitious Zigbee products.
Three of the seven SoCs in the nRF52 Series support Zigbee. All integrate a powerful yet efficient 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 CPU. Flash memory size ranges from 256 KB to 1024 KB while RAM size ranges from 32KB to 256 KB. Our nRF52 Series offers simple cost-effective options. It has advanced options and enables your products with top features and ultra-low power. The nRF52 Series is the ideal platform for basing a product portfolio upon. Similar hardware and software architecture across the series results in excellent software portability. Software reusability gets increased reducing your time-to-market and development cost.
Our SoCs can run Bluetooth Low Energy and a mesh protocol like Thread/Zigbee/Bluetooth mesh concurrently. The radio time is time-sliced and shared between the protocols. The scheduling is autonomous and maintains connections
The nRF52 and nRF53 Series are all-flash based SoCs. Flash memory brings complete flexibility and upgradability to your products. They can be re-programmed in the factory or in the field with over-the-air device firmware upgrades (OTA DFU). This enables product updates and feature additions any time, anywhere.
Bluetooth Low Energy SoCs
nRF52833 | nRF52840 | nRF5340 | |
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Wireless protocol | Bluetooth Low Energy Bluetooth mesh Thread Zigbee 802.15.4 2.4 GHz proprietary |
Bluetooth Low Energy Bluetooth mesh Thread Zigbee 802.15.4 2.4 GHz proprietary |
Bluetooth Low Energy Bluetooth mesh Thread Zigbee 802.15.4 2.4 GHz proprietary |
NFC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CPU | 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU | 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU | 128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 +64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 |
Flash | 512 KB | 1 MB | 1 MB |
RAM | 128 KB | 256 KB | 512 KB |
UART/SPI/TWI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
QDEC | Yes | Yes |
Yes |
PWM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PDM, I2S | Yes | Yes | Yes |
USB | Yes | Yes | Yes |
High-speed SPI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
QSPI | Yes | Yes | |
ADC, Comparator | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Arm CryptoCell | Yes | Yes | |
GPIOs | Up to 42 | Up to 48 | Up to 48 |
Operating temp | -40 to +105°C |
-40 to +85°C |
-40 to +105°C |
Supply range | 1.7-5.5 V | 1.7-5.5 V | 1.7-5,5V |
Package options | QFN |
QFN and WLCSP | aQFN |