nRF52840

High-end multiprotocol Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) SoC

supporting: Bluetooth 5.3/Bluetooth mesh/Thread/
Zigbee/802.15.4/ANT

Ready for Bluetooth 5.3 and high grade IoT security Key features
The nRF52840 is an advanced, highly flexible single chip solution for today’s  64 MHz Arm® Cortex-M4 with FPU
increasingly demanding ULP wireless applications for connected devices on  1 MB Flash + 256 KB RAM
our person, connected living environments and the IoT at large. It is  Bluetooth 5.3 multiprotocol radio
designed ready for the major feature advancements of Bluetooth LE and
y 2 Mbps
takes advantage of increased performance capabilities which include long
y CSA #2
range and high throughput modes. Inherent industry-grade security is
y Advertising Extensions
essential in today’s applications. The nRF52840 adds best-in-class security for
CortexTM-M Series with on-chip ARM® CryptoCell cryptographic accelerator. y Long Range
y +8 dBm TX power
y -95 dBm sensitivity
y Integrated balun with 50 Ω single-
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ended output
 IEEE 802.15.4 radio support
y Thread
Bluetooth 5.3 X X X X X X X X
y Zigbee
Bluetooth  1.7-5.5 V supply voltage range
X X X X X X X X
2 Mpbs
 Full-speed 12 Mbps USB
Bluetooth  NFC-A tag
X X X X X
Long Range
 Arm CryptoCell CC310 security subsystem
Bluetooth  QSPI/SPI/TWI/I²S/PDM/QDEC
Direction X X X X
 High speed 32 MHz SPI
Finding
 Quad SPI interface 32 MHz
Bluetooth
X  EasyDMA for all digital interfaces
LE Audio
 12-bit 200 ksps ADC
Bluetooth mesh X X X X X
 128 bit AES/ECB/CCM/AAR co-processor
Thread X X X X X  On-chip DC-DC buck converter

Zigbee X X X X  Regulated supply for external components

up to 25 mA
Matter X X

Advanced performance, lowest power consumption Applications

The nRF52840 employs the same hardware and software architecture as  IoT
existing nRF52 Series SoCs. At its core is an Arm Cortex-M4 processor y Smart Home products
allowing quicker and more efficient computation of complex functions for DSP y Matter connected home products
and those requiring floating point math. There is extensive memory y Industrial mesh networks
availability in both flash and RAM, 1 MB and 256 KB respectively. The y Smart city infrastructure
combination of Cortex-M4 with floating point and memory availability offers  Advanced wearables
unparalleled capabilities for true single chip applications. A full-speed (12
y Connected watches
Mbps) USB 2.0 controller is included on-chip. An extensive range of
peripherals are available with a number of high performance digital y Advanced personal fitness devices
interfaces such as high speed SPI (32 MHz) and quad SPI (32 MHz) to allow y Wearables with wireless payment
direct interfacing to displays and external memory sources. The nRF52840 y Connected Health
can operate from +5.5 V down to 1.7 V supply voltages allowing direct supply y Virtual/Augmented Reality applications
from rechargeable batteries and USB supplies.  Interactive entertainment devices
y Advanced remote controls
y Gaming controller

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nRF52840 SoC Product Brief Version 3.0

Thread certified and 802.15.4 support Specifications
The nRF52840 is a Thread certified component and as such Protocol support Bluetooth 5.3/802.15.4/ANT/2.4 GHz
is ideal for home networking products using the Thread proprietary
mesh stack. This means it is suitable for developing products
Microprocessor 64 MHz 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU
for the Matter connected home ecosystem. The radio
supports 802.15.4 PHY and MAC layers and makes it suitable Memory 1 MB Flash + 256 KB RAM
for additional stacks using 802.15.4 such as Zigbee. On-air data rate Bluetooth LE: 2 Mbps/1 Mbps/500 kbps/125
kbps 802.15.4: 250 kbps
Arm CryptoCell 310 2.4 GHz proprietary: 2 Mbps/ 1 Mbps
The nRF52840 features an on-chip Arm CryptoCell 310 TX power Programmable from +8 dBm to -20 dBm in
cryptographic hardware accelerator. CryptoCell offers a 4 dB steps
wide range of ciphers and security features for building solid Sensitivity Bluetooth LE: -103 dBm at 125 kbps
security into applications from the ground up. Use of -95 dBm at 1 Mbps
CryptoCell also makes associated security operations run 802.15.4: -100 dBm at 250 kbps
faster and uses less processing time and power than 2.4 GHz: -93 dBm at 1 Mbps
equivalent operation carried out in software by the CPU. -89 dBm at 2 Mbps
Radio current 16.40 mA at +8 dBm TX power,
nRF Connect SDK consumption 6.40 mA at 0 dBm TX power,
The nRF Connect SDK is the software development kit for DC/DC at 3 V 6.26 mA in RX at 1 Mbps
the nRF52 Series SoCs. It supports development of Bluetooth Oscillators 64 MHz from 32 MHz external crystal or
Low Energy, Thread and Zigbee applications. It integrates internal 32 kHz from crystal, RC or synthe-
the Zephyr RTOS, protocol stacks, samples, hardware drivers sized
and much more. System current 0.4 µA in System OFF, no RAM retention
consumption 1.86 µA in System OFF, full RAM retention
nRF Connect SDK also offers integration of HomeKit DC/DC at 3 V 0.97 µA in System ON, no RAM retention
Accessory Development Kit for developing products using 2.35 µA in System ON, full RAM retention
HomeKit. 3.16 µA in System ON, full RAM retention
and RTC
nRF52840 Development Kit (DK) Hardware security 128-bit AES CCM, ECB, AAR
The nRF52840 DK is the development kit for the nRF52840
Security subsys- Arm TrustZone CryptoCell 310
SoC. It is affordable, and has everything needed for
tem
development on a single board. All features and GPIOs of
the nRF52840 SoC are made available to the developer, and Digital interfaces USB 2.0, 4 x SPI master/slave, 2 x TWI mas-
ter/slave, 2 x UART, 4 x PWM, QPSI,
it comes with an onboard SEGGER J-Link debugger enabling
I²S, PDM, QDEC
both programming and debugging of the nRF52840 SoC,
without additional hardware investments. Analog interfaces 12-bit 200 ksps ADC, GP comparator,
LP comparator
The nRF52840 SoC and the nRF52840 DK is available Peripherals 5 x 32 bit timer/counter, 3 x 24 real-time
through Nordic Semiconductors distribution network. counter, 20 x PPI channels, 4 x GPIOTE,
temperature sensor, watchdog timer, RNG
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nRF5340 SoC Product Brief Version 3.0