Particle Boron

Contents

• Particle Boron

  • Hardware

  • Configuration

  • Uploading

  • Debugging

  • Frameworks

Hardware

Platform Nordic nRF52: The nRF52 Series are built for speed to carry out increasingly complex tasks in the shortest possible time and return to sleep, conserving precious battery power. They have a Cortex-M4F processor and are the most capable Bluetooth Smart SoCs on the market.

Microcontroller	NRF52840
Frequency	64MHz
Flash	796KB
RAM	243KB
Vendor	Particle

Configuration

Please use particle_boron ID for board option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File):

[env:particle_boron]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = particle_boron

You can override default Particle Boron settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest particle_boron.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:particle_boron]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = particle_boron

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = nrf52840

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 64000000L

Uploading

Particle Boron supports the next uploading protocols:

• jlink

• nrfjprog

• nrfutil

Default protocol is nrfutil

You can change upload protocol using upload_protocol option:

[env:particle_boron]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = particle_boron

upload_protocol = nrfutil

Debugging

PIO Unified Debugger - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

Particle Boron does not have on-board debug probe and IS NOT READY for debugging. You will need to use/buy one of external probe listed below.

Compatible Tools	On-board	Default
J-LINK		Yes

Frameworks

Name	Description
Zephyr	The Zephyr Project is a scalable real-time operating system (RTOS) supporting multiple hardware architectures, optimized for resource constrained devices, and built with safety and security in mind.