Nordic nRF52

Configuration

platform = nordicnrf52

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.

For more detailed information please visit vendor site.

Tutorials

• Arduino and Nordic nRF52-DK: debugging and unit testing

• Zephyr and Nordic nRF52-DK: debugging, unit testing, project analysis

Examples

Examples are listed from Nordic nRF52 development platform repository:

• mbed-blink

• mbed-serial

• zephyr-blink

• mbed-rtos

• mbed-events

• zephyr-net-echo-client

• arduino-blink

• arduino-ble-led

• zephyr-ble-beacon

• mbed-nfc

• zephyr-subsys-nvs

• mbed-dsp

• mbed-ble-thermometer

• arduino-nina-b1-generic-example

• arduino-bluefruit-bleuart

• arduino-serial-plotter

Debugging

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

Tools & Debug Probes

Supported debugging tools are listed in “Debug” column. For more detailed information, please scroll table by horizontal. You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

Warning

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

On-Board Debug Tools

Boards listed below have on-board debug probe and ARE READY for debugging! You do not need to use/buy external debug probe.

Name	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
BL652 Development Kit	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
BL654 Development Kit	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
Delta DFBM-NQ620	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
ElectronutLabs Blip	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
ElectronutLabs Papyr	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Makerdiary nRF52832-MDK	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Makerdiary nRF52840-MDK	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
Nordic nRF52-DK	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Nordic nRF52840-DK	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
Nordic nRF52840-DK (Adafruit BSP)	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
RedBearLab BLE Nano 2	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
RedBearLab Blend 2	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
VNG VBLUno52	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
u-blox EVK-NINA-B1	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

External Debug Tools

Boards listed below are compatible with PIO Unified Debugger but DEPEND ON external debug probe. They ARE NOT READY for debugging. Please click on board name for the further details.

Name	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
96Boards Nitrogen	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52832 Feather	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Adafruit Feather Bluefruit Sense	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Arduino Nano 33 BLE	NRF52840	64MHz	960KB	256KB
Bluey nRF52832 IoT	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Circuit Playground Bluefruit	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Holyiot YJ-16019	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Metro nRF52840 Express	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Nordic Thingy:52 (nRF52-PCA20020)	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Particle Argon	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Particle Boron	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Particle Xenon	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
SDT52832B	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Taida Century nRF52 mini board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
hackaBLE	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

Stable and upstream versions

You can switch between stable releases of Nordic nRF52 development platform and the latest upstream version using platform option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File) as described below.

Stable

; Latest stable version
[env:latest_stable]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = ...

; Custom stable version
[env:custom_stable]
platform = nordicnrf52@x.y.z
board = ...

Upstream

[env:upstream_develop]
platform = https://github.com/platformio/platform-nordicnrf52.git
board = ...

Packages

Name	Description
framework-arduino-nrf52-mbedos	Arduino framework supporting mbed-enabled boards (nRF52 core)
framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52	Arduino Wiring-based Framework (Nordic nRF52 BLE SoC))
framework-arduinonordicnrf5	Arduino Wiring-based Framework (Nordic NRF5 Core)
framework-mbed	mbed Framework
framework-zephyr	Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
framework-zephyr-canopennode	Zephyr module for CANopenNode - a free and open source CANopen Stack
framework-zephyr-civetweb	Zephyr module CivetWeb Embedded C/C++ web server
framework-zephyr-fatfs	Zephyr module for FATFS filesystem
framework-zephyr-hal-nordic	Nordic nRF5x HAL for Zephyr framework
framework-zephyr-libmetal	Zephyr module for HAL abstraction layer used by open-amp
framework-zephyr-littlefs	Zephyr module for littlefs filesystem
framework-zephyr-loramac-node	Zephyr module for LoRaWAN endpoint stack implementation
framework-zephyr-lvgl	Zephyr module for LittlevGL - an Open-source Embedded GUI Library
framework-zephyr-mbedtls	mbedTLS module for Zephyr
framework-zephyr-mcuboot	Zephyr module for MCUboot - a secure bootloader for 32-bit MCUs
framework-zephyr-mcumgr	Zephyr module for mcumgr management library for 32-bit MCUs
framework-zephyr-mipi-sys-t	Zephyr module for MIPI System Software Trace
framework-zephyr-nrf-hw-models	Zephyr module for NRF52xxx HW models
framework-zephyr-open-amp	Zephyr module for Open Asymmetric Multi Processing (OpenAMP) framework
framework-zephyr-openthread	OpenThread module for Zephyr
framework-zephyr-segger	Zephyr module for Segger RTT
framework-zephyr-tinycbor	Zephyr module for Concise Binary Object Representation Library
tool-bossac-nordicnrf52	Basic Open Source SAM-BA Application (BOSSA) for nRF52
tool-cmake	CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software.
tool-dtc	Device tree compiler
tool-gperf	GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator.
tool-jlink	SEGGER J-Link Software and Documentation Pack
tool-ninja	Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.
tool-nrfjprog	nRF5x command line tool
tool-openocd	OpenOCD
tool-sreccat	Merging tool
toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi	gcc-arm-embedded

Warning

Linux Users:

• Install “udev” rules 99-platformio-udev.rules

• Raspberry Pi users, please read this article Enable serial port on Raspberry Pi.

Windows Users:

Please check that you have a correctly installed USB driver from board manufacturer

Frameworks

Name	Description
Arduino	Arduino Wiring-based Framework allows writing cross-platform software to control devices attached to a wide range of Arduino boards to create all kinds of creative coding, interactive objects, spaces or physical experiences.
Mbed	The mbed framework The mbed SDK has been designed to provide enough hardware abstraction to be intuitive and concise, yet powerful enough to build complex projects. It is built on the low-level ARM CMSIS APIs, allowing you to code down to the metal if needed. In addition to RTOS, USB and Networking libraries, a cookbook of hundreds of reusable peripheral and module libraries have been built on top of the SDK by the mbed Developer Community.
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.

Boards

Note

• You can list pre-configured boards by platformio boards command or PlatformIO Boards Explorer

• For more detailed board information please scroll the tables below by horizontally.

96Boards

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
96Boards Nitrogen	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

Adafruit

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52832 Feather	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Adafruit Feather Bluefruit Sense	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Circuit Playground Bluefruit	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Metro nRF52840 Express	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB

Arduino

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Arduino Nano 33 BLE	External	NRF52840	64MHz	960KB	256KB

Delta

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Delta DFBM-NQ620	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

Electronut Labs

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Bluey nRF52832 IoT	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
hackaBLE	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

ElectronutLabs

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
ElectronutLabs Blip	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
ElectronutLabs Papyr	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB

Holyiot

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Holyiot YJ-16019	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

Laird Connectivity

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
BL652 Development Kit	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
BL654 Development Kit	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB

Makerdiary

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Makerdiary nRF52832-MDK	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Makerdiary nRF52840-MDK	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB

Nordic

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Nordic Thingy:52 (nRF52-PCA20020)	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Nordic nRF52-DK	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
Nordic nRF52840-DK	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	1MB	256KB
Nordic nRF52840-DK (Adafruit BSP)	On-board	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB

Particle

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Particle Argon	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Particle Boron	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB
Particle Xenon	External	NRF52840	64MHz	796KB	243KB

RedBearLab

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
RedBearLab BLE Nano 2	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB
RedBearLab Blend 2	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

Sigma Delta Technologies

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
SDT52832B	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

Taida Century

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
Taida Century nRF52 mini board	External	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

VNG

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
VNG VBLUno52	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB

u-blox

Name	Debug	MCU	Frequency	Flash	RAM
u-blox EVK-NINA-B1	On-board	NRF52832	64MHz	512KB	64KB