Particle Boron

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 which makes them quite capable Bluetooth Smart SoCs.

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 following uploading protocols:

• blackmagic

• cmsis-dap

• 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

Debugging - “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
Black Magic Probe		Yes
CMSIS-DAP
J-LINK

Frameworks

Name	Description
Zephyr	Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures