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.

Debugging

Debugging - “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
BBC micro:bit V2 NRF52833 64MHz 512KB 64KB
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
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
PHYTEC reel board NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB
PHYTEC reel board v2 NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB
RedBearLab BLE Nano 2 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB
RedBearLab Blend 2 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB
VNG VBLUno52 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB
decaWave DWM1001 Module Development Board NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB
u-blox EVK-NINA-B1 NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB

External Debug Tools

Boards listed below are compatible with Debugging 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 CLUE nRF52840 NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB
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
ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB
Laird Connectivity Pinnacle 100 DVK NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB
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
Raytac MDBT50Q-RX Dongle NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB
Ruuvi Tag NRF52832 64MHz 512KB 64KB
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
framework-arduinoadafruitnrf52 Arduino Wiring-based Framework for Nordic Semiconductor nRF52 BLE SoC
framework-arduinonordicnrf5 Arduino Wiring-based Framework for Nordic Semiconductor nRF5 based boards
framework-mbed Arm Mbed OS is a platform operating system designed for the internet of things
framework-zephyr Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures
framework-zephyr-canopennode canopennode Zephyr module
framework-zephyr-civetweb Zephyr module for CivetWeb Embedded C/C++ web server
framework-zephyr-cmsis Zephyr module for Software Interface Standard for Arm Cortex-based Microcontrollers
framework-zephyr-fatfs Zephyr module for FatFS filesystem
framework-zephyr-hal-nordic Nordic nRF5x HAL for Zephyr framework
framework-zephyr-hal-st Zephyr module for the official libraries provided by STMicroelectronics
framework-zephyr-libmetal Zephyr module for an abstraction layer across user-space Linux, baremetal, and RTOS environments
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 Zephyr module for the mbed TLS library
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-open-amp Zephyr module for Open Asymmetric Multi Processing (OpenAMP) framework
framework-zephyr-openthread Zephyr module for OpenThread - an open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol
framework-zephyr-segger Zephyr module for the Segger RTT library
framework-zephyr-sof Zephyr module for Sound Open Firmware
framework-zephyr-tfm-mcuboot Zephyr module for MCUboot - a secure bootloader for 32-bit MCUs (TFM Dependency)
framework-zephyr-tinycbor Zephyr module for Concise Binary Object Representation Library
framework-zephyr-tinycrypt The TinyCrypt Library provides an implementation for constrained devices of a minimal set of standard cryptography primitives for Zephyr framework
framework-zephyr-trusted-firmware-m Zephyr module for Trusted Firmware M - a reference implementation of secure world software for ARMv8-M
tool-bossac-nordicnrf52 Basic Open Source SAM-BA Application (BOSSA) for Nordic nRF52 microcontrollers
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 Software and Documentation Pack for SEGGER J-Link debug probes
tool-ninja Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed
tool-nrfjprog nRFx command line tools
tool-openocd Open On-Chip Debugger. Free and Open On-Chip Debugging, In-System Programming and Boundary-Scan Testing
tool-sreccat Collection of powerful tools for manipulating EPROM load files
toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi GNU toolchain for Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-R processors

Warning

Linux Users:

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 Arm Mbed OS is an open source embedded operating system designed specifically for the ‘things’ in the Internet of Things. It includes all the features you need to develop a connected product based on an Arm Cortex-M microcontroller, including security, connectivity, an RTOS and drivers for sensors and I/O devices
Zephyr RTOS 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

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 CLUE nRF52840 External NRF52840 64MHz 796KB 243KB
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 External 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

BBC

Name Debug MCU Frequency Flash RAM
BBC micro:bit V2 On-board NRF52833 64MHz 512KB 64KB

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
Laird Connectivity Pinnacle 100 DVK External 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

PHYTEC

Name Debug MCU Frequency Flash RAM
PHYTEC reel board On-board NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB
PHYTEC reel board v2 On-board NRF52840 64MHz 1MB 256KB

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

Raytac

Name Debug MCU Frequency Flash RAM
Raytac MDBT50Q-RX Dongle 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

Ruuvi

Name Debug MCU Frequency Flash RAM
Ruuvi Tag External 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

decaWave

Name Debug MCU Frequency Flash RAM
decaWave DWM1001 Module Development Board 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