nRFnRF52840-Dongle

Overview

The nRF52840-Dongle is a compact USB development tool for evaluating the nRF52840 SoC across various 2.4 GHz wireless protocols. It provides a cost-effective platform for developing and testing Bluetooth 5, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, and ANT applications directly from a PC without requiring a full development kit.

Why Choose This Part

This dongle features the high-performance Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU and 1MB of Flash, allowing it to run complex protocols and user code simultaneously. It is highly versatile, supporting multiple protocols like IEEE 802.15.4 and Bluetooth 5 with a low TX peak current of 4.8 mA at 0 dBm.

Applications

Getting Started

Engineers can begin development by installing the nRF Connect for Desktop suite and using the nRF Connect Programmer to flash firmware via the USB bootloader. The hardware integrates seamlessly with the nRF5 SDK or the nRF Connect SDK (Zephyr-based) for building wireless applications in Segger Embedded Studio or VS Code.

Dev Boards

Development boards and breakout modules featuring the NRF52840-DONGLE or compatible chips — ready to use for prototyping.

Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express Adafruit

Bluetooth Development Tools - 802.15.1 Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express

Mouser 370 in stock

Arduino Nano 33 BLE Arduino

The Arduino Nano 33 BLE (ABX00071) is a compact evaluation board featuring the ARM® Cortex®-M4 MCU and the nRF52840 IC.

Digi-Key Mouser 844 in stock

Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2 Arduino

The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2 (ABX00069) is a compact microcontroller board featuring the ARM® Cortex®-M4F core pro

Digi-Key Mouser 905 in stock

Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Arduino

NINA-B306, nRF52840 Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense NINA-B3, Maker ARM® Cortex®-M4F MCU 32-Bit Embedded Evaluation Board

Digi-Key

Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd

nRF52840 - Bluetooth® 5.x (BLE) Transceiver 2.4GHz Evaluation Board

Digi-Key 3,996 in stock

NRF52840 Family

Also Consider

Arduino Nano 33 BLE Arduino - Features the same nRF52840 SoC in a breadboard-friendly format with built-in sensors for rapid prototyping within the Arduino IDE.

CC26x2R LaunchPad TITexas Instruments - An alternative multi-protocol development board supporting Zigbee, Thread, and BLE for comparison with the Nordic ecosystem.

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