This Product Specification contains functional descriptions, register tables, and electrical specifications, and is organized into chapters based on the modules and peripherals that are available in this IC.

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Features:
  • Bluetooth® 5, IEEE 802.15.4-2006, 2.4 GHz transceiver
    • -95 dBm sensitivity in 1 Mbps Bluetooth low energy mode
    • -103 dBm sensitivity in 125 kbps Bluetooth low energy mode (long range)
    • -20 to +8 dBm TX power, configurable in 4 dB steps
    • On-air compatible with nRF52, nRF51, nRF24L, and nRF24AP Series devices
    • Supported data rates:
      • Bluetooth 5 – 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 kbps, and 125 kbps
      • IEEE 802.15.4-2006 – 250 kbps
      • Proprietary 2.4 GHz – 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
    • Single-ended antenna output (on-chip balun)
    • 128-bit AES/ECB/CCM/AAR co-processor (on-the-fly packet encryption)
    • 4.8 mA peak current in TX (0 dBm)
    • 4.6 mA peak current in RX
    • RSSI (1 dB resolution)
  • Arm® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz
    • 212 EEMBC CoreMark® score running from flash memory
    • 52 µA/MHz running CoreMark from flash memory
    • Watchpoint and trace debug modules (DWT, ETM, and ITM)
    • Serial wire debug (SWD)
  • Rich set of security features
    • Arm TrustZone® CryptoCell™ 310 security subsystem
      • NIST SP800-90A and SP800-90B compliant random number generator
      • AES-128 – ECB, CBC, CMAC/CBC-MAC, CTR, CCM/CCM*
      • Chacha20/Poly1305 AEAD supporting 128- and 256-bit key size
      • SHA-1 and SHA-2 up to 256 bit
      • Keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC)
      • RSA up to 2048-bit key size
      • SRP up to 3072-bit key size
      • ECC support for most used curves, including P-256 (secp256r1) and Ed25519/Curve25519
      • Application key management using derived key model
    • Secure boot ready
      • Flash access control list (ACL)
      • Root-of-trust (RoT)
      • Debug control and configuration
      • Access port protection (CTRL-AP)
    • Secure erase
  • Flexible power management
    • 1.7 V to 5.5 V supply voltage range
    • On-chip DC/DC and LDO regulators with automated low current modes
    • 1.8 V to 3.3 V regulated supply for external components
    • Automated peripheral power management
    • Fast wake-up using 64 MHz internal oscillator
    • 0.4 µA at 3 V in System OFF mode, no RAM retention
    • 1.5 µA at 3 V in System ON mode, no RAM retention, wake on RTC
  • 1 MB flash and 256 kB RAM
  • Advanced on-chip interfaces
    • USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps) controller
    • QSPI 32 MHz interface
    • High-speed 32 MHz SPI
    • Type 2 near field communication (NFC-A) tag with wake-on field
      • Touch-to-pair support
    • Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI)
    • 48 general purpose I/O pins
    • EasyDMA automated data transfer between memory and peripherals
  • Nordic SoftDevice ready with support for concurrent multiprotocol
  • 12-bit, 200 ksps ADC – 8 configurable channels with programmable gain
  • 64 level comparator
  • 15 level low-power comparator with wake-up from System OFF mode
  • Temperature sensor
  • Four 4 channel pulse width modulator (PWM) units with EasyDMA
  • Audio peripherals – I2S, digital microphone interface (PDM)
  • Five 32-bit timers with counter mode
  • Up to four SPI masters/three SPI slaves with EasyDMA
  • Up to two I2C compatible two-wire master/slave
  • Two UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
  • Quadrature decoder (QDEC)
  • Three real-time counters (RTC)
  • Single crystal operation
  • Package variants
    • aQFN73™ package, 7 x 7 mm
    • QFN48 package, 6 x 6 mm
    • WLCSP package, 3.544 x 3.607 mm
Applications:
  • Advanced computer peripherals and I/O devices
    • Mouse
    • Keyboard
    • Multi-touch trackpad
  • Advanced wearable devices
    • Health/fitness sensors and monitoring devices
    • Wireless payment enabled devices
  • Internet of things (IoT)
    • Smart home sensors and controllers
    • Industrial IoT sensors and controllers
  • Interactive entertainment devices
    • Remote controls
    • Gaming controllers