The Nordic Thingy:91 X™ is a battery-operated prototyping platform for cellular IoT, certified for global operation. It is ideal for rapid development of prototypes for cellular IoT systems and especially suited for asset tracking applications and environmental monitoring.
Nordic Thingy:91 X™ integrates the nRF9151 System in Package (SiP) supporting LTE-M, Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), DECT NR+, and GNSS, the nRF7002 Wi-Fi® 6 companion Integrated Circuit (IC) supporting 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi operation, and the nRF5340 System on Chip (SoC) supporting Bluetooth® Low Energy, IEEE 802.15.4 protocols, and USB.
Key features
- Nordic Thingy:91 X™
- nRF9151 SiP
- nRF7002 Wi-Fi 6 companion IC
- nRF5340 SoC
- nPM6001 and nPM1300 Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC)s
- 600–2200 MHz antenna with active RF front end for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and DECT NR+
- Dual band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz antenna for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy
- Linear polarized Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antenna for GNSS positioning
- Insertable current measurement and debug board for easy power profiling and debugging
- Qwiic and STEMMA QT compatible connector for easy prototyping with breakout boards
- User-programmable buttons and RGB LEDs
- Environmental sensor for temperature, humidity, air quality, and air pressure
- Three-axis low-power accelerometer
- Six-axis IMU with gyroscope and accelerometer
- Three-axis magnetometer
- 256 Mbit external flash memory
- SIM card socket for nano-SIM (4FF SIM)
- Rechargeable Lithium-polymer (Li-Poly) battery
- Computer connection and battery charging through USB-C
- Normal operating temperature range 0–35°C
- nRF9151 SiP
- Application processor
- 64 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 CPU
- Arm TrustZone® for trusted execution
- Arm CryptoCell™ 310 for application layer security
- 1 MB flash and 256 kB RAM
- 4 x Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)/Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)/Two-wire Interface (TWI), Pulse Density Modulation (PDM), Inter-integrated Circuit (I2C), Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), ADC
- Modem
- 3GPP LTE release 14 Cat-M1 compliant
- 3GPP LTE release 14 Cat-NB1 and Cat-NB2 compliant
- DECT NR+ bands 1, 2, and 9
- GNSS
- Power saving features: Extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX), Power Saving Mode (PSM), and AS-RAI
- Single pin 50 Ω antenna interface
- Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) interface
- Application processor
- nRF7002 Wi-Fi 6 companion IC
- Dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6
- Compatible with IEEE 802.11ax, also known as Wi-Fi 6, and earlier standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
- 20 MHz wide channels, 1x1 Single-Input Single-Output (SISO) operation, and up to 86 MHz 802.11 PHY rate
- SPI host interface
- Three-wire coexistence interface
- nRF5340 SoC
- Application core
- 64–128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 with TrustZone technology
- 1 MB flash and 512 kB low leakage RAM
- Arm TrustZone CryptoCell-312 security subsystem
- Full-speed 12 Mbps USB device
- Network core
- 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
- 256 kB flash and 64 kB low leakage RAM
- Bluetooth 5.2, IEEE 802.15.4-2006, and 2.4 GHz enabled transceiver
- Application core
- nPM6001 PMIC
- Four 150–550 mA buck regulators
- Two 15–30 mA Low-Dropout Regulator (LDO)s
- Three multipurpose GPIOs
- Controlled through an I2C compatible TWI
- nPM1300 PMIC
- 800 mA battery charger
- Two 200 mA buck regulators
- Two 100 mA load switches/50 mA LDOs
- Fuel gauge
- System-level watchdog and failed-boot recovery
- Intelligent power loss warning
- Five GPIOs
- Three LED drivers
- Controlled through an I2C compatible TWI
- USB-C compatible
The firmware source code, hardware schematics, layout files, bill of materials, and Gerber files are available on the Nordic Thingy:91 X product page.