nRF52840 Dongle Product Brief Version 1.1

Arm CryptoCell 310

The nRF52840 features an on-chip Arm CryptoCell 310

cryptographic hardware accelerator. CryptoCell offers a wide

range of ciphers and security features for building solid security

into applications from the ground up. Use of CryptoCell also

makes associated security operations run faster and uses less

processing time and power than equivalent operation carried

out in software by the CPU.

OTA-DFU

The nRF52840 SoC is supported by Over-the-Air Device

Firmware Upgrade (OTA-DFU). This allows for in the field

updates of application and/or protocol stack.

Nordic SoftDevices

Nordic protocol stacks are known as SoftDevices. SoftDevices

are pre-compiled binaries without runtime dependencies. They

reside in a separate memory location to your application and

offer safer, easier, and more secure application development.

The nRF52840 SoC is supported by the S140 SoftDevice.

S140 SoftDevice

The S140 SoftDevice supports 20 Bluetooth LE links in

concurrent operation operation for all 4 roles (Central/

Peripheral/Broadcaster/Observer). The S140 is a Bluetooth 5

qualified stack and as such supports the latest long range and

high throughput features introduced in Bluetooth 5.

Headquarters:

Trondheim, Norway

Tel: +47 72 89 89 00

For more information

Visit nordicsemi.com for the complete

product specification about this and any

other wireless ULP products.

About Nordic Semiconductor

Nordic Semiconductor is a fabless

semiconductor company specializing in

ULP short-range wireless communication.

Nordic is a public company listed on the

Norwegian stock exchange.

WORLD WIDE

OFFICE LOCATIONS

ORDER INFORMATION

nRF52840-Dongle

Development dongle for the nRF52840

SoC

HEAD OFFICE

SEOUL, KOREA

TAIPEI,

HONG KONG

CHINA

SHENZHEN, CHINA

SHANGHAI, CHINA

BEIJING, CHINA

PORTLAND, USA

TAIWAN

MANILA,

PH

NES

ILIPPI

ESPOO, FINLAND

TURKU, FINLAND

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

OSLO, NORWAY

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

SAN JOSE, USA

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY

OULU, FINLAND

KRAKOW, POLAND

TRONDHEIM,

NORWAY

nRF52840 COMPATIBLE SOFTDEVICES

S140

Feature complete Bluetooth 5 protocol stack

forthe nRF52840 SoC

S340

Combined Bluetooth 5 and ANT protocol stack

for the nRF52840 SoC

RELATED PRODUCTS

nRF52840 DK

Development kit for the nRF52811 and

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nRF52 DK

Development kit for the nRF52810 and

nRF52832 SoCs

nRF52840

SoC for Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth

mesh/802.15.4/Thread/Zigbee/

ANT/2.4 GHz

nRF52832

SoC for Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth mesh/

ANT/2.4 GHz

nRF52811

SoC for Bluetooth 5.1/802.15.4/

Thread/Zigbee/ANT/2.4 GHz

nRF52810

SoC for Bluetooth 5/ANT/2.4 GHz

nRF5 SDK

Main software development kit for

Bluetooth 5, ANT and 802.15.4

nRF5 SDK for Mesh

Software development kit for Bluetooth

mesh

nRF5 SDK for Thread

and Zigbee

Software development kit for Thread

and Zigbee

Bluetooth 5

data rates

2 Mbs (New)

High throughput

1 Mbs

Existing Bluetooth LE data rate

500 kbs (New)

Longer range

125 kbs (New)

Longest range