Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 Development Kit (DK) is an excellent choice for cellular loT development with LTE-M, NB-loT, and GNSS functionality. The kit uses the nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP). It has a programmable integrated Arm® Cortex®-M33 CPU with Arm TrustZone and Arm CryptoCell security features, so no external host is needed to run your applications. The DK is hardware compatible with the Arduino Uno Revision 3 standard, making it easy to use compatible 3rd-party shields. The DK enables access to all I/O and interfaces via external connectors and has 4 LEDs, 2 buttons, and 2 user-programmable switches.
The nRF9160 DK also has a 4FF SIM card slot and eSIM solder pads for connecting the nRF9160 SiP to a cellular network. The package includes a SIM card from iBasis preloaded with 10MB of data and LTE-M access. The nRF9160 SiP includes digital and analog interfaces and peripherals for single-device design possibilities.
The board also features an nRF52840 SoC working as a board controller but can also be utilized for BLUETOOTH® Low Energy, ANT, 802.15.4, and 2.4GHz proprietary applications.
The kit supports nRF Connect SDK and uses nRF Connect for VS Code to write code and program/debug using Segger J-Link OB kits.
All necessary modem firmware and application software (nRF Connect SDK) is provided by Nordic to implement a complete cellular loT design. The nRF9160 DK can also utilize the services from nRF Cloud to improve location and do Firmware over the Air (FOTA) updates, device management, and more.
FEATURES
Development solution for LTE/NB-loT/GNSS applications with nRF9160 SiP
Integrated LTE-M and NB-loT modem with GNSS
Cellular band support, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28 and B66
Arm Cortex-M33™ Application Processor
Arm TrustZone
Arduino Rev. 3 compatible connector for use with 3rd party shields
nRF Connect SDK support, unified codebase for all Nordic products
Arm CryptoCell 310 cryptographic accelerator
All I/O (32) and interfaces available via connectors
Segger J-Link OB Program/Debug supported
Support for Program/Debug of external boards
USB interface for Power, Program/Debug, CDC/UART.
SWF RF connector for direct RF measurements
Pins for power consumption measurements (PPK2)
2 x user-programmable buttons
2 x user-programmable switches
4 x user-programmable LEDs
APPLICATIONS
Logistics and asset tracking
Smart metering
Smart city
Smart infrastructure
Smart industry
Smart agriculture
Wearables
Medical