NRF9160 bypass the UART signal and transmit the data directly?

[johnny]

Does the NRF9160 require an external MCU to transmit peripheral sensor data to the cloud via LTE-M? Or can it bypass the UART signal and transmit the data directly? Are there any examples?

[Øyvind]

Hello, 

The nRF9160 SiP integrates an application MCU, a full LTE modem, an RF front end, and power management.Application and modem domains interact through the interprocessor communication (IPC) mechanism. The LTE modem is accessible to users through the modem API.

More information on the nRF9160 can be found here: 

nRF9160 Infocenter page

nRF9160 Product Page

Working with nRF91 series

Kind regards,
Øyvind