Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

Krzysztof Loska — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:11:12 GMT

Hi,

Recently Nordic launched its first Thread networking solution.

Nordic provides full support for its platform within OpenThread and actively participates in the development of OpenThread by co-authoring the core of this stack.

To facilitate Thread products development with the nRF52840 platform, Nordic Semiconductor provides nRF5 SDK for Thread and nRF Thread Topology Monitor PC tool.

The nRF5 SDK for Thread v0.8.0 includes:

a pre-built OpenThread stack for the Nordic nRF52840 SoC with ARM® CryptoCell-310 support,
unique support for DFU-over-Thread (Device Firmware Upgrade),
examples to demonstrate interactions between nodes performing different Thread roles with the use of OpenThread and built-in CoAP protocol,
support for an OpenThread Network Co-Processor (NCP),
Border Router and cloud connectivity example,
Thread native commissioning with NFC example,
range of PC tools including a Thread Topology Monitor,
software modules inherited from the nRF5 SDK e.g. peripheral drivers, NFC libraries etc.

Important notice - hardware-accelerated cryptography

Due to legal restrictions support for hardware-accelerated cryptography utilizing ARM CryptoCell-310 is only available in mbedTLS library (libmbedcrypto.a) provided with the nRF5 SDK for Thread. The library available in OpenThread repository does not support hardware acceleration. You can still use it, but the commissioning procedure takes much more time in such case. For the best performance and user experience, use the library provided with the SDK.

Important notice - Certification

OpenThread is an open-source implementation of Thread standard. You can use it without any restrictions in the development phase. However, your device must meet Thread Group standards and must be a certified product before being marketed as a Thread product. Detailed information about product certification are available for Thread Group members at Contributor and Sponsor tiers (threadgroup.org/joinus).

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

Adrien C. — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 11:54:11 GMT

No, not now :(

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

Ralf — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:14:51 GMT

Adrien, did you ever get the source code or any further info on this?

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

Jørgen Holmefjord — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:40:19 GMT

Please contact your regional sales manager for questions about releases. If you do not know who this is, please message me your location and I will provide contact details.

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

Adrien C. — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 06:57:30 GMT

I have seen a very interesting demo at CES 2017, with 5-6 nRF52840 dk devices connected together with thread, and also with a Raspberry Pi.

Do you have any availability for the source code of this demo, and for Thread examples ?

Thanks, Adrien

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

Jørgen Holmefjord — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:51:07 GMT

Hi,

As @endnode correctly states, the radio of nRF52840 chip support the IEEE 802.15.4 PHY and MAC layers required by the Thread protocol. Currently we don't provide any software stack supporting Thread, but software support for the 802.15.4 standard is scheduled to be released this year, as mentioned in the nRF52840 product launch video.

Please contact your regional sales manager for further questions about supported protocols and releases. If you do not know who this is, please message me your location and I will provide contact details.

Best regards,

Jørgen

RE: Do any of the nRF51 or nRF52 devices support the Thread ( or OpenThread ) protocol

endnode — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:13:28 GMT

Hi Steven,

You seems to be looking for nRF52840 chip which was released just 6 weeks ago, see more here and here.

Cheers Jan