Altium Reference Design for nRF51822 Beacon Kit

[Diego Garcia]

Hello there!

I'm developing an nrf52810-based device, which needs to be as small and simple as possible, pretty much like your nRF51822 Beacon Kit.

I've founded the nrf52 DK and nrf52810 reference files for Altium, but I wonder if there are any reference designs files for the beacon kit?
This would be a great help since I would not start from scratch.

Thanks in advance.

[Kaja]

Hi, 

we have the HW files for the 51822 smart beacon. You can download the files from here: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-Tools/Reference-Designs/nRF51822-Beacon-Kit/Download#infotabs

But here are the zip file: nRF51822 Bluetooth Smart Beacon kit hardware files.zip

Best regards,
Kaja

[Diego Garcia]

Thank you so much for the response, I'm sure that is going to be helpful.

I've just noticed that the nrf51 Beacon Kit is marked as obsolete since October 2018, Are there reference designs for an updated version based in the nrf52?

[Kaja]

We stopped productions of it October 2018. We don't have a reference design for a version based on nRF52, but you can base the the design on the this, but update the HW design based the reference schematic for the nRF52810. When it comes to the antenna you have a couple of options, but you can have a look at our  white paper on printed quarterwave monopole antenna, if you want to make it your self. 

Best regards,
Kaja