Hi,
Why nRF52832 can`t support Thread or Zigbee Software Stack and nRF52840 can ,Is it because the silicon hardware is different ?
Thanks
Hi,
Why nRF52832 can`t support Thread or Zigbee Software Stack and nRF52840 can ,Is it because the silicon hardware is different ?
Thanks
Hi,
The RADIO on nRF52832 does not support the IEEE 802.15.4 standard required for Zigbee and Thread. See table below
Features | nRF52810 | nRF52811 | nRF52832 | nRF52833 | nRF52840 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPU | Cortex-M4 | Cortex-M4 | Cortex-M4 with FPU | Cortex-M4 with FPU | Cortex-M4 with FPU | |
64 MHz | 64 MHz | 64 MHz | 64 MHz | 64 MHz | ||
Memory | 192 kB flash | 192 kB flash | 512/256 kB flash | 512 kB flash | 1 MB flash | |
- | - | Cache | Cache | Cache | ||
24 kB RAM | 24 kB RAM | 64/32 kB RAM | 128 kB RAM | 256 kB RAM | ||
Radio | Protocols | Bluetooth Low Energy/ANT/2.4 GHz | Bluetooth Low Energy/ANT/2.4 GHz/IEEE 802.15.4 | Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth mesh/ANT/2.4 GHz | Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth mesh/Thread/ Zigbee/ANT/2.4 GHz/IEEE 802.15.4 | Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth mesh/Thread/ Zigbee/ANT/2.4 GHz/IEEE 802.15.4 |
Bluetooth 5 PHYs | 2 Mbps | 2 Mbps/Long range | 2 Mbps | 2 Mbps/Long range | 2 Mbps/Long range | |
Bluetooth 5.1 support | - | Yes | - | Yes | ||
Output power | +4 dBm | +4 dBm | +4 dBm | +8 dBm | +8 dBm | |
Sensitivity | −96 dBm (Bluetooth 1 Mbps) | −97 dBm (Bluetooth 1 Mbps) | −96 dBm (Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps) | −95 dBm (Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps) | −95 dBm (Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps) |