Bluetooth and Threadhttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/59237/bluetooth-and-threadHi, Why nRF52832 can`t support Thread or Zigbee Software Stack and nRF52840 can ,Is it because the silicon hardware is different ? Thanksen-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:11:02 GMTRE: Bluetooth and Threadhttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/240467?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:11:02 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:99a48ce2-33ab-4d31-810e-4450b39a52a0Vidar Berg<p>Hi,</p> <p>The RADIO on nRF52832 does not support the IEEE 802.15.4 standard required for Zigbee and Thread. See&nbsp;table below&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" frame="border" rules="all" summary=""><caption><a href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/struct_nrf52/struct/nrf52.html?cp=4"><span><span>Table 1.<span>&nbsp;</span></span>nRF52 Series IC comparison</span></a></caption><colgroup span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></col></col></col></col></col></col></col></colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="1">Features</th> <th colspan="1" rowspan="1">nRF52810</th> <th colspan="1" rowspan="1">nRF52811</th> <th colspan="1" rowspan="1">nRF52832</th> <th colspan="1" rowspan="1">nRF52833</th> <th colspan="1" rowspan="1">nRF52840</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="2">CPU</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">Cortex-M4</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">Cortex-M4</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">Cortex-M4 with FPU</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">Cortex-M4 with FPU</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">Cortex-M4 with FPU</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">64 MHz</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">64 MHz</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">64 MHz</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">64 MHz</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">64 MHz</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" headers="d1501e67 d1501e70 d1501e73 d1501e76 d1501e79 d1501e83" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="3">Memory</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">192 kB flash</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">192 kB flash</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">512/256 kB flash</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">512 kB flash</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">1 MB flash</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">Cache</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">Cache</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">Cache</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">24 kB RAM</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">24 kB RAM</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">64/32 kB RAM</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">128 kB RAM</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">256 kB RAM</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" headers="d1501e67 d1501e70 d1501e73 d1501e76 d1501e79 d1501e83" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" headers="d1501e67 d1501e70 d1501e73 d1501e76 d1501e79 d1501e83" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="5">Radio</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="1">Protocols</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1"><span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span>/ANT/2.4 GHz</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1"><span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span>/ANT/2.4 GHz/<strong>IEEE 802.15.4</strong></td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1"><span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span>/Bluetooth mesh/ANT/2.4 GHz</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1"><span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span>/Bluetooth mesh/Thread/ Zigbee/ANT/2.4 GHz/<strong>IEEE 802.15.4</strong></td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1"><span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span>/Bluetooth mesh/Thread/ Zigbee/ANT/2.4 GHz/<strong>IEEE 802.15.4</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="1">Bluetooth 5 PHYs</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">2 Mbps</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">2 Mbps/Long range</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">2 Mbps</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">2 Mbps/Long range</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">2 Mbps/Long range</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="1">Bluetooth 5.1 support</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">Yes</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">-</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">Yes</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="1">Output power</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">+4 dBm</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">+4 dBm</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">+4 dBm</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">+8 dBm</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">+8 dBm</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e67" rowspan="1">Sensitivity</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e70" rowspan="1">−96 dBm (Bluetooth 1 Mbps)</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e73" rowspan="1">−97 dBm (Bluetooth 1 Mbps)</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e76" rowspan="1">−96 dBm (<span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span><span>&nbsp;</span>1 Mbps)</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e79" rowspan="1">−95 dBm (<span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span><span>&nbsp;</span>1 Mbps)</td> <td colspan="1" headers="d1501e83" rowspan="1">−95 dBm (<span>Bluetooth Low Energy</span><span>&nbsp;</span>1 Mbps)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table><div style="clear:both;"></div>