Question for nRF52-DK

[LeonWu]

Hi team,

My customer is working on a design with nRF52832, and they look into several reference layout, one question comes from our nRF52-DK, they want to know why 12pf in P0.26 and P0.27? What is the function of those and how to select the value?

PCA10040_Schematic_And_PCB.pdf

Thanks!

Leon

[Bendik Heiskel]

Hi Leon.

The 12pF capacitors on pin P0.25 and P0.26 are a workaround for errata [138], they are used to fix the spurious emissions on the GPIO lines. If the pins are not needed for GPIO, it is more effective to short the pins to ground directly.

Best regards

Bendik Heiskel

[Sebastijan]

Hi Nordic,

Why this is not mentioned in reference design in product specification, or did I overlooked it?

Regards.

Seba

[Bendik Heiskel]

Hi Seba,

The errata fix is included in the reference design files but not shown in the product specification.

You can download the design files here:

https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/nRF52832/Download

 

Best regards,

Bendik