Hardware design, test and measuring

When designing a PCB with a high-frequency radio onboard certain rules should be followed for optimal radio frequency (RF) performance. This guide will provide some general PCB guidelines that can be used in addition to the PCB guidelines in the...

When designing a PCB with a high-frequency radio onboard certain rules should be followed for optimal radio frequency (RF) performance. This guide will provide some general PCB guidelines that can be used in addition to the PCB guidelines in the...

This is a guide showing how to use the Anritsu MT8821C tester against Nordic's nRF9160. Please use at least Cat-M version 40.10#205, NB IoT version 40.00#013 and Platform SW v40.10S#205 or later versions to have a...

There are different ways of measuring the current consumed by the nRF9160 SIP. Using a dedicated power analyzer is usually the preferred way, as it is often able to accurately measure and plot current draws with a large dynamic range, because of auto...

This guide will cover the specific areas that must be paid extra attention to when designing a PCB for nRF52805. It is intended as a nRF52805 specific addition to the General PCB design guidelines for nRF52, which should be read and followed unless o...

This guide will cover the specific areas that must be paid extra attention to when designing a PCB for nRF52832. It is intended as a nRF52832 specific addition to the General PCB design guidelines for nRF52, which should be read and followed unless o...

This blog clarifies what are the basic requirements when nRF9160 is used in signalling/RF testing against R&S CMW290/500 test setups. Setting up: The RF attenuations can be modified from RF settings->RF Output/Input->External attenuation fr...

Nordic's Power Profiler Kit (PPK) is an inexpensive piece of hardware that can provide a significant amount of insight into the operation and performance of your project. Although there is a lot that you can learn by experimenting with the PPK us...

When designing a PCB with a high-frequency radio onboard certain rules should be followed for optimal radio frequency (RF) performance. This guide will provide some general PCB guidelines that can be used in addition to the PCB guidelines in the...

###Other relevant posts A concise guide to equipment setup, and how to use the development kit for current measurements can be found here: Measuring current with PCA10040 v0.9.0 A post that describes how to measure current on the nRF52821 Enginee...

When designing a PCB with nRF51, nRF51822 or nRF51422, there are some rules that should be followed in order to get a good working radio/system, with a maximized range. General rule The RF part of the schematic and layout should be a copy of our r...

nRF51 Low power modes and power profiles documentation The low power modes for the nRF51 series are System On and System Off. You can read about them in the nRF51 Series Reference Manual v3.0 sections 12.1.5 and 12.1.7. Additional information are al...