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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>nRF5x</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x</link><description>nRF5x Series hardware related</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:26:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x" /><item><title>General PCB design guidelines for nRF52 series</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf52-series</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:26:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:0c6d870b-0ded-4ff5-967e-15bbfd30ab21</guid><dc:creator>Kaja</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>When designing a PCB with a high-frequency radio onboard certain rules should be followed&amp;nbsp;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...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf52-series"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1480&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>General PCB design guidelines for nRF53 series</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf53-series</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:35d34096-c6c0-4322-a214-ca75eda7c373</guid><dc:creator>Kaja</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><description>When designing a PCB with a high-frequency radio onboard certain rules should be followed&amp;nbsp;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...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf53-series"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1467&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>nRF52805 Specific PCB Guidelines</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/nrf52805-specific-pcb-guidelines</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:7ae342b1-be65-44ff-9298-e5576b9f1534</guid><dc:creator>Andreas</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>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 &lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/short-range-guides/b/hardware-and-layout/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf52"&gt;General PCB design guidelines for nRF52&lt;/a&gt;, which should be read and followed unless o...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/nrf52805-specific-pcb-guidelines"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1318&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>nRF52832 Specific PCB Guidelines</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/nrf52832-specific-pcb-guidelines</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:77affe62-d644-43ed-b3c5-c716e58658e5</guid><dc:creator>Andreas</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><description>This guide will cover the specific areas that must be paid extra attention to when designing a PCB for nRF52832. 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Although there is a lot that you can learn by experimenting with the PPK us...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/ppk_5f00_api"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1262&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><enclosure url="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-34-00-00-00-00-12-62/ble_5F00_app_5F00_beacon_5F00_hex_5F00_files.zip" length="591651" type="application/zip" /><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/python">python</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/automation">automation</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/cli">cli</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/ppk">ppk</category></item><item><title>General PCB design guidelines for nRF52 series</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf52</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:af0805f8-2601-4255-b166-a2a76e8912db</guid><dc:creator>FormerMember</dc:creator><slash:comments>17</slash:comments><description>When designing a PCB with a high-frequency radio onboard certain rules should be followed&amp;nbsp;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...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf52"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1188&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/reference%2bdesign">reference design</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/pcb">pcb</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/schematic">schematic</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/layout">layout</category></item><item><title>Current measurement guide: Introduction</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/current-measurement-guide-introduction</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:56:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:1acd634c-96b4-4ca8-9d2e-5ad4addc593d</guid><dc:creator>Stian R&amp;#248;ed Hafskjold</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><description>###Other relevant posts

A concise guide to equipment setup, and how to use the development kit for current measurements can be found here: &lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/tutorials/28/"&gt;Measuring current with PCA10040 v0.9.0&lt;/a&gt;
A post that describes how to measure current on the nRF52821 Enginee...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/current-measurement-guide-introduction"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1182&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/Measuring%2bcurrent">Measuring current</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/nrf52832">nrf52832</category></item><item><title>General PCB design guidelines for nRF51 series</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf51-series</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:37:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:5195efa0-3d7a-4aaf-9441-b7d5e69805f6</guid><dc:creator>Petter Myhre</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><description>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...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/general-pcb-design-guidelines-for-nrf51-series"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1180&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>nRF51 series current consumption guide</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/nrf51-current-consumption-guide</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:27:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:7914b931-1414-4947-b85f-da6c281bdac5</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Birnir Sverrisson</dc:creator><slash:comments>15</slash:comments><description>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 &lt;a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/nordic/Products/nRF51822/nRF51-RM/20337"&gt;nRF51 Series Reference Manual&lt;/a&gt; v3.0 sections 12.1.5 and 12.1.7. Additional information are al...(&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/posts/nrf51-current-consumption-guide"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/aggbug?PostID=1170&amp;AppID=34&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/current%2bconsumption">current consumption</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/nrf51">nrf51</category><category domain="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/hardware-design-test-and-measuring/b/nrf5x/archive/tags/power%2bconsumption">power consumption</category></item></channel></rss>