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The nRF9160 SiP supports the use of both LTE-M and GPS. We want to show how these can be used in an application at the same time. In this project we demonstrate this by using the nRF9160 DK to send the GPS position of the DK to Google Cloud, which w...

This blog post contains answers to questions asked during the "Introduction to nRF Connect SDK" webinar hosted by Nordic Semiconductor 25.09.2019. You can watch a recording of the webinar here. You can download the slides at the b...

It's been a month since we last spoke, when we announced the release of nRF Connect for iOS 2.0. What a day that was, wasn’t it? In any case, we’re here because, since then, we’ve made three successive bug-fix releases. With&nb...

There are smart home applications that require an extended radio range. Is it possible to use Zigbee/BLE multiprotocol solution to increase the Zigbee mesh network coverage?

This blog post contains answers to questions asked during the "Introduction to Nordic Thingy:91" webinar hosted by Nordic Semiconductor 22.08.2019. You can watch a recording of the webinar here. You can download the slides at the bottom of this ...

Thingy:91 FAQ Should I update to the latest firmware? Yes, it's recommended to update the firmware to get the latest and greatest functionality. See Update Thingy:91 firmware. What if I want to try it on NB-IoT? Due to restrictions in the ...

For the past ten months, we’ve been busy, hunkering down in front of our keyboards, keeping the blinds down, shooting mean looks at our bosses whenever they dared interrupt us. And of course, all the while, we were blasting some Linkin&nbs...

The production firmware version v1.0.0 is released for the nRF9160. - Release notes for the nRF Connect SDK v1.0.0 (NCS) - Release notes for the Modem Firmware v1.0.0 (MFW) Update NCS to v1.0.0: cd ncs/nrf git checkout master git pull ...

New updated guide can be found here: Getting started with current measurements on the nRF9160 Or Please follow the official documentation when using v1.0.0 of the DK: - Prepare the board for measurements - Measuring using PPK2  (similar con...

The nRF9160 DK comes with an on-board antenna for GPS, but on some boards this antenna is not functional on board versions up to and including v0.8.2 due to this errata. It can also be very practical to attach an external GPS antenna when doing devel...

Google I/O was wrapped up last week. One session was particularly interesting: "Connect Thread Devices to the Cloud with IoT Core". In it Google explains how the Thread protocol and their Cloud IoT Core are the future of IoT connectivity. T...

There is an updated field test at the same location from 2022. During the updated field test, we captured more parameters for both LTE-M and NB-IoT devices and, we captured power measurements of the cellular devices on each kilometer from the ba...

Recently, we've updated the SEGGER Embedded Studio Nordic edition (SES) to version 4.16 (SES Nordic Edition is special version of SES built specifically for nRF Connect SDK).  This updated version introduced some new features to support bui...

Range testing of any RF scheme is inherently limited by the RF environment, antenna design, tuning and many other factors. The usefulness of range testing is to provide a basis for comparison while keeping as many variables as possible constant. When...

This blog post describes how you can take advantage of the 4 MOSFET's on the Thingy:52. DISCLAIMER: Please verify all information that is used/retrieved from this blog post. Some of the information might be inaccurate as this blog post has not b...

The Power Profiler Kit (PPK) is a flexible tool for measuring the real-time current draw of nRF5x designs. When used as an add-on board to measure the nRF5x current of an attached development kit (DK), the process is straightforward. Connecting an ex...

The information in this post is no longer maintained.Please see our Getting Started documentation on https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/index.html Inside every nRF9160 DK there is a eSIM from iBasis. Below is a FAQ...

This blog was last updated 17.01.2019. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) recently announced the deprecation and withdrawal of Bluetooth Core specifications v4.0 and v4.1. For products that are already qualified, there is no impact. For produ...

This blog describes how you can setup a Segger Embedded Studio example for PCA10040E (emulating nRF52810) from nRF5 SDK 14.2 to use S132 v5.1.0, instead of S112. The procedure should be similar for the other toolchains. nRF5 SDK 14.2 officially ...

A common thing to do is to use the Nordic UART Service for quick prototyping. Often the example itself is used as a starting point (ble_app_uart). But sometimes we use other starting points, and want to include parts of another example in our ap...

Did you know you can use two-factor authentication to enhance the security of your DevZone account? In this little blog, I’ll show you how to enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) with your DevZone account. What is it? In general, Mu...

The SDK software architecture has been hugely changed since SDK v13.0. With adding SDH to SDK, it provides SDH API to  Enabling the SoftDevice and its event interrupt. Disabling the SoftDevice. Receiving stack events from the SoftDevice and for...

The Bluetooth SIG released an errata for the 4.2 and 5.0 versions of Bluetooth specification on July 23rd relating to a potential vulnerability with the pairing procedures. For Bluetooth low energy; this only impacts the low energy secure connections...

The Thingy:52 IoT Sensor Kit is a fancy development board that combines the nRF52832 SoC, a handful of sensors and user interface components, and a rechargeable battery. Although the Thingy is available for sale in the usual places, Nordic has also g...

nRF Mesh are open source libraries for building your own Android and iOS Bluetooth mesh apps. It is also the name of the apps demonstrating a subset of the capabilities of the libraries. Use them in test and verification during development, and to bu...