nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle is a small, low-cost USB Dongle that supports Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols. It's shipped with the UF2 Bootloader, supports Bluetooth LE/802.15.4 packet sniffer with Wireshark, and has PCBA and w/Case options.
Description
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle is a small and low-cost development platform enabled by the nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC in a convenient USB Dongle form factor.
The design features a programmable user button, RGB LED, up to 12 GPIOs and 2.4G Chip antenna on board. It can be used as a low-cost Bluetooth5/Thread/802.15.4/ANT/2.4GHz multiprotocol node or development board. Alternatively the USB Dongle can be used as a Network Co-Processor(NCP) with a simple connection to a PC or other USB enabled device.
It's shipped with the UF2 Bootloader, supports nRF Connect SDK, which integrates the Zephyr RTOS, protocol stacks, samples, hardware drivers and much more. The dongle can work as a Bluetooth Low Energy and IEEE 802.15.4 packet sniffer with Wireshark, and has PCBA and w/Case options to meet various scenarios.
Key Features
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC
64 MHz Arm® Cortex-M4 with FPU
1 MB Flash + 256 KB RAM
Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary
Arm TrustZone® Cryptocell 310 Security Subsystem
2.4 GHz Transceiver with +8 dBm TX Power
GPIO, UART, SPI, TWI(I2C), PDM, I2S, QSPI, PWM, QDEC, 12-bit ADC support
Integrated USB 2.0 Full-speed Controller
Integrated NFC-A Tag
Arm Serial Wire Debug (SWD) port via edge pins
Up to 12 GPIOs available via edge pins
User programmable Button and RGB LED
On-board 2.4G chip antenna
3.3V regulator with 1A peak current output
VBUS & VIN Power-Path Management
Convenient USB dongle form factor
Breadboard-friendly with dual 10-Pin headers
w/Case option available to provide protection and ease of use
Shipped with UF2 Bootloader supporting Drag-and-drop programming over USB drive
Built on open source, supporting nRF Connect SDK, Zephyr RTOS, Google's OpenSK, etc.
Dimensions & Weight: 2.0 x 0.83 x 0.3 (50.8mm x 21.1mm x 7.6mm), 6.0g (0.21oz)
Pinout Diagram
Mechanical dimensions
Resources
Technical documentation
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle Product Brief
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle Quick Start Guide
How to program the nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle
Develop with nRF Connect SDK & Zephyr RTOS
nRF Sniffer for Bluetooth LE
nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4
OpenSK FIDO2 Authenticator Guide
Hardware resource
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle Hardware Description
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle Pinout V1.1
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle Schematic V1.1
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle Board File V1.1
nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle 3D CAD STEP Model
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