Education

Making learning tech fun and engaging the next generation of engineers

Nordic Semiconductor is ideally positioned to help you educate the next generation of engineers and coders, having played a pioneering role in the development of the world-renowned BBC micro:bit.

Nordic’s wireless IoT connectivity hardware and software technologies are designed to remove as much unnecessary complexity as possible, to free its customers to be as creative as possible.
This approach makes Nordic an ideal education partner for developing simplified education tools that bring wireless technology to life for school children. And this includes learning about AI and machine learning in a very simplified way.

For this reason, universities also make extensive use of Nordic dev kits and rapid prototyping solutions to educate their engineering students about next-generation IoT tech. 

Nordic made learning tech fun with the micro:bit

Children around the world learn to code with the BBC micro:bit, a programmable pocket computer loaded with sensors that connects wirelessly using a Nordic SoC.

Nordic is a founding technical partner and donated the first one million SoCs behind the original device. Nordic silicon has powered every micro:bit since, and 73.5 million children in more than 85 countries have learned using one.

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Nordic works with education partners building programmable hardware for classrooms and universities. 

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Wireless protocols for Education

Cellular IoT

Want to add cellular connectivity to your product? We offer the most compact and low power solutions in the market for cellular IoT.

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Wi-Fi

Nordic Semiconductor is a leading provider of low-power wireless communication solutions, utilizing decades of ultra-low-power wireless expertise to maximize Wi-Fi’s low-power potential in various applications including home automation, smart lighting, and other IoT devices.

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Bluetooth LE

Looking to add Bluetooth LE connectivity to your product? We offer high-quality Bluetooth LE SoCs, chips, and modules with ultra-low power consumption and protocol stacks, ensuring excellent interoperability.

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Thread

We offer the complete solution for building Thread and Matter products; feature-rich SoCs, a qualified mesh stack with samples, and a topology monitor.

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Matter

Matter provides a shared foundation on which to build an application. The goal is to have interoperability between devices and ecosystems.

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Amazon Sidewalk

Amazon Sidewalk is a community network that uses Amazon Sidewalk Bridges, such as Amazon Echo and Ring devices, to give cloud connectivity to IoT devices at no network connection cost. It provides connectivity to devices that are outside of the range of a home Wi-Fi network for a cloud connection.

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Recommended hardware

nRF52833 SoC nRF52833 SoC

Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, Bluetooth Direction Finding, NFC, Thread and Zigbee

64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU
512 KB Flash, 128 KB RAM
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth LE
Bluetooth Direction Finding
Bluetooth Mesh
Thread, Zigbee
+8 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM
HS-SPI, I2S, PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC
USB 2.0

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nrf54h20 chip nRF54H20 wireless SoC

Sampling now: Revolutionary multiprotocol and multiprocessor SoC with world-leading processing power and efficiency, ample memory, record-breaking radio, and state-of-the-art security.

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nRF54L15_QFN48_6x6_stacked_web.png nRF54L15 SoC

Ultra-low-power wireless SoC for Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Channel Sounding, Matter, Thread, Zigbee, Aliro, and Amazon Sidewalk

128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
1.5 MB NVM, 256 KB RAM
Extended peripheral set
RISC-V Coprocessor
Advanced security
CSP package option

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nrf9160 nRF9160 SiP module

Low power SiP for cellular IoT

Multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT modem with GNSS

700-2200 MHz LTE band support

Certified for global operation

Dedicated application processor and memory

64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33

1 MB flash + 256 KB RAM

Arm TrustZone + Arm CryptoCell

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nrf9161 sip nRF9161 SiP

Low power SiP for cellular IoT and DECT NR+

Multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT with GNSS and DECT NR+ modem
700-2200 MHz LTE band support
1.9 GHz NR+ band support
Certified for global operation
Dedicated application processor and memory
64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
1 MB flash + 256 KB RAM
Arm TrustZone + Arm CryptoCell
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nrf9131 chip nRF9131 mini SiP

Low power mini SiP for cellular IoT and DECT NR+

Multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT with GNSS and DECT NR+ modem
700-2200 MHz LTE band support

1.9 GHz NR+ band support

Certified for global operation

Dedicated application processor and memory
64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
1 MB flash + 256 KB RAM
Arm TrustZone + Arm CryptoCell

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text nRF7002 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF7002 - Low-power, advanced security, seamless coexistence

2.4GHz and 5GHz Dual-band

Low-power and Secure Wi-Fi for the IoT

Ideal coexistence with Bluetooth LE

Supported in nRF Connect SDK

Wi-Fi 6 Station (STA)

Complies with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax

1 Spatial Stream (SS)

20 MHz channel bandwidth

64 QAM (MCS7), 86 Mbps PHY throughput

OFDMA (Downlink and Uplink)

BSS Coloring

TWT

SPI / QSPI

Co-existence interfaces

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a circuit board nRF7001 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF7001 - Low-power, advanced security, seamless coexistence

2.4 GHz single-band

Low-power and Secure Wi-Fi for the IoT

Ideal coexistence with Bluetooth LE

Supported in nRF Connect SDK

Wi-Fi 6 Station (STA)

Complies with 802.11b/g/n/ax

1 Spatial Stream (SS)

20 MHz channel bandwidth

64 QAM (MCS7), 86 Mbps PHY throughput

OFDMA (Downlink and Uplink)

BSS Coloring

TWT

SPI / QSPI

Co-existence interfaces

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text nRF7000 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF7000 - SSID-based Wi-Fi locationing

Ideal for SSID-based Wi-Fi locationing

2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Dual-band 

Coexistence with Bluetooth LE

Supported in nRF Connect SDK 

BSS Coloring 

SPI / QSPI

Co-existence interfaces

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nRF5340 SoC nRF5340 SoC

Dual-core Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, NFC, Thread and Zigbee

128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 CPU with
1 MB Flash + 512 KB RAM
64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 CPU with
256 KB Flash + 64 KB RAM
Bluetooth LE
Bluetooth Direction Finding
Bluetooth Mesh
Thread, Zigbee
ANT
NFC
Advanced security
USB, QSPI, HS-SPI
105 °C extended operating temperature
1.7-5.5 V supply voltage range

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nRF52840 aQFN73 SoC nRF52840 SoC

Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, NFC, Thread and Zigbee

64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU
1 MB Flash, 256 KB RAM
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth LE
Bluetooth Mesh
Thread, Zigbee
+8 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM, Arm CryptoCell-310
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM, I2S, QSPI, PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC
USB 2.0

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nRF52832 SoC nRF52832 SoC

Versatile Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh and NFC

64 MHz Cortex-M4 with FPU
512/256 KB Flash, 64/32 KB RAM
2.4 GHz transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
Bluetooth LE
Bluetooth Mesh
+4 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM, I2S
PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC-A
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nRF52820 SoC nRF52820 SoC

Bluetooth SoC with built-in USB and Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, Thread and Zigbee support

64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4
256 KB Flash, 32 KB RAM
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth LE
Bluetooth Direction Finding
Bluetooth Mesh
Thread, Zigbee
+8 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI, QDEC
Full Speed USB 2.0
-40 to 105 °C extended temperature range 
1.7 to 5.5 V supply voltage

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nRF52811 SoC nRF52811 SoC

Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Direction Finding and Thread

64 MHz Cortex-M4
192 KB Flash, 24 KB RAM
2.4 GHz transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth LE
Bluetooth Direction Finding
Thread
+4 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM  
PWM
12-bit ADC

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nRF52810 SoC nRF52810 SoC

Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE

64 MHz Cortex-M4
192 KB Flash, 24 KB RAM
2.4 GHz transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
Bluetooth LE
+4 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM
PWM
12-bit ADC
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nRF52805 SoC front and back nRF52805 SoC

Bluetooth SoC supporting Bluetooth LE

64 MHz Cortex-M4
192 KB Flash, 24 KB RAM
2.4 GHz transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
Bluetooth LE
+4 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI
12-bit ADC
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nRF21540 SoC nRF21540 RF FEM

RF front-end module (FEM) for Bluetooth® Low Energy, Bluetooth® mesh, 2.4 GHz proprietary and Thread and Zigbee

Supports Bluetooth® Low Energy, Bluetooth® mesh, Thread and Zigbee (802.15.4) and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols

Tunable output power in small increments up to +21 dBm

13 dB RX gain with 2.7 dB noise figure

Two antenna ports for antenna diversity

TX gain control via I/Os, SPI, or a combination

-40 °C to 105 °C extended operating temperature range

1.7 to 3.6 V supply range

4x4 mm QFN16 package

Between 6.3-10x range extension when combined with an nRF52 or nRF53 Series SoC

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Front of an IC saying NPM1300, QEAAB0, 2302AC, with back showing QFN pads nPM1300 PMIC

Power Management IC (PMIC) with unique system management features

The nPM1300 is designed to provide highly efficient power regulation for Nordic’s nRF52 and nRF53 Series, as well as the nRF54L and nRF54H Series wireless multiprotocol Systems-on-Chip (SoC). The PMIC is also suitable for battery charging for applications based on the nRF91 Series systems-in-package (SiPs) for cellular IoT, by using the PMIC’s unregulated output to power the SiP's internal buck regulators.

Devices using the nPM1300 and a compatible SoC or SiP also get access to the Nordic Fuel Gauge, a highly accurate, ultra-low-power way of estimating state-of-charge of rechargeable batteries. 

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calendar nPM1100 PMIC

Ultra-small form-factor Power Management IC (PMIC) for charging batteries and power delivery

The nPM1100 is a dedicated power management IC (PMIC) with dual-mode configurable buck regulator and integrated battery charger. It is designed as a complementary component to Nordic’s nRF52® Series and nRF53® Series System-on-Chips (SoCs) to ensure reliable power delivery and stable operation, whilst maximizing battery life through high efficiency and low quiescent currents. It can also be used as a generic PMIC device for any other suitable application. Its extremely compact form factor makes it ideal for advanced wearables, connected medical devices, and other size constrained applications. PCB area usage can be as low as 23 mm2.
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a circuit board nPM6001 PMIC

Advanced multi-rail Power Management IC (PMIC) for advanced applications

The nPM6001 is a dedicated power management IC (PMIC) with six independently controlled power rails. It is designed for complex applications architected with multiple power domains that require separate voltage regulation or need to be powered down independently to conserve application power.
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Recommended software

nRF Connect SDK

nRF Connect SDK is a common software development kit for Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, cellular IoT, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee and Matter. It supports all our nRF52, nRF53, nRF54L, nRF70 and nRF91 Series wireless devices.

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nRF Cloud

nRF Cloud provides Device Management, Device Observability, and Location Services for Nordic devices. Get started free and manage, update, monitor, and debug your devices remotely. 

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Customer success stories

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Customer
13 Oct 2026

Nordic Semiconductor celebrates 10 years at the heart of the BBC micro:bit as global coding reach passes 73 million young people

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Educational robot helps teach coding to students
Customer
02 Feb 2026

Nordic-powered educational robot helps teach coding to students across a range of ages and ability levels

Chargtron RAFT employing nRF52810
Customer
04 Apr 2022

Nordic-powered interactive teaching aid enables students to answer questions via handheld device

iFLYTEK
Customer
23 Nov 2020

Bluetooth LE smart presenter introduces voice control and recognition to enhance presentations

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New micro:bit employs Nordic’s nRF52833 SoC
Customer
13 Oct 2020

Nordic-powered next generation micro:bit to support AI and machine learning applications

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