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Bluetooth Low Energy and Bluetooth mesh development kit for the nRF52810 and nRF52832 SoCs

The nRF52 DK is a versatile single board development kit for Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth mesh, NFC, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary development on the nRF52805, nRF52810 and nRF52832 SoCs.

It facilitates development exploiting all features of the nRF52805, nRF52810 and nRF52832 SoCs. It includes an NFC antenna that quickly enables utilization of the NFC-A tag peripheral on the nRF52832. All GPIOs are available via edge connectors and headers, and 4 buttons and 4 LEDs simplify output and input from and to the SoC.

It is Arduino Uno Revision 3 compatible, making it possible to mount 3rd-party shields with ease. It comes with an on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger allowing programming and debugging both the on-board SoC and external SoCs through the debug out header. It also interfaces directly with the Power Profiler Kit and the Power Profiler Kit II.

It can be powered by USB, but also includes a CR2032 battery holder, enabling in-field testing of prototypes.

The box includes an nRF52 DK board, an NFC antenna and a CR2032 battery. Hardware layout and schematics are available.

Download nRF52 DK product brief [PDF]

Download nRF52 DK product brief Simplified Chinese [PDF]

Get started with the nRF52 DK

Step 1 of 3

Download and install nRF Connect for Desktop

Go to nRF Connect for Desktop

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Step 2 of 3

Use the micro USB 2.0 cable to connect the nRF52 DK to one of your PC's USB ports. Flip the power switch to "on". Find it near the micro USB connector.

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Step 3 of 3

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Open Quick Start in nRF Connect for Desktop and follow the instructions in the app

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Developer Academy

Get started with the Nordic DevAcademy

To get started developing with the nRF52 DK, we provide the nRF Connect SDK Fundamentals course. The course takes you step-by-step through installing and setting up the nRF Connect SDK and teaches you how to develop applications with hands-on coding exercises using your DK.