nRF5 SDK for Mesh

Software development kit for Bluetooth mesh

The nRF5 SDK for Mesh is in maintenance mode, see nRF Connect SDK and nRF5 SDK statement for more info. For new projects, we recommend using our nRF Connect SDK.

The nRF5 SDK for Mesh combined with the nRF52 Series is the complete solution for your Bluetooth mesh development. Use it as a foundation to quickly take advantage of the new capabilities.

Highlights:

Qualified Bluetooth mesh profile v1.0 stack with all mandatory and most optional features

Node (Advertising and GATT bearer)
Relay and Proxy server features
Friend and Low Power features
Configuration and health foundation models

Application models

Generic OnOff
Generic Level
Generic Default Transition Time
Generic Power OnOff
Light Lightness
Light CTL
Light LC
Sensor
Scene
Simple OnOff (vendor model example)
RSSI monitor (vendor model example)

Examples

Light switch
Dimming
Light Lightness
Light CTL
Light LC
Light CTL and LC
Sensor
Scene
Low Power node
EnOcean switch intergration
Beaconing
Serialization

Provisioning

Over the advertising and GATT bearer
Remote provisioning over relaying nodes

Concurrent standard GATT/GAP connections and Bluetooth mesh

For connectivity to smart phones and tablets
Beaconing

Support for over-the-air secure background DFU
Cross-platform toolchain

SEGGER Embedded Studio
CMake

nRF52 Series SoCs

Supported by the nRF5 SDK for Mesh

nRF52832 SoC

Versatile Bluetooth 5.3 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, 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 Low Energy
Bluetooth mesh
+4 dBm TX power
128-bit AES
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM, I2S
PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC-A

nRF52833 SoC

Bluetooth 5.3 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, 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 Low Energy
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

nRF52840 SoC

Bluetooth 5.3 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, 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 Low Energy
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

SoftDevices

Supported by the nRF5 SDK for Mesh

SoftDevice S112

SoftDevice S112 is a memory-optimized Peripheral-only Bluetooth LE protocol stack for the nRF52805, nRF52810, nRF52811, nRF52820 and nRF52832 SoCs.

Bluetooth 5.1 qualified
High-throughput 2 Mbps
CSA #2
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID
Concurrent multiprotocol support

SoftDevice S113

SoftDevice S113 is a memory-optimized Peripheral-only Bluetooth LE protocol stack for the nRF52805, nRF52810, nRF52811, nRF52820, nRF52832, nRF52833 and nRF52840 SoCs.

Bluetooth 5.1 qualified
High-throughput 2 Mbps
CSA #2
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID
LE Data Packet Length Extension
L2CAP connection-oriented channels
Concurrent multiprotocol support

SoftDevice S132

SoftDevice S132 is a high-performance Central and Peripheral Bluetooth LE protocol stack for the nRF52810 and nRF52832 SoCs.

Bluetooth 5.1 qualified
High-throughput 2 Mbps
Advertising Extensions
CSA #2
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID
LE Data Packet Length Extension
L2CAP connection-oriented channels
Concurrent multiprotocol support

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Toolchains

Supported by the nRF5 SDK for Mesh

SEGGER Embedded Studio

SEGGER Embedded Studio is an easy-to-use integrated development environment with project management tools, editor and debugger supporting ARM Cortex devices.