Wi-Fi

Enabling low-power Wi-Fi 6


Nordic Semiconductor brings decades of ultra-low-power wireless expertise to Wi-Fi. Nordic Wi-Fi solutions now include the nRF71 Series: wireless SoCs that put dual-band Wi-Fi 6 or tri-band Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth LE and a powerful application processor on a single chip, built for battery-powered IoT. For products that already have a host, Nordic's Wi-Fi companion ICs add low-power Wi-Fi 6 alongside the radio you already use.

 

Why choose Nordic´s Wi-Fi solution?

battery.png     Ultra-low power consumption:: Nordic Wi-Fi is engineered for power save from the RF up. A dedicated low-power receiver picks up beacons at a fraction of full receive current, and the nRF7120 sleeps at just 2.44 µA with its Wi-Fi connection kept. Power save works with the access points already installed, with no Wi-Fi 6 router or Target Wake Time needed. At DTIM10 the average current is only 14 µA at 2.4 GHz and 8 µA at 5 GHz, so a connected device can stand by for years on a single battery, not months.
       
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     Powerful multi-radio, multi-stack MCUs: the nRF71 Series is a high-end wireless MCU, not only a Wi-Fi radio. An Arm Cortex-M33 at 256 MHz, a RISC-V coprocessor, 4 MB of on-chip non-volatile memory and 1 MB of RAM run the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE and Thread stacks, Matter and your application on one chip, with room for a full firmware update image.
       
lock embedded.png     Easy integration: with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE and the application processor on one chip, there is no host-to-Wi-Fi interface to route, no external flash to add and no coexistence wiring between chips. Wi-Fi is fully integrated in nRF Connect SDK, the same SDK used for the nRF54 Series and Nordic's Wi-Fi companion ICs. Start development on the nRF7120 DK.
       
rocket.png     Robust security: Nordic provides comprehensive documentation, technical support, development tools and a Wi-Fi Fundamentals course in our Developer Academy to help you get started with your Wi-Fi project.
       

Get the right hardware

We offer the ideal development hardware to get started with your Wi-Fi project.

The nRF7002 EBII is our next-generation Evaluation Board designed for advanced prototyping and development with the nRF70 Series Wi-Fi 6 companion ICs. It offers enhanced flexibility for integrating Wi-Fi with a wide range of hosts, including the nRF54 Series SoCs such as nRF54LM20, making it ideal for cutting-edge low-power wireless applications. The nRF7002 EBII is the recommended platform for developers who need robust evaluation capabilities and seamless interoperability within Nordic’s ecosystem.

For projects requiring Bluetooth LE, 802.15.4, and Wi-Fi connectivity, the nRF54 Series combined with the nRF7002 EBII provides a powerful foundation for next-generation IoT designs. This pairing enables developers to leverage advanced features like ultra-low power operation, high-performance multiprotocol support, and scalable architecture.

While the nRF7002 DK remains a great all-in-one option for Wi-Fi development with the nRF5340 SoC, and the nRF7002 EK is suited for Arduino form-factor prototyping with other Nordic hosts, the nRF7002 EBII is the go-to choice for future-proof designs and complex integrations.

For accurate current measurement during development, we recommend the Power Profiler Kit II (PPK2). It works seamlessly with the nRF7002 EBII, DKs, and custom boards, measuring from sub-µA to 1 A and logging up to 500 days, ensuring precise power profiling for energy-critical applications. 

nRF7002 DK

nRF7002 DK - The first Wi-Fi Development Kit from Nordic Semiconductor

Development hardware

nRF7002 EBII

Evaluation Board for our nRF70 Wi-Fi 6 companion ICs. Designed for easy prototyping and testing, enabling low-power dual-band Wi-Fi with seamless coexistence alongside Bluetooth LE, Thread, and Zigbee.

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nRF7002 DK

Development Kit for our nRF7002 and nRF7001 Wi-Fi 6 companion ICs. Enabling low-power dual-band Wi-Fi and coexistence with Bluetooth LE, Thread, and Zigbee.

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nRF7002 EK

Arduino shield form-factor Evaluation Kit for our nRF70 Series Wi-Fi 6 companion ICs. Enabling low-power dual-band Wi-Fi and coexistence with Bluetooth LE, Thread, Zigbee, and Cellular IoT.

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nRF7002 Expansion Board

The nRF7002 Expansion Board is a plug-in board for adding Wi-Fi 6 connectivity to a Nordic Thingy:53.


It contains everything needed to get started developing Wi-Fi applications on the Thingy:53. The board connects with a PCB edge connector to the Thingy:53’s expansion slot and uses the Thingy’s nRF5340 multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC) as a host device for the nRF7002 Wi-Fi Companion IC.

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Power Profiler Kit II

The Power Profiler Kit II is an easy-to-use tool for measuring and optimizing power consumption for embedded solutions.

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