nRF7120 Wi-Fi 6 wireless SoC

Ultra-low power, dual-band, Wi-Fi 6 wireless SoCs with Bluetooth LE, Matter and Thread, for battery-operated IoT

The nRF7120 is the first wireless SoC in Nordic's nRF71 Series. It combines dual-band Wi-Fi® 6 (2.4 and 5 GHz), a multiprotocol radio for Bluetooth® LE and Thread, an NFC tag, and a 256 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 application processor on a single chip, with high-speed USB and up to 65 GPIOs. Its 4 MB NVM and 1 MB RAM leave room for the customer application, and a DFU slot for firmware updates. Developers can leverage nRF7120 to build secure, battery-powered Wi-Fi connected devices without external memory or a separate host MCU.

The nRF7120 supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, Matter, Thread, Zigbee and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols with data rates up to 4 Mbps for low-latency applications. It also supports Bluetooth Channel Sounding, Bluetooth Mesh and Aliro.

Performance highlights

  • Processing efficiency and performance: 1010 CoreMark®, 3.95 / MHz
  • Sleep modes power consumption: from 1.44 μA to 4.68 μA (@ 3.6 V)
  • Wi-Fi current consumption in connected standby mode at DTIM10: 14 μA at 2.4 GHz and 8 μA at 5 GHz (@ 3.6 V)
  • Maximum Wi-Fi TX power: +21 dBm (2.4 GHz) and +22 dBm (5 GHz)
  • Wi-Fi radio sensitivity: -98.6 dBm (1 Mbps, 2.4 GHz)
  • Multiprotocol radio maximum TX power: +10 dBm
  • Multiprotocol radio sensitivity: -99 dBm (1M Bluetooth LE), -102 dBm (802.15.4)
  • Optimized for the lowest total average current consumption

Key benefits

  • One chip instead of two: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, Thread, NFC, and the open Application CPU in a single SoC, reducing design complexity, size, and cost
  • Reliable and robust wireless connectivity
  • Extended battery life enabled by lower power consumption in Wi-Fi connected standby, in DTIM and Target Wake Time (TWT) modes
  • Robust security with built-in features supporting compliance with regulations
  • Broad range of MCU feature sets across the series
  • nRF Cloud support for device management, FOTA and more
  • Unified development experience with the nRF Connect SDK across nRF71 and nRF70 Series devices

The nRF71 Series

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Key features
  • 256 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33
  • 256 MHz Risc-V coprocessor with support for SoftPeripherals
  • 4 MB on-chip NVM
  • Support for off-chip XIP non-volatile memory
  • 1 MB on-chip, user-accessible low-leakage RAM
  • Dual-band Wi-Fi radio, 2.4 and 5 GHz support
  • Wi-Fi 6 support, fully compatible with IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
  • Wi-Fi modes: Station (STA) and SoftAP
  • Support for Target Wake Time (TWT) and legacy PSM with low-power receive mode
  • Ultra-low-power multiprotocol 2.4 GHz radio
  • NFC tag
  • High-speed USB with integrated PHY
  • 2x High-speed MPSI (up to 64 MHz)
  • 2x High-speed SPI (up to 64 MHz) and 1x High-speed UART (up to 4 Mbps)
  • 6x SPI/TWI/UART (8 MHz)
  • ADC, TDM, PDM, PWM, and QDEC
  • Global RTC available in System OFF
  • Up to 65 GPIOs
  • TrustZone® isolation, tamper detection, and cryptographic engine with side-channel leakage protection designed for PSA Certified Level 3
  • Package option: WLCSP (4.9 × 4.6 mm) with 350 μm pitch

Get started

The nRF7120 is available through Nordic's early access program. Contact your local Nordic Semiconductor sales representative to apply for engineering samples and the nRF7120 DK. Then install nRF Connect SDK and follow Developing with nRF71 Series. To measure current consumption, see Power profiling on nRF7120 DK.