Development kits

Affordable single-board

Affordable single-board development kits for cellular IoT and short-range development

Nordic offers affordable single-board development kits for development and evaluation of all our wireless devices, enabling the developer to easily take use of all device features, for example NFC and GPIOs. All kits integrate LEDs and buttons/switches, enabling the developer to easily give output, and to provide input. All kits can be programmed, and offer debugging through the on-board SEGGER debugger.

Cellular IoT development kits

nRF91 Series
- nRF9160 DK - Development kit for nRF9160 SiP

Short-range wireless development kits

nRF53 Series
- nRF5340 PDK - Preview development kit for the nRF5340 SoC
nRF52 Series
- nRF52840 DK - Development kit for the nRF52811 and nRF52840 SoCs
- nRF52833 DK - Development kit for the nRF52820 and nRF52833 SoCs
- nRF52 DK - Development kit for the nRF52805, nRF52810 and nRF52832 SoCs
nRF51 Series
- nRF51 DK - Development kit for the nRF51822, nRF51422, nRF51824 and nRF51802 SoCs

nRF91 Series

Development kit

nRF9160 DK

The nRF9160 DK is an LTE-M, NB-IoT, GPS and Bluetooth LE development kit for the nRF9160 SiP.

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Nordic Thingy:91

The Nordic Thingy:91 is an easy-to-use cellular IoT prototyping platform, designed to help building prototypes and demos, without the need to build hardware or even write firmware.

nRF53 Series

Development kit

nRF5340 PDK

The nRF5340 PDK is the preview development kit for the nRF5340 SoC.

nRF5340 Preview Development Kit in perspective

nRF52 Series

Development kits

nRF52 DK

The nRF52 DK is a Bluetooth LE and Bluetooth mesh development kit for the nRF52805, nRF52810 and nRF52832 SoCs.

nRF52833 DK

The nRF52833 DK is a Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Zigbee development kit for the nRF52820 and nRF52833 SoCs.

nRF52840 DK

The nRF52840 DK is a Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Zigbee development kit for the nRF52811 and nRF52840 SoCs.

nRF51 Series

Development kit

nRF51 DK

The nRF51 DK is a Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary development kit for the nRF51 Series SoCs. Develop applications for the nRF51822, nRF51422, nRF51824 and nRF51802 SoCs.

Short-range

Comparison

Development kit	Supported SoCs	Wireless protocol support
nRF52840 DK	nRF52840 nRF52811	Bluetooth LE Bluetooth mesh Thread Zigbee
nRF52833 DK	nRF52833	Bluetooth LE Bluetooth mesh Thread Zigbee
nRF52 DK	nRF52832 nRF52810	Bluetooth LE Bluetooth mesh
nRF51 DK	nRF51822 nRF51422 nRF51824 nRF51802	Bluetooth 4.2

Measure current with ease

Compatible with nRF52840 DK, nRF52 DK and nRF51 DK

Power Profiler Kit

The Power Profiler Kit is an easy to use tool for measurement and optimization of power consumption for embedded solutions.

Low-cost alternative

A low-cost alternative for large-scale testing

The nRF52840 Dongle is an USB dongle designed for nRF Connect for Desktop, but still has comprehensive wireless protocol support with Bluetooth 5, Blueooth mesh, Thread and Zigbee. It can be a low-cost alternative when doing large-scale testing, or when size is important. Do note that there is no debug support, only support for programming and communication through USB.

For the nRF51 Series equivalent, check out the nRF51 Dongle.

USB dongles

nRF52840 Dongle

The nRF52840 Dongle is complementary hardware to the nRF Connect for Desktop. It supports Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Zigbee.

nRF51 Dongle

The nRF51 Dongle is a Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary USB development dongle for the nRF51 Series SoCs. Develop applications for the nRF51822, nRF51422 and nRF51824 SoCs.