802.15.4 Software

Working with 802.15.4

A technical standard

802.15.4 is an IEEE standard for PHY and MAC layers upon which further networking and communication protocols are built.
Networking standards built upon 802.15.4 include Thread and Zigbee.

Our Solutions

Complete PHY and MAC support

Nordic offers full protocol stack solutions for Thread with OpenThread.
For those who wish to utilize another protocol stack, or implement their own, we offer complete PHY and MAC support for the nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC.

802.15.4 support can be found in the nRF5 SDK

The Products

System-on-Chip and Software Development Kit

nRF52840 SoC

Bluetooth 5.2 SoC supporting Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth mesh, NFC, Thread and Zigbee

64 MHz Cortex-M4 with FPU
1 MB Flash, 256 KB RAM
2.4 GHz Transceiver
2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, Long Range
Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth mesh
Thread, Zigbee
+8 dBm TX Power
128-bit AES CCM, ARM CryptoCell
UART, SPI, TWI, PDM, I2S, QSPI
PWM
12-bit ADC
NFC-A
USB 2.0

nRF5 SDK

The Bluetooth LE and ANT software development kit

The nRF5 SDK is a high quality, thoroughly tested software development kit to accelerate your software development efforts for the nRF52 and nRF51 Series SoCs. It contains hundreds of useful firmware modules and examples to assist in building your application.