Nordic Semiconductor nRF52833 multiprotocol system-on-chip

Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52833 multiprotocol system-on-chip (SoC) features Bluetooth 5.1 direction finding capabilities and an expanded temperature range. Suitable for professional lighting, asset tracking and smart home applications, it is designed to bring even more versatility to what is a mature hardware and software platform used in hundreds of millions of products across the globe. Such stability is especially important for commercial and industrial markets, where product lifetimes are generally longer.

The SoC features a 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 core with floating point unit (FPU), with 512 KB of flash and 128 KB of RAM for higher value applications. It includes radio support for Bluetooth 5.1 capabilities such as direction finding, Bluetooth mesh and long-range use, along with support for IEEE 802.15.4, Zigbee, Thread and proprietary 2.4 GHz protocols.

The SoC’s dynamic multiprotocol capabilities enable high performance in professional lighting applications, as the device’s concurrent support for Bluetooth Low Energy and other protocols enables commissioning, provisioning and interaction with a lighting mesh network from a smartphone. The device’s robust operating temperature range also enables usage in industrial and lighting applications that feature high ambient temperatures.