Easy, fast and safe code developmentꢀ
SPECIFICATIONS
TheꢀnRF51822ꢀoffersꢀdevelopersꢀaꢀcleanꢀseparationꢀbetweenꢀ
applicationꢀcodeꢀdevelopmentꢀandꢀembeddedꢀprotocolꢀstacks.ꢀ
Thisꢀmeansꢀcompile,ꢀlinkꢀandꢀrun-timeꢀdependenciesꢀwithꢀtheꢀ
embeddedꢀstackꢀandꢀassociatedꢀde-buggingꢀchallengesꢀareꢀ
removed.ꢀTheꢀBluetoothꢀlowꢀenergyꢀstackꢀisꢀaꢀpre-compiledꢀbinaryꢀ
availableꢀfromꢀNordicꢀSemiconductor,ꢀleavingꢀapplicationꢀcodeꢀ
toꢀbeꢀcompiledꢀstand-alone.ꢀTheꢀembeddedꢀstackꢀinterfaceꢀusesꢀ
anꢀasynchronousꢀandꢀevent-drivenꢀmodelꢀremovingꢀtheꢀneedꢀforꢀ
RTOSꢀframeworks.ꢀDevelopersꢀcanꢀconcentrateꢀwithꢀconfidenceꢀ
onꢀwhatꢀtheyꢀdoꢀbestꢀ-ꢀdevelopingꢀapplications.ꢀꢀ
Frequencyꢀband
On-airꢀdataꢀrate
Modulation
2.4GHzꢀISMꢀ(ꢀ2.40000ꢀ–ꢀ2.4835GHz)
250ꢀkbps,ꢀ1ꢀMbpsꢀorꢀ2ꢀMbps
GFSK
Outputꢀpower
Sensitivity
Programmable:ꢀ+4ꢀꢀtoꢀ-20dBmꢀinꢀ4dBꢀsteps
-92.5dBmꢀBluetoothꢀlowꢀenergyꢀ
-96dBmꢀatꢀ250kbꢀ
-90dBmꢀatꢀ1Mbsꢀ
-85dBmꢀatꢀ2Mbs
Radioꢀcurrentꢀ
consumptionꢀLDOꢀ
atꢀ1.8V
16mAꢀ–ꢀTXꢀatꢀ+4dBMꢀoutputꢀpowerꢀ
10.5mAꢀ–ꢀTXꢀatꢀ0dBmꢀoutputꢀpowerꢀ
13mAꢀ–ꢀRXꢀatꢀ1Mbs
Maximum re-use and easy migrationꢀ
TheꢀdevicesꢀinꢀtheꢀnRF51ꢀseriesꢀareꢀpinꢀcompatibleꢀenablingꢀ
migrationꢀbetweenꢀtechnologiesꢀsuchꢀasꢀBluetoothꢀlowꢀenergyꢀ
andꢀANTꢀwithꢀnoꢀlayoutꢀchanges.ꢀTheꢀcommonꢀHWꢀarchitectureꢀ
ensuresꢀthatꢀoneꢀcodebaseꢀcanꢀbeꢀre-usedꢀeffortlesslyꢀbetweenꢀ
nRF51ꢀseriesꢀdevices.ꢀVariantsꢀinꢀtheꢀnRF51ꢀseriesꢀenableꢀsimpleꢀ
choicesꢀtailoringꢀdeviceꢀselectionꢀtoꢀdesiredꢀwirelessꢀprotocolꢀandꢀ
featureꢀrequirementsꢀwithꢀlittleꢀorꢀnoꢀchanges.
Radioꢀcurrentꢀꢀ
consumptionꢀꢀ
DC-DCꢀatꢀ3V
10.5mAꢀ–ꢀTXꢀatꢀ+4dBmꢀoutputꢀpower
8.1mAꢀ–ꢀTXꢀatꢀ0dBmꢀoutputꢀpower
9.5mAꢀ–ꢀRXꢀatꢀ1Mbs
Microcontroller
ProgramꢀMemory
RAM
32-bitꢀARMꢀCortexꢀM0
256kBꢀFlash
16kB
Oscillators
16MHzꢀcrystalꢀoscillator
16MHzꢀRCꢀoscillator
32kHzꢀcrystalꢀoscillatorꢀ
32kHzꢀRCꢀoscillatorꢀ(±250ꢀppm)
S110 protocol stack
Application code
TheꢀnRF51822ꢀisꢀcomplementedꢀbyꢀ
theꢀS110ꢀSoftwareꢀstack.ꢀTheꢀS110ꢀ
isꢀaꢀcompleteꢀBluetoothꢀlowꢀenergyꢀ
stackꢀsupportingꢀtheꢀperipheralꢀ
andꢀbroadcasterꢀGAPꢀroles.ꢀItꢀoffersꢀꢀ
GATT/GAPꢀandꢀꢀL2CAPꢀAPIsꢀtoꢀtheꢀ
application.ꢀTheꢀS110ꢀprotocolꢀstackꢀ
canꢀbeꢀdownloadedꢀalongꢀwithꢀadoptedꢀ
Bluetoothꢀlowꢀenergyꢀprofilesꢀfromꢀ
NordicꢀSemiconductor.ꢀꢀ
Systemꢀcurrentꢀꢀ
consumption
420nAꢀ–ꢀNoꢀRAMꢀretentionꢀ
530nAꢀꢀ-ꢀ8kꢀRAMꢀretentionꢀ
2µAꢀ–ꢀAllꢀperipheralsꢀinꢀIDLEꢀmode
Bluetooth
Low Energy
Protocol
Stack
Gazell
Protocol
Stack
HardwareꢀSecurity
GPIO
128-bitꢀAESꢀECB/CCM/AARꢀco-processor
31ꢀconfigurable
DigitalꢀI/O
X2ꢀHardwareꢀSPIꢀmasterꢀ
2Xꢀ2-wireꢀmasterꢀ
UARTꢀ
SoC
Quadratureꢀdemodulator
Development tools
NordicꢀSemiconductorꢀprovidesꢀaꢀcompleteꢀrangeꢀofꢀhardwareꢀ
andꢀsoftwareꢀdevelopmentꢀtoolsꢀforꢀtheꢀnRF51ꢀseriesꢀdevices.ꢀForꢀ
moreꢀinformationꢀcontactꢀus.
Peripherals
10-bitꢀADCꢀ
RNGꢀ
Temperatureꢀsensorꢀ
RTC
PPI
16-channel
Voltageꢀregulator
LDOꢀ(1.8ꢀtoꢀ3.6V),ꢀ
LDOꢀbypassꢀ(1.75ꢀtoꢀ1.95V)ꢀ
BuckꢀDC/DCꢀ(2.1ꢀtoꢀ3.6V)
RELATED PRODUCTS
nRF6700
nRFgoꢀStarterꢀKit
Timers/counters
Packageꢀoptions
2ꢀxꢀ16ꢀbit,ꢀ1ꢀxꢀ24bit,ꢀ2ꢀxꢀ24bit,ꢀRTC
RoHSꢀcompliantꢀ48-pinꢀ6x6ꢀQFN
nRF51822-DK
nRF51422
nRF51822ꢀDevelopꢀKit
ANTꢀmulti-protocolꢀSoC
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