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Product information "SparkFun Thing Plus, nRF9160"

SparkFun has teamed up with CircuitDojo to present the SparkFun nRF9160 Thing Plus with the powerful Nordic nRF9160 microcontroller in a Feather-compatible package. This small chip is capable of supporting both CAT M1 LTE and NB-IoT mobile communications and is designed to work with Zephyr, the leading RTOS for embedded development. To make using the Thing Plus even easier, this board utilises our handy Qwiic Connect system, meaning no soldering or shielding is required to connect it to the rest of your system!

Not only can you take advantage of Nordic's advanced power states, but you can also put the device into a low-power standby state. Lab measurements put this mode at around 2µA of power. 2µA! The device also has a 3.3 V buck boost, which helps to get as many mWh as possible out of the batteries.

No batteries? No problem! Power your nRF9160 Thing Plus externally via a USB-C cable. Leave it switched on at all times for high availability scenarios.

Do you want to persist data? The nRF9160 Thing Plus has a 4 MB external flash memory for storing data in offline mode. Use the external flash with a file system such as LitteFS and you have a project you can clean up with!

Includes:
  • 1x SparkFun Thing Plus - nRF9160
  • 1x Hologram SIM card
Features:
  • Nordic nRF9160 microcontroller with ARM Cortex M33
    • 1MB Flash
    • 256kB RAM
    • ARM® TrustZone®
    • ARM® Cryptocell 310
    • Up to 4x SPI, I2C and UART with Easy DMA
    • I2S w/ EasyDMA
    • 4x PWM with EasyDMA
    • 12bit SADC with EasyDMA
    • 2x RTC
    • PPI (Programmable Peripheral Interconnect) interface
    • Radio
      • Transceiver and baseband
      • 3GPP LTE Release 13 Category M1 and NB1 compliant
      • 3GPP Release 14 NB2 compliant
      • GPS receiver (GPS L1 C/A supported) - active antenna only.
      • RF transceiver to support bands with global coverage:
        • Cat-M1: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B66
        • Cat NB1/NB2: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8, B12, B13, B17, B18, B20, B25, B26, B28, B66
      • Supports 4FF Nano SIM
  • USB-C port for USB-to-serial and DFU
  • Pre-programmed MCUBoot bootloader
  • External NOR flash from Winbond
    • 4MB memory capacity
    • Max. Bus speed of 133MHz
    • Standard SPI
  • Power supply
    • 3.3V buck/boost with up to 0.9A current consumption
    • Operating range 2.8 to 5.5V
    • External LiPoly battery connector (JST SPH type)
    • Charge rate set to 300mA with LED indicator
  • Programmer
    • Capable of connecting to J-Link and CMSIS-DAP based programmers
  • Low power RTC on board for timing and low power wakeup source
  • User I/O
    • Standard GPIOs in feather form factor (0.1" grid)
    • 2x buttons (1 reset, 1 general purpose)
    • 1x blue LED, connected to D7
  • Antenna connections:
    • 1x U.FL for LTE with matching network
    • 1x U.FL for active GPS antennas
  • Feather form factor
    • 58.42mm x 22.86mm (2.3" x 0.9")
Documents:

Properties

Zolltarifnummer: 85176990
Brand: SparkFun
Country of Origin: USA
Gross Weight (kg): 0.007
Manufacturer ID: WRL-17354
Product ID: WRL-17354

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Manufacturer and safety information

Manufacturer information
SparkFun Electronics
6333 Dry Creek Parkway
DE CO 80503 Niwot
https://www.sparkfun.com
[email protected]

WEEE number: 17968585

Person responsible for the EU
Sertronics GmbH
Am Studio 20d
DE 12489 Berlin
https://www.berrybase.de
[email protected]

Safety instructions
  • Use the Dev. Board only in accordance with the instructions and technical specifications.
  • Keep the board away from liquids, moisture and extreme heat.
  • Avoid static discharges and use appropriate ESD protection measures if necessary.
  • Never work on the electrical wiring while the board is connected to a power source.
  • Only allow children to work with the device under supervision as it contains small parts.
  • Dispose of the product in an environmentally friendly manner at a recognised recycling centre for electronic devices.
  • Observe local regulations for the disposal of electronics and batteries.

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