Technical White Papers

Technical White Papers

Our technical white papers are aids in understanding some of the concepts behind specific areas of your development and testing scenarios.

Some of the white papers are only available as PDF files.

White paper Date
RF Performance Test Guidelines November 2008
λ/4 printed monopole antenna for 2.45 GHz January 2005
nWP010 - Regulatory and Compliance Standards for RF Devices May 2007
Tuning the nRF24xx matching network July 2006
USB Certification Guidelines March 2008
Crystal Oscillator Design Considerations November 2008
Antenna tuning January 2013
Migrating from the 1st to the 2nd revision of nRF51822 February 2015
Migrating from the 1st to the 2nd revision of nRF51422 February 2015
Migrating from the 2nd to the 3rd revision of nRF51822 February 2015
Migrating from the 2nd to the 3rd revision of nRF51422 February 2015
Embossed tape, reel, and tray packaging May 2026
nRF52832 NFC Antenna Tuning June 2021
nRF52832 Production Programming December 2019
nRF5x OTA Testing with LitePoint Bluetooth Advanced January 2018
Power Supply Decoupling Capacitor Selection September 2018
Security Threat in Bluetooth LESC Pairing July 2018
nRF91 Series Antenna and RF Interface Guidelines June 2024
nRF9160 Hardware Verification Guidelines March 2026
Direction Finding August 2020
nRF9160 Hardware Design Guidelines September 2024
Box and Moisture Sensitivity Level Labels September 2025
Thread and Zigbee SED Battery Life Estimation October 2021
nPM1100 Hardware Design Guidelines October 2022
Modem Sleep Notifications January 2024
Modem Reset Loop Restriction January 2024
Energy Estimate for Cellular Connection January 2024
Best practices for cellular IoT development March 2022
Wi-Fi Alliance Certification October 2023
Matter over Thread: Power consumption and battery life March 2026
nPM1300 and nPM1304 Hardware Design Guidelines August 2025
nRF9161 Hardware Verification Guidelines February 2024
nRF9161 Hardware Design Guidelines March 2025
nRF9151 Hardware Verification Guidelines October 2025
nRF9151 Hardware Design Guidelines October 2025
Nordic platform security September 2025
nPM2100 Hardware Design Guidelines March 2025
Migrating from nRF9160 to nRF9151 June 2025
Export Control Classifications July 2023