The nRF9160 DK is a hardware development platform used to design and develop application firmware on the nRF9160 System in Package (SiP). The nRF9160 SiP supports Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1.
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The Development Kit (DK) includes all necessary circuitry, such as antennas and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card holder, and provides developers access to all I/O pins and relevant module interfaces.
Note: The DK can be connected to a base station using the onboard LTE antenna
or to an LTE emulator with an RF cable. See nRF9160 certifications for
information on the bands supported by the LTE modem. The DK requires an Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC)/SIM for communication with the LTE network.
To get started with the nRF9160 DK, install nRF Connect for Desktop and from there install the Quick Start app.
Key features
- nRF9160 SiP
- Onboard LTE antenna which supports all bands supported by the SiP
- Onboard GNSS antenna
- nRF52840 as a board controller and network processor for Bluetooth® and IEEE 802.15.4 protocols
- Buttons, switches, and LEDs for user interaction
- I/O interface for Arduino form factor plug-in modules
- SEGGER J-Link OB Debugger with debug out functionality
- Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) interfaces through virtual serial ports
- USB connection for debugging and programming and power
- SIM card socket for nano-SIM (4FF SIM)
- Interfaces for nRF9160 current consumption measurements