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nRF52840/SARA U201 Bluetooth/Cellular Module Development Board

Particle Inc
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The Boron LTE is a powerful LTE CAT-M1 enabled development board that can act as a standalone cellular endpoint. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network.

u-blox SARA R410 LTE modem 

- LTE CAT M1/ NB1 module with global hardware support (MVNO support for US only) 

- 3GPP Release 13 LTE Cat M1

Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC 

- ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz 

- 1MB flash, 256KB RAM 

- IEEE 802.15.4-2006: 250 Kbps 

- Bluetooth 5: 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 Kbps, 125 Kbps 

- Supports DSP instructions, HW accelerated Floating Point Unit (FPU) calculations 

- ARM TrustZone CryptoCell-310 Cryptographic and security module 

- Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps) 

- NFC-A tag

 

General Boron specifications:

On-board additional 2MB SPI flash

20 mixed signal GPIO (6 x Analog, 8 x PWM), UART, I2C, SPI

Micro USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps)

Integrated Li-Po charging and battery connector

JTAG (SWD) Connector

RGB status LED

Reset and Mode buttons

Dual SIM support: Nano 4FF (unpopulated) and MFF2

U.FL connector for external antenna

Meets the Feather specification in dimensions and pinout

FCC and PTCRB certified

RoHS compliant (lead-free) 

Download the Boron Quickstart Guide

Product Technical Specifications
  • EU RoHS
    Supplier Unconfirmed
  • ECCN (US)
    5A992c.
  • Part Status
    Active
  • HTS
    8517.62.00.90
  • Automotive
    Unknown
  • PPAP
    Unknown
  • Type
    Development Board
  • Supported Device
    nRF52840/SARA U201
  • Supported Device Technology
    Bluetooth/Cellular Module
  • Typical Operating Frequency (MHz)
    800|850|900|1900|2100
  • Interface Type
    USB
  • Typical Output Power (dBm)
    8
  • Typical Operating Supply Voltage (V)
    4.2(Max)
  • Minimum Operating Temperature (°C)
    -20
  • Maximum Operating Temperature (°C)
    60

Documentation and Resources

Datasheets
Design resources