The NRF52840-DONGLE from Nordic Semiconductors is a simple solution to short-range wireless applications, especially when paired with other Nordic devices. This small, low-cost dongle is the perfect target hardware for nRF Connect for Desktop, since it instantly adds capabilities for all the short-range wireless standards that Nordic uses, including:

• Bluetooth low-energy

• Bluetooth mesh

• Thread

• ZigBee

• 802.15.4, ANT

• 2.4Ghz proprietary applications

When you pair this Bluetooth development tool with nRF Connect for Desktop apps, the apps will automatically program the dongle. In custom applications, the device offers a green LED and 15 GPIO, as well as user-programmable RGB LED and button. Note that the device supports programming and communication through USB, but it does not feature debug support.