Software Development Kit
nRF Connect SDK
Scalable and unified software development kit for building products based on all Nordic's nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 series wireless devices. It provides developers with an extensible framework for creating size-optimized software for memory-constrained devices as well as powerful and complex software for more advanced devices and applications. It integrates the Zephyr RTOS and a wide range of samples, application protocols, protocol stacks, libraries and hardware drivers.
To develop Bluetooth LE, Thread and Zigbee products, the nRF Connect SDK includes all the necessary software, including protocol stacks. For developing cellular IoT products it contains everything except the LTE modem firmware, which must be downloaded separately from the nRF9160 SiP product page.
The nRF Connect SDK also provides an unique integration with the HomeKit Accessory Development Kit for developing products using both HomeKit over Thread + HomeKit over Bluetooth® LE. It is a highly optimized solution that enables battery-powered products with both the HomeKit Accessory Protocol (HAP) and application firmware running on a single chip. The nRF Connect SDK provides a single code base for all Nordic devices and software components, simplifying the porting of modules, libraries and drivers from one application to another and thus reducing development time. By enabling developers to choose the essential software components for their application, it ensures high memory efficiency. It is publicly hosted on GitHub, offers source code management with Git and has free nRF Connect for VS Code support. Nordic performs continuous integration testing on the nRF Connect SDK code to ensure robust and secure production-quality code.
Zephyr
This open-source real-time operating system was developed by the Linux Foundation specifically for the Internet of Things applications. It is designed for devices with small and limited memory and a fixed hardware configuration. Zephyr combines a micro-kernel and a nano-kernel into a single uni-kernel. In this way, the performance has been improved and made real-time compatible. Another advantage of Zephyr is its small memory footprint of between 8 KB and 512 KB.
RTOS (Real-time operating system)
RTOS is an operating system in electronic data processing that is capable of meeting the real-time requirements of applications. This means the secure processing of requests from an application program or the arrival of signals via hardware interfaces within a predefined period of time. The need for a real-time operating system arises whenever computers are connected to the physical world in a measuring and/or controlling way. This is the qualitative requirement for a real-time operating system. The quantitative requirement of its real-time behavior results from the application itself. It follows that not every real-time operating system is suitable for every real-time application.
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Nordic Semiconductor is a global leader of ultra-low-power wireless technologies and a long term partner of Rutronik and is offering you the opportunity to win one of their development hardware. Participate in our advent calendar and explore the world of Power Management, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi and Cellular IoT.
The nRF54L15 DK is the development kit for all three wireless SoC (System-on-Chip) options in the nRF54L Series. The nRF54L15 sits on the development board, while the nRF54L10 and nRF54L05 can be emulated. The affordable single-board development kit makes all features of the wireless SoC available to the developer.
The nPM1300 Evaluation Kit allows for simple evaluation and code-free configuration of the nPM1300 Power Management IC (PMIC). By connecting to the nPM PowerUP app found in nRF Connect for Desktop, all settings of the nPM1300 can easily be configured through an intuitive GUI and exported as code to be implemented in your MCUs application.
The nRF7002 DK is the development kit for the nRF7002, and nRF7001 Wi-Fi 6 Companion ICs. It contains everything needed to get started developing on a single board. The DK features an nRF5340 multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC) as a host processor for the nRF7002.
The Power Profiler Kit II (PPK2) is a standalone unit, which can measure and optionally supply currents all the way from sub-uA and as high as 1A on all Nordic DKs, in addition to external hardware.
The Nordic Thingy:53™ is an easy-to-use IoT prototyping platform. It makes it possible to create prototypes and proofs-of-concept without building custom hardware. The Thingy:53 is built around the nRF5340 SoC, our flagship dual-core wireless SoC. The processing power and memory size of its dual Arm Cortex-M33 processors enables it to run embedded machine learning (ML) models directly on the device.
The Nordic Thingy:91 X is a battery-operated prototyping platform for cellular IoT based on the nRF9151 System-in-Package (SiP) supporting LTE-M, NB-IoT, GNSS and NR+, and certified for global operation. It is the ideal platform for rapidly developing a prototype for any cellular IoT concept, and is especially suited for asset-tracking applications. Nordic Thingy:91 X enables location tracking using cellular (MCELL and SCELL), Wi-Fi, or GNSS, in combination with nRF Cloud Location Services.
The nRF9151 DK is an affordable, pre-certified single board development kit for evaluation and development on the nRF9151 System-in-Package (SiP) for LTE-M, NB-IoT, GNSS and DECT NR+. It has a dedicated LTE-M, NB-IoT and DECT NR+ antenna that supports a wide range of bands to operate globally.
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- Chipolo ONE Spot (Apple)
- Chipolo ONE Point (Android)
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