What is it?

Super low power nRF9160 integrated LTE-M/NB-IoT modem and GPS at factory direct sale price

• The nRF9160 is a compact, highly-integrated System-in-Package that makes the latest low power LTE technology and advanced processing and security accessible, and easy to use, for a wide range of single device low power cellular IoT (cIoT) designs.

• Incorporating an Arm Cortex-M33 application processor solely for applications, a full LTE modem, RF Front End (RFFE) and power management system. The nRF9160 is the most compact, complete and energy-efficient cellular IoT solution on the market.

Why did you make it?

• Microcontroller:
• ARM® Cortex ® -M33
• 243 EEMBC CoreMark score running from flash memory
• Data watchpoint and trace (DWT), embedded trace macrocell (ETM), and instrumentation trace macrocell (ITM)
• Serial wire debug (SWD)
• Trace port
• 1 MB flash
• 256 kB low leakage RAM
• AR ® Trustzone ®
• ARM ® Cryptocell 310
• 4x SPI master/slave with EasyDMA
• 4x I2C compatible two-wire master/slave with EasyDMA
• 4x UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
• I2S with EasyDMA
• Digital microphone interface (PDM) with EasyDMA
• 4x pulse width modulator (PWM) unit with EasyDMA
• 12-bit, 200 ksps ADC with EasyDMA - eigth configurable channels with programmable gain
• 2x 32-bit timer with counter mode
• 2x real-time counter (RTC)
• Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI)
• 32 general purpose I/O pins
• Single supply voltage: 3.0 – 5.5 V

What makes it special?

GPS Function

• The GPS receiver supports GPS L1C/A reception. Operation is time multiplexed with LTE modem, and it is possible to obtain the GPS position while LTE is in DRX or PSM mode. GPS receiver is visible to user only through GPS API. Key features of the GPS receiver are:
• GPS L1C/A is supported
• Modes of operation:
• Single shot (cold start mode by default)
• Position fix per fixed interval, e.g. 2 minutes (starts with cold start, sequential fixes with hot start)
• Power saving modes
• Antenna interface options:
• Dedicated GPS antenna or shared antenna with LTE M1/NB1
• With or without external low-noise amplifier (LNA) - Performance:
• Acquisition sensitivity: -144 dBm for cold start, -147 dBm for hot start
• Acquisition time: 30 seconds for cold start, 5 seconds for hot start
• Tracking sensitivity: -149 dBm (open sky received power ≥ -130 dBm)
• Accuracy: 5 m

LTE Modem

• The long term evolution (LTE) modem consists of baseband processing and RF parts, which together implement a complete 3GPP LTE release 13 (Rel-13) Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 and LTE release 14 (Rel-14) Cat?NB1 and Cat-NB2 capable product.
• As illustrated in the image below, the following is a part of the LTE modem:
• RF transceiver
• Modem baseband (BB)
• Embedded flash/RAM
• Modem host processor and peripherals
• The modem baseband and host processor provide functions for the LTE L1, L2 and L3 (layer 1, 2 and 3 respectively) as well as IP communication layers. Modem peripherals provide hardware services for modem operating system and for modem secure execution environment.

Application

Low power cellular IoT, enabling a world of everything connected

• Sensor networks
• Logistics and asset tracking
• Smart energy
• Smart building automation
• Smart agriculture
• Industrial
• Retail and monitor devices
• Medical devices
• Wearable

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