nRF52833 Product Specification

This Product Specification contains functional descriptions, register tables, and electrical specifications, and is organized into chapters based on the modules and peripherals that are available in this IC.

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Features:
  • Bluetooth® 5.1, IEEE 802.15.4-2006, 2.4 GHz transceiver
    • -96 dBm sensitivity in 1 Mbps Bluetooth low energy mode
    • -103 dBm sensitivity in 125 kbps Bluetooth low energy mode (long range)
    • -20 to +8 dBm TX power, configurable in 4 dB steps
    • On-air compatible with nRF52, nRF51, nRF24L, and nRF24AP Series devices
    • Supported data rates:
      • Bluetooth 5.1 – 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 kbps, and 125 kbps
      • IEEE 802.15.4-2006 – 250 kbps
      • Proprietary 2.4 GHz – 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
    • Angle-of-arrival (AoA) and angle-of-departure (AoD) direction finding using Bluetooth
    • Single-ended antenna output (on-chip balun)
    • 128-bit AES/ECB/CCM/AAR co-processor (on-the-fly packet encryption)
    • 4.9 mA peak current in TX (0 dBm)
    • 4.6 mA peak current in RX
    • RSSI (1 dB resolution)
  • Arm® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz
    • 217 EEMBC CoreMark® score running from flash memory
    • 52 µA/MHz running CoreMark from flash memory
    • 38 µA/MHz running CoreMark from RAM
    • Watchpoint and trace debug modules (DWT, ETM, and ITM)
    • Serial wire debug (SWD)
  • Rich set of security features
    • Secure boot ready
      • Flash access control list (ACL)
      • Debug control and configuration
      • Access port protection (CTRL-AP)
    • Secure erase
  • Flexible power management
    • 1.7 V to 5.5 V supply voltage range
    • On-chip DC/DC and LDO regulators with automated low current modes
    • Automated peripheral power management
    • Fast wake-up using 64 MHz internal oscillator
    • 0.6 µA at 3 V in System OFF mode, no RAM retention
    • 1.5 µA at 3 V in System ON mode, no RAM retention, wake on RTC
  • 512 kB flash and 128 kB RAM
  • Advanced on-chip interfaces
    • USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps) controller
    • High-speed 32 MHz SPI
    • Type 2 near field communication (NFC-A) tag with wake-on field
      • Touch-to-pair support
    • Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI)
    • 42 general purpose I/O pins
    • EasyDMA automated data transfer between memory and peripherals
  • Nordic SoftDevice ready with support for concurrent multiprotocol
  • 12-bit, 200 ksps ADC – 8 configurable channels with programmable gain
  • 64 level comparator
  • 15 level low-power comparator with wake-up from System OFF mode
  • Temperature sensor
  • Four 4 channel pulse width modulator (PWM) units with EasyDMA
  • Audio peripherals – I2S, digital microphone interface (PDM)
  • Five 32-bit timers with counter mode
  • Up to four SPI masters/three SPI slaves with EasyDMA
  • Up to two I2C compatible two-wire master/slave
  • Two UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
  • Quadrature decoder (QDEC)
  • Three real-time counters (RTC)
  • Single crystal operation
  • Operating temperature from -40°C to 105°C
  • Package variants
    • aQFN73™ package, 7 x 7 mm
    • QFN40 package, 5 x 5 mm
    • WLCSP package, 3.175 x 3.175 mm
Applications:
  • Advanced computer peripherals and I/O devices
    • Mouse
    • Keyboard
    • Multi-touch trackpad
  • Advanced wearable devices
    • Health/fitness sensors and monitoring devices
    • Wireless payment enabled devices
  • Internet of things (IoT)
    • Smart home sensors and controllers
    • Industrial IoT sensors and controllers
  • Interactive entertainment devices
    • Remote controls
    • Gaming controllers

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