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Nordic nRF9160 LTE-M / NB-IoT & GPS System-in-Package

The Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 is a compact cellular IoT System-in-Package (10 x 16 x 1 mm) integrating an Arm Cortex-M33 application processor with a multimode LTE-M / NB-IoT modem and assisted GPS receiver. Pure Engineering integrates the nRF9160 into low-power asset trackers and remote industrial telemetry nodes.

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Architecture & Technical Specifications

Hardware Architecture & Features

  • 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 application processor with Arm TrustZone and Arm CryptoCell-310 security.
  • 1 MB integrated Flash and 256 KB RAM dedicated to application firmware.
  • 3GPP Release 13 Cat-M1 (LTE-M) and Cat-NB1/NB2 (NB-IoT) modem covering global bands 700 MHz to 2.2 GHz.
  • Integrated RF front-end (RFFE), power management, and assisted GPS receiver.

Firmware, Software & Integration

  • Zephyr RTOS and Nordic nRF Connect SDK support with secure OTA firmware updates.
  • Power Saving Mode (PSM) and extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) for multi-year battery life.

Hardware Photos & Figures (4)

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Datasheets, Source Code & Reference Links

NRF9160 EXTERNAL ↗ LTE Cat M1 EXTERNAL ↗ Zephyr EXTERNAL ↗ nRF Connect EXTERNAL ↗ https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/nrf9160-dk EXTERNAL ↗ https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/Nordic-Thingy-91 EXTERNAL ↗ PURE Asset Tracker RELATED → Indoor Location RTLS RELATED → nRF52 BLE Core Module RELATED →