Thread

Raising the Bar for Thread SoCs

The nRF54L Series is the powerful successor to the widely adopted nRF52 Series, built to meet the demands of modern, connected products. With full support for Thread 1.4, Matter, and Bluetooth LE, it delivers industry-leading performance, ultra-low power consumption, and advanced multiprotocol support. Based on cutting-edge 22 nm technology, the nRF54 Series is ideal for smart home, building automation, and industrial IoT applications that require reliable mesh networking and future-ready capabilities.

The SoC for Demanding Thread Applications

The nRF5340 SoC with its with two Arm® Cortex®-M33 processors includes a superset of the most prominent nRF52® Series features. The two processors and advanced security features are a great starting point for your application. With the capabilities for Thread, Zigbee and Bluetooth LE the nRF5340 is a multiprotocol powerhouse. It's 1 MB Flash and 512 KB of Ram offer ample overhead for complex customer applications on top of the Thread implementation. This is in addition to the Network co-processor that can take over most of the wireless communication at very low power consumption. With high-speed SPI, QSPI, USB, and even Arm Cryptocell 312 it enables ambitious Thread products.

nRF52 Series

Four of the seven SoCs in the nRF52 Series also support Thread. All four integrate a powerful yet efficient 64 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 CPU. Flash memory size ranges from 192 KB to 1024 KB while RAM size ranges from 24KB to 256 KB. Our nRF52 Series offers simple cost-effective options. It has advanced options and enables your products with top features and ultra-low power.

Multiprotocol

All SoCs can run both Bluetooth Low Energy and a mesh protocol like Thread/Zigbee/Bluetooth mesh concurrently. The radio time is time-sliced and shared between the protocols. The scheduling is autonomous and maintains connections.