Particle Boron: nRF52840 with Mesh Networking and LTE Cellular Modem

Summary

The Boron LTE is a powerful LTE CAT-M1/NB1 enabled development board that can act as either a standalone cellular endpoint or LTE enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes.

The Boron is great for connecting existing projects to the Particle Device Cloud or as a gateway to connect an entire group of local endpoints where Wi-Fi is missing or unreliable.

All Particle hardware is designed from the ground up to work with the Device Cloud; a powerful set of tools and infrastructure to build, connect, and manage your IoT fleet. The Device Cloud for Particle Mesh is priced by network. All Particle customers get 3 free months of Device Cloud access for micro networks using a cellular gateway. A micro network is defined as a network with 10 total devices and a single gateway.

u-blox SARA R410 LTE modem LTE CAT M1/ NB1 module with global hardware support (MVNO support for US only)
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC
Dual SIM support: Nano 4FF (unpopulated) and MFF2
U.FL connector for external antenna
Meets the Feather specification in dimensions and pinout

Specifications

Manufacturer	Particle Industries, Inc.
Category	Open Source MCU Platforms
Eval Board Part Number	1878-1023-ND
Eval Board Supplier	Particle Industries, Inc.
IDE	Online Based
Speed	64 MHz
Bits	32 Bit
Memory, Flash/RAM	5 MB / 256 kB
Digital I/O	20 I/O, 8 PWM
Interface	I²C x1 SPI x1 UART x1 USB Device
Analog Outputs (DACs)	0
Analog Inputs (ADCs)	6 x 12 Bit
DMA Channels	0
Features	Battery Charger, LiPo Cryptographic Acceleration Unit Feather Compatible On-Board Antenna Power/Enable Pin Random Number Generator Watch Dog Timers
Radio	Bluetooth 5 IEEE 802.15.4 LTE CAT M1 NFC - A
Interrupt Pins	0
I/O Voltage	3.3 V
Voltage In	3 ~ 6.2 V
Touch Sensing Pins	0
Program/Debug Interface	JTAG (ICDI) USB Type-Micro B
Area	1161² mm, 1.8² In
Main I.C. Base Part	nRF52840 SARA-R410M
Design Author	Particle Industries, Inc.
Date Created By Author	2018-10
Date Added To Library	2019-04