Pin assignments

Here we cover the pin assignments for each variant of the chip.

QFN48 pin assignments

Figure 1. QFN48 pin assignments, top view

Table 1. QFN48 pin assignments
Pin Name Type Description
Left Side of chip
1 DEC1 Power 0.9 V regulator digital supply decoupling
2

P0.00

XL1

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

Connection for 32.768 kHz crystal (LFXO)

3

P0.01

XL2

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

Connection for 32.768 kHz crystal (LFXO)

4

P0.02

AIN0

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

5

P0.03

AIN1

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

6

P0.04

AIN2

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

7

P0.05

AIN3

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

8 P0.06 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
9 P0.07 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
10 P0.08 Digital I/O General purpose I/O

11

NFC1

P0.09

NFC input

Digital I/O

NFC antenna connection

General purpose I/O.

12

NFC2

P0.10

NFC input

Digital I/O

NFC antenna connection

General purpose I/O.

Bottom side of chip
13 VDD Power Power supply
14 P0.11 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
15 P0.12 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
16 P0.13 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
17

P0.14

TRACEDATA[3]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

18

P0.15

TRACEDATA[2]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

19

P0.16

TRACEDATA[1]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

20 P0.17 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
21

P0.18

TRACEDATA[0] / SWO

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Single wire output

Trace port output

22 P0.19 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
23

P0.20

TRACECLK

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port clock output

24

P0.21

nRESET

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Configurable as pin reset

Right Side of chip
25 SWDCLK Digital input Serial wire debug clock input for debug and programming
26 SWDIO Digital I/O Serial wire debug I/O for debug and programming
27 P0.22 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
28 P0.23 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
29 P0.24 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
30 ANT RF Single-ended radio antenna connection
31 VSS Power Ground (Radio supply)
32 DEC2 Power 1.3 V regulator supply decoupling (Radio supply)
33 DEC3 Power Power supply decoupling
34 XC1 Analog input Connection for 32 MHz crystal
35 XC2 Analog input Connection for 32 MHz crystal
36 VDD Power Power supply
Top side of chip
37 P0.25 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
38 P0.26 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
39 P0.27 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
40

P0.28

AIN4

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

41

P0.29

AIN5

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

42

P0.30

AIN6

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

43

P0.31

AIN7

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O pin.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

44 NC

No connect

Leave unconnected
45 VSS Power Ground
46 DEC4 Power

1.3 V regulator supply decoupling

Input from DC/DC regulator

Output from 1.3 V LDO

47 DCC Power DC/DC regulator output
48 VDD Power Power supply
Bottom of chip
Die pad VSS Power Ground pad

Exposed die pad must be connected to ground (VSS) for proper device operation.

WLCSP ball assignments

Figure 2. WLCSP ball assignments, top view

Table 2. WLCSP ball assignments
Ball Name   Description
A1 XC2 Analog input Connection for 32 MHz crystal
A2 DEC2 Power 1.3 V regulator supply decoupling (Radio supply)
A3

P0.28

AIN4

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

A4

P0.29

AIN5

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

A5

P0.30

AIN6

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

A6 DEC4 Power

1.3 V regulator supply decoupling

Input from DC/DC converter. Output from 1.3 V LDO

A7 VDD Power Power supply
B2 XC1 Analog input Connection for 32 MHz crystal
B3 P0.25 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
B4 P0.27 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
B5

P0.31

AIN7

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O.

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

B6 DCC Power DC/DC converter output
B7 DEC1 Power 0.9 V regulator digital supply decoupling
C2 DEC3 Power Power supply decoupling
C3 NC N/A Not connected
C4 VSS Power Ground
C5 VSS Power Ground
C6

P0.02

AIN0

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

C7

P0.01

XL2

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

Connection for 32.768 kHz crystal (LFXO)

D1 ANT RF Single-ended radio antenna connection
D2 VSS_PA Power Ground (Radio supply)
D3 P0.26 Digital I/O General purpose I/O .
D6

P0.03

AIN1

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

D7

P0.00

XL1

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

Connection for 32.768 kHz crystal (LFXO)

E1 P0.24 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
E2 P0.23 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
E3 VSS Power Ground
E6

P0.04

AIN2

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

E7

P0.05

AIN3

Digital I/O

Analog input

General purpose I/O

SAADC/COMP/LPCOMP input

F1 SWDCLK Digital input Serial wire debug clock input for debug and programming
F2 P0.22 Digital I/O General purpose I/O.
F3 P0.19 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
F4 P0.11 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
F5 VSS Power Ground
F6 P0.07 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
F7 P0.06 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
G1 SWDIO Digital I/O Serial wire debug I/O for debug and programming
G2

P0.20

TRACECLK

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port clock output

G3 P0.17 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
G4 P0.13 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
G5

NFC2

P0.10

NFC input

Digital I/O

NFC antenna connection

General purpose I/O.

G6

NFC1

P0.09

NFC input

Digital I/O

NFC antenna connection

General purpose I/O.

G7 P0.08 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
H1

P0.21

nRESET

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Configurable as pin reset

H2

P0.18

TRACEDATA[0]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

H3

P0.16

TRACEDATA[1]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

H4

P0.15

TRACEDATA[2]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

H5

P0.14

TRACEDATA[3]

Digital I/O

General purpose I/O

Trace port output

H6 P0.12 Digital I/O General purpose I/O
H7 VDD Power Power supply

GPIO usage restrictions

For more information on standard drive, see GPIO — General purpose input/output. Low frequency I/O is a signal with a frequency up to 10 kHz.

GPIO located near the radio

Radio performance parameters, such as sensitivity, may be affected by high frequency digital I/O with large sink/source current close to the Radio power supply and antenna pins.

Table 3 and Table 4 identify some GPIO that have recommended usage guidelines to maximize radio performance in an application.

Table 3. GPIO recommended usage for QFN48 package
Pin GPIO Recommended usage
27 P0.22 Low drive, low frequency I/O only.
28 P0.23
29 P0.24
37 P0.25
38 P0.26
39 P0.27
40 P0.28
41 P0.29
42 P0.30
43 P0.31
Table 4. GPIO recommended usage for WLCSP package
Pin GPIO Recommended usage
F2 P0.22 Low drive, low frequency I/O only.
E2 P0.23
E1 P0.24
B3 P0.25
D3 P0.26
B4 P0.27
A3 P0.28
A4 P0.29
A5 P0.30
B5 P0.31

NFC antenna pins

Two physical pins can be configured either as NFC antenna pins (factory default), or as GPIOs, as shown below.

Table 5. GPIO pins used by NFC
NFC pad name GPIO
NFC1 P0.09
NFC2 P0.10

When configured as NFC antenna pins, the GPIOs on those pins will automatically be set to DISABLE state and a protection circuit will be enabled preventing the chip from being damaged in the presence of a strong NFC field. The protection circuit will short the two pins together if voltage difference exceeds approximately 2 V.

For information on how to configure these pins as normal GPIOs, see NFCT — Near field communication tag and UICR — User information configuration registers. Note that the device will not be protected against strong NFC field damage if the pins are configured as GPIO and an NFC antenna is connected to the device. The pins will always be configured as NFC pins during power-on reset until the configuration is set according to the UICR register.

These two pins will have some limitations when configured as GPIO. The pin capacitance will be higher on these pins, and there is some current leakage between the two pins if they are driven to different logical values. To avoid leakage between the pins when configured as GPIO, these GPIOs should always be at the same logical value whenever entering one of the device power saving modes. See Electrical specification.

1 See GPIO located near the radio for more information.
2 See NFC antenna pins for more information.
3 See GPIO located near the radio for more information.
4 See NFC antenna pins for more information.

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