nRF52832 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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Key features	Applications
2.4 GHz transceiver -96 dBm sensitivity in Bluetooth® Low Energy mode Supported data rates: 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps Bluetooth Low Energy mode -20 to +4 dBm TX power, configurable in 4 dB steps On-chip balun (single-ended RF) 5.3 mA peak current in TX (0 dBm) 5.4 mA peak current in RX RSSI (1 dB resolution) Arm® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz 215 EEMBC CoreMark score running from flash memory 58 μA/MHz running from flash memory 51.6 μA/MHz running from RAM Data watchpoint and trace (DWT), embedded trace macrocell (ETM), and instrumentation trace macrocell (ITM) Serial wire debug (SWD) Trace port Flexible power management 1.7 V–3.6 V supply voltage range Fully automatic LDO and DC/DC regulator system Fast wake-up using 64 MHz internal oscillator 0.3 μA at 3 V in System OFF mode 0.7 μA at 3 V in System OFF mode with full 64 kB RAM retention 1.9 μA at 3 V in System ON mode, no RAM retention, wake on RTC Memory 512 kB flash/64 kB RAM 256 kB flash/32 kB RAM Nordic SoftDevice ready Support for concurrent multi-protocol Type 2 near field communication (NFC-A) tag with wakeup-on-field and touch-to-pair capabilities 12-bit, 200 ksps ADC - 8 configurable channels with programmable gain 64 level comparator 15 level low power comparator with wakeup from System OFF mode Temperature sensor 32 general purpose I/O pins 3x 4-channel pulse width modulator (PWM) unit with EasyDMA Digital microphone interface (PDM) 5x 32-bit timer with counter mode Up to 3x SPI master/slave with EasyDMA Up to 2x I2C compatible 2-wire master/slave I2S with EasyDMA UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI) Quadrature decoder (QDEC) AES HW encryption with EasyDMA Autonomous peripheral operation without CPU intervention using PPI and EasyDMA 3x real-time counter (RTC) Single crystal operation Package variants QFN48 package, 6 × 6 mm WLCSP package, 3.0 × 3.2 mm	Internet of Things (IoT) Home automation Sensor networks Building automation Industrial Retail Personal area networks Health/fitness sensor and monitor devices Medical devices Key fobs and wrist watches Interactive entertainment devices Remote controls Gaming controllers Beacons A4WP wireless chargers and devices Remote control toys Computer peripherals and I/O devices Mouse Keyboard Multi-touch trackpad Gaming

Key features

Applications

2.4 GHz transceiver
- -96 dBm sensitivity in Bluetooth® Low Energy mode
- Supported data rates: 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps Bluetooth Low Energy mode
- -20 to +4 dBm TX power, configurable in 4 dB steps
- On-chip balun (single-ended RF)
- 5.3 mA peak current in TX (0 dBm)
- 5.4 mA peak current in RX
- RSSI (1 dB resolution)
Arm® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz
- 215 EEMBC CoreMark score running from flash memory
- 58 μA/MHz running from flash memory
- 51.6 μA/MHz running from RAM
- Data watchpoint and trace (DWT), embedded trace macrocell (ETM), and instrumentation trace macrocell (ITM)
- Serial wire debug (SWD)
- Trace port
Flexible power management
- 1.7 V–3.6 V supply voltage range
- Fully automatic LDO and DC/DC regulator system
- Fast wake-up using 64 MHz internal oscillator
- 0.3 μA at 3 V in System OFF mode
- 0.7 μA at 3 V in System OFF mode with full 64 kB RAM retention
- 1.9 μA at 3 V in System ON mode, no RAM retention, wake on RTC
Memory
- 512 kB flash/64 kB RAM
- 256 kB flash/32 kB RAM
Nordic SoftDevice ready
Support for concurrent multi-protocol
Type 2 near field communication (NFC-A) tag with wakeup-on-field and touch-to-pair capabilities
12-bit, 200 ksps ADC - 8 configurable channels with programmable gain
64 level comparator
15 level low power comparator with wakeup from System OFF mode
Temperature sensor
32 general purpose I/O pins
3x 4-channel pulse width modulator (PWM) unit with EasyDMA
Digital microphone interface (PDM)
5x 32-bit timer with counter mode
Up to 3x SPI master/slave with EasyDMA
Up to 2x I2C compatible 2-wire master/slave
I2S with EasyDMA
UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI)
Quadrature decoder (QDEC)
AES HW encryption with EasyDMA
Autonomous peripheral operation without CPU intervention using PPI and EasyDMA
3x real-time counter (RTC)
Single crystal operation
Package variants
- QFN48 package, 6 × 6 mm
- WLCSP package, 3.0 × 3.2 mm

Internet of Things (IoT)
- Home automation
- Sensor networks
- Building automation
- Industrial
- Retail
Personal area networks
- Health/fitness sensor and monitor devices
- Medical devices
- Key fobs and wrist watches
Interactive entertainment devices
- Remote controls
- Gaming controllers
Beacons
A4WP wireless chargers and devices
Remote control toys
Computer peripherals and I/O devices
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Multi-touch trackpad
- Gaming