nrf53-series

Solder bridge configuration

The Nordic Thingy:53™ has a range of solder bridges for enabling and disabling functionalities. Changes to these are not needed for normal use of the Nordic Thingy:53.

The following table provides a complete overview of the solder bridges on the Nordic Thingy:53.

Table 1. Solder bridges
Solderbridge Default Position Function
SB1 Closed Top Cut to disconnect magnetometer from the SDA and SCL Inter-integrated Circuit (I2C) lines.
SB2
SB3 Bottom Solder to connect the SDA line from the magnetometer to the ASDA line of the IMU.
SB4 Open Solder to connect the SCL line from the magnetometer to the ASCL line of the IMU.
SB5 Top Short to bypass load switch U4.
SB6 Closed Cut to disconnect the ANT_SEL pin on the nRF21540 RF FEM from ground.
SB7 Open Short to connect the MODE pin on the nPM1100 PMIC to P0.08.
SB20 Short to bypass load switch U5.
SB21 Short to bypass load switch U11.
SB22 Short to bypass load switch U14.