The Nordic Thingy:91™ is a
battery-operated prototyping platform for cellular IoT, certified for global operation. It is
ideal for rapid development of prototypes for cellular IoT systems and is especially suited for
asset tracking applications and environmental monitoring.
Source code for firmware, hardware layout, and schematics are all available on the Nordic Thingy:91 Downloads page.
A rechargeable Li-Po battery is also part of this prototyping platform giving a smooth
transition into prototype field-testing, 1400 mAh for Nordic Thingy:91 v1.0.0, and 1350 mAh for Nordic Thingy:91 v1.4.0.
To get started with Nordic Thingy:91, see
Getting started with Thingy:91.
Key features
- 700-960 MHz + 1710-2200 MHz LTE band support2. The following bands,
based on geographic regions, are used:
- USA – 2, 4, 12, and 13
- EU – 3, 8, 20, and 28
- Certifications: CE, FCC
- LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS, Bluetooth LE and NFC passive tag
antennas
- Nano/4FF Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card slot
- MFF2 M2M Form Factor eUICC (Nordic Thingy:91 v1.4.0 only)
- User-programmable button and RGB LEDs
- Environmental sensor for temperature, humidity, air quality, and air pressure
- Color and light sensor
- Low-power and high-G accelerometer
- Buzzer
- 4 x N-MOS transistor for external DC motors or LEDs
- 16 kbit I2C serial EEPROM (Nordic Thingy:91 v1.4.0 only)
- Rechargeable Li-Po battery with:
- 1400 mAh capacity for Nordic Thingy:91 v1.0.0
- 1350 mAh capacity for Nordic Thingy:91 v1.4.0 and later
- Charging through Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- PC connection through USB
- Normal operating temperature range: 5oC ~ 35oC
nRF9160
- Multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT modem
- GCF certified for global operation
- 23 dBm output power
- GPS
- Power saving features: DRX, eDRX, PSM
- Coverage enhancement modes
- Single pin 50 Ω antenna interface
- Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) interface
- Application processor
- 64 MHz Arm®
Cortex®-M33 CPU
- Arm
TrustZone® for trusted
execution
- Arm CryptoCell 310 for
application layer security
- 1 MB flash and 256 kB RAM
- 4 x SPI/UART/TWI, PDM, I2S, PWM, ADC
nRF52840 WLCSP
- Bluetooth LE and
NFC passive tag support
- 64 MHz Arm
Cortex-M4F CPU
- 1 MB flash and 256 kB RAM
- USB
The battery in this product cannot be easily replaced by users themselves. Batteries should
be removed only by qualified professionals due to safety concerns.
1 The nRF9160
SiP is
certified for USA bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25, 26, and 66. However, Nordic Thingy:91 operates and is only
certified for USA bands 2, 4, 12, and 13. The Nordic Thingy:91 firmware is written and documented to only use this subset of
USA bands.
2 The application currently enables the
following frequency bands: 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 13, 20, and 28.