Nordic Semiconductor Thingy:91™ Multi-Sensor Prototyping Platform

Nordic Semiconductor Thingy:91™ Multi-Sensor Prototyping Platform is ideal for kickstarting a cellular Internet of Things proof-of-concept without building custom hardware. The Thingy:91 is built around the nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) with a dedicated LTE modem that enables LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GNSS connectivity. It incorporates a fully programmable Arm® Cortex®-M33 application processor with dedicated flash and RAM solely for the application. This feature enables complete flexibility to program the application processor as needed. The nRF52840 SoC is a board controller and provides BLUETOOTH® Low Energy connectivity.

The Thingy:91 is a prototyping platform from Nordic with LTE-M, NB-IoT, GNSS connectivity, and an assortment of environmental sensors. It shares many commonalities with Thingy:53, the multi-protocol IoT prototyping platform that supports Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee®, Matter, and proprietary 2.4 GHz protocols. Use cases for the Thingy:91 include but are not limited to, asset tracking, logistics, metering, and wearables.

The dedicated LTE modem enables global operation with the same variant and supports eDRX and PSM power-saving features. Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) is also supported in the nRF9160 SiP modem. Nordic’s cloud solution, nRF Cloud, enables FOTA capabilities out of the box, in addition to cellular, GNSS, and Wi-Fi-based location services for acquiring accurate and power-efficient location details.

The nRF9160 SiP also integrates a full RF front-end and a complete power management system. The Thingy:91 is bundled with a global iBasis eSIM with 10MB of free data for worldwide connection to nRF Cloud out of the box.

Features

Battery-operated prototyping platform for the nRF9160 SiP
Certifications
- FCC (USA) and CE (EUR)
nRF52840 board controller
LTE-M/NB-IoT/GNSS, Bluetooth LE, and NFC antennas
User-programmable button and RGB LEDs
Environmental sensor for temperature, humidity, air quality, and air pressure, plus a color and light sensor
Low-power accelerometer and high-g accelerometer
4 x N-MOS transistors for external DC motors or LEDs
Rechargeable Li-Po battery with 1350mAh capacity
nRF52840 WLCSP
- Board controller
- Bluetooth LE and NFC support
- Arm Cortex-M4 CPU with floating point unit clocked @ 64MHz
- 1MB Flash and 256kB RAM

nRF9160 SiP
- Multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT/GNSS modem
  - Certified for global operation
  - 700MHz to 2200MHz LTE band support
  - +23dBm output power
  - GNSS (GPS, QZSS)
  - eDRX and PSM power-saving features
  - Coverage enhancement modes
  - Single-pin 50‎Ω antenna interface
  - UICC interface
- Application processor
  - 64MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor
  - Arm TrustZone^® for trusted execution
  - Arm CryptoCell 310 for application layer security
  - 1MB Flash and 256KB RAM
  - 4 x SPI/UART/TWI, PDM, I²S, PWM, ADC