The new advanced ultra-low power Bluetooth Low Energy System-on-Chip (SoCs) from Nordic bring enhanced efficiency and exceptional processing power, extending performance and flexibility across the widest range of applications. Nordic’s nRF54 Series represents a significant advancement in wireless connectivity. It offers high processing power, increased memory capacity, and superior energy efficiency in a compact package that is applicable in consumer, industrial, and healthcare. The nRF54L Series is also the logical successor to the nRF52 Series, a product family that has seen several billion SoCs delivered to thousands of manufacturers since its introduction in 2015.
“The new nRF54 Series products reaffirm Nordic’s position as a global leader in wireless connectivity solutions,” says Vegard Wollan, CEO of Nordic Semiconductor. “I’m delighted to be at my first electronica as Nordic CEO, bringing these groundbreaking products to market. The show offers the ideal platform for showcasing our latest innovations for key IoT markets across all our wireless connectivity solutions, from Bluetooth LE to cellular IoT, Wi-Fi, Power Management, Thread, Matter, and more."
The nRF54L Series supports Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, Thread, Matter, Zigbee, Amazon Sidewalk, and 2.4GHz proprietary protocols, with enhanced capabilities such as up to 4Mbps data rate. The series is future-proofed to support Bluetooth 6.0, including Bluetooth Channel Sounding.
All three devices in the new nRF54L Series - nRF54L15, nRF54L10, and nRF54L05 - integrate a 2.4GHz radio and MCU functionality, including CPU, memory, and peripherals, into a single ultra-low power chip, supporting applications from simple, high-volume products to more demanding and advanced designs. Key consumer applications include wearables, smart rings, gaming controllers, HID devices, as well as medical devices, smart homes, and industrial products. The nRF54L15 is well-suited for more demanding applications such as audio products, while the nRF54L10 and nRF54L05 target high-volume applications such as smart tags, electronic shelf labels, asset trackers, and other cost-sensitive connected devices.
The nRF54L Series SoCs all feature an Arm Cortex-M33 processor clocked at 128MHz and an ultra-low-power 2.4GHz radio. They are designed to support advanced application software and wireless protocol stacks on a single chip, reducing the need for external MCUs or additional memory.
Within the series, the nRF54L15 offers the largest memory capacity with 1.5MB non-volatile memory (NVM) and 256KB RAM, ideal for demanding applications. The new nRF54L10 provides a mid-range option with 1MB NVM and 192KB RAM, while the nRF54L05 is optimized for less demanding, cost-sensitive applications, featuring 0.5MB NVM and 96KB RAM.
The product series offers up to 35 GPIOs and an ultra-compact 2.4 by 2.2mm WLCSP package option that is 50 percent smaller than the comparable nRF52840. A range of nRF54L Series 6x6 pin-to-pin compatible QFN packages ensures design flexibility and manufacturing cost optimization.
In addition to its expanded memory options, the product series integrates a low-power RISC-V coprocessor, supporting advanced application requirements without additional external components, reducing BOM costs, and enabling compact designs.
The nRF54L Series takes the nRF52 Series to the next level, with even lower power consumption, double the processing power, and triple the processing efficiency. The new products are built on Nordic’s deep design expertise and include proprietary intellectual property (IP) such as low-leakage RAM and advanced radio technology. Ultra-low power capabilities and processing efficiency have been boosted by a pioneering transition to the 22nm process node (TSMC’s 22ULL technology) while also significantly enhancing the resilience of Nordic’s supply chain.
Security is prioritized by design, integrating features such as TrustZone isolation, tamper sensors, and hardened cryptographic accelerators to fulfill essential advanced security requirements.
The new nRF54L15 DK (Development Kit) is also available for order, making the complete nRF54L Series - including the nRF54L10 and nRF54L05 - broadly accessible for evaluation and development. It comes with an ecosystem of software that quickly enables development and proof of concepts, combined with detailed documentation, hands-on online courses, and world-class technical support.
The nRF54L15 is sampling now to selected customers. The nRF54L15, nRF54L10, and nRF54L05 SoCs will all enter full volume production towards the end of 2024.
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