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Particle Boron specs, pinout & datasheets

Microcontroller board · Particle

Chip / SoC
nRF52840
CPU
Arm Cortex-M4
Clock
64 MHz
RAM
512 KB
Flash
1 MB

Imported entry: generated from open-source board definitions (platformio, zephyr, circuitpython), not reviewed by a person. Each fact links to the definition it came from.

Specifications

6 specs
Chip / SoC
nRF52840[1]
CPU
Arm Cortex-M4[1]
Clock
64 MHz[1]
RAM
512 KB[2]
Flash
1 MB[2]
Upload limits
796 KB flash, 243 KB RAM[1]

Upload limits are what a sketch or firmware may use after the bootloader, as the build tools enforce them, not the chip’s full memory.

Can I still use it?

2 platforms
CircuitPython
Supported[3]
Zephyr RTOS
Supported[2]

As published by each project, checked weekly. A platform not listed has no published information here, which is not the same as no support.

Datasheets and documents

1 documents

Pinout

38 pins
Pin names in firmware (38 pins)
From the firmware’s board definition[4]
Chip pinBoard names
P0_02UBLOX_POWER_MONITOR
P0_03A0
P0_04A1
P0_05POWER_INTERRUPT
P0_06D9, TX
P0_07ANTENNA_SWITCH
P0_08D10, RX
P0_09NFC1
P0_10NFC2
P0_11MODE
P0_12UBLOX_RESET
P0_13RGB_LED_RED
P0_14RGB_LED_GREEN
P0_15RGB_LED_BLUE
P0_16UBLOX_POWER_ON
P0_24POWER_I2C_SDA
P0_25UBLOX_POWER_ENABLE
P0_26D0, SDA
P0_27D1, SCL
P0_28A2
P0_29A3
P0_30A4
P0_31A5
P1_01D2
P1_02D3
P1_03D8
P1_04UBLOX_RX
P1_05UBLOX_TX
P1_06UBLOX_CTS
P1_07UBLOX_RTS
P1_08D4
P1_09POWER_I2C_SCL
P1_10D5
P1_11D6
P1_12D7, BLUE_LED, LED
P1_13D12, MOSI
P1_14D11, MISO
P1_15D13, SCK

Sources

4 sources
  1. PlatformIO board definition (particle_boron) at 278176a7f7
  2. Zephyr board definition (particle_boron) at 3c61a12bdd
  3. CircuitPython board definition (particle_boron) at 83b54473a1
  4. CircuitPython pin definitions (particle_boron) at 395b187017

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