Data Sheet

TherearetworadiosontheBoron.ABLEradio(nRF52840)andacellularradio(u-blox).Forthe
cellularradio,wehaveprovidedau.FLconnectortopluginthecellularantenna.Thisisrequiredif
youwishtousethecellularconnectivity.
TherearetwooptionsfortheBLEantennaontheBoron.Itcomeswithanon-boardPCBantenna
whichisselectedbydefaultinthedeviceOSandau.FLconnectorifyouwishtoconnectan
externalantenna.Ifyouwishtousetheexternalantenna,you'llneedtoissueanappropriate
commandinthefirmware.
BLE
Thefollowingantennaisoptional,astheBoroncomeswithanon-boardchipantennaforBLE.It
canbepurchasedintheParticleonlinestore.
ParticleDevice Frequency AntennaType Manufacturer MFG.Part# Gain
Boron 2400-2500MHz PCBAntenna Particle ANT-FLXV2 2.0dBipeak
ItisalsopossibletousemostantennasdesignedforWi-Fi(2.4GHz)asaBLEantenna.Insome
cases,au.FLtoRP-SMAadapterwillberequired.Ifyouarebuildingaproductusingalternative
antennas,additionalcertificationmayberequired.
Cellular
ParticleDevice Frequency AntennaType Manufacturer MFG.Part# Gain
Boron 698-3000MHz PCBAntenna Taoglas FXUB63.07.0150C 5.00dBipeak
PeripheralType Qty Input(I)/Output(O)
Digital 20 I/O
Analog(ADC) 6 I
UART 1 I/O
SPI 2 I/O
I2C 1 I/O
USB 1 I/O
PWM 8 O
Note:AllGPIOsareonlyratedat3.3VDCmax.
TheBoronhasadedicated10pindebugconnectorthatexposestheSWDinterfaceofthe
nRF52840.ThisinterfacecanbeusedtodebugyourcodeorreprogramyourBoronbootloader,
deviceOS,ortheuserfirmwareusinganystandardSWDtoolsincludingourGen3Debugger.
ANTENNA
FCCAPPROVEDANTENNAS
PERIPHERALSANDGPIO
SWD