Reference Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Electrical specifications
- Pinout
- Quick start
- Functional description
- State indication using the LED pins
- Sleep mode
- Identification of a Proteus-III device on the radio
- Connection based data transmission, with or without security
- Unidirectional connectionless data transmission using Beacons
- Energy-efficient distance estimation solutions
- Configure the module for low power consumption
- Start the direct test mode (DTM)
- Using the 2 MBit and LE Coded phy
- Connection setup using LE Coded phy
- Host connection
- The command interface
- Scan for other modules in range
- Setup connections
- Transmit and receive data
- Configuring the module and modifying the device settings
- Manage the device state
- Run the Bluetooth test modes
- Switching GPIOs by remote control
- Other messages
- Message overview
- UserSettings - Module configuration values
- FS_DeviceInfo: Read the chip type and OS version
- FS_FWVersion: Read the firmware version
- FS_MAC: Read the MAC address
- FS_BTMAC: Read the BLE conform MAC address
- FS_SerialNumber: Read the serial number of the module
- RF_DeviceName: Modify the device name
- RF_StaticPasskey: Modify the static passkey
- RF_SecFlags: Modify the security settings
- RF_SecFlagsPerOnly: Modify the security settings (Peripheral only mode)
- RF_ScanFlags: Modify the scan behavior
- RF_BeaconFlags: Interprete the advertising data
- RF_AdvertisingTimeout: Modify the advertising timeout
- RF_AdvertisingFlags: Configure the advertising packet
- RF_ScanFactor: Modify the scan factor
- RF_ScanTiming: Modify the scan timing
- RF_ConnectionTiming: Modify the connection timing
- RF_TXPower: Modify the output power
- RF_SPPBaseUUID: Configure the SPP base UUID
- RF_Appearance: Configure the appearance of the device
- UART_ConfigIndex: Modify the UART speed
- CFG_Flags: Configure the module
- DIS_ManufacturerName: Configure the manufacturer name
- DIS_ModelNumber: Configure the model number
- DIS_SerialNumber: Configure the serial number
- DIS_HWVersion: Configure the HW version
- DIS_SWVersion: Configure the SW version
- DIS_Flags: Configure the device information service
- Timing parameters
- Peripheral only mode
- Remote GPIO control
- Customizing the Proteus-III
- Custom firmware
- Firmware update
- Firmware history
- Design in guide
- Reference design
- Manufacturing information
- Physical dimensions
- Marking
- Bluetooth SIG listing/qualification
- Regulatory compliance information
- Important notes
- Legal notice
- License terms
Packet variant
Package Flash size RAM size
QFN
QFN73 1024 kB 256 kB
WLCSP
WLCSP 1024 kB 256 kB
Table 15: nRF52840 IC revision overview
8.1.1 Example 1
Request the device info of the module using
CMD_GET_REQ
with settings index 15
Start signal Command Length Settings index CS
0x02 0x10 0x01 0x00 0x0F 0x1C
Response
CMD_GET_CNF
: Successfully read out the device info (with Byte order changed to
MSB first):
OS version = 0x00B6 (Softdevice S140 6.1.1)
Build code = 0x41414300 (AAC0)
Package variant = 0x2004 (QFN)
Chip ID = 0x00052840
Please note that LSB is transmitted first in case of parameters with more than 1 Byte length.
Start signal Command | 0x40 Length Status
Parameter
CS
0x02 0x50 0x0D 0x00 0x00
0xB6 0x00 0x30 0x43
0x41 0x41 0x04 0x20
0x40 0x28 0x05 0x00
0xD3
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