The Boron LTE is a powerful LTE CAT-M1/NB1 enabled development board that can act as either a standalone cellular endpoint or LTE enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes.
The Boron is great for connecting existing projects to the Particle Device Cloud or as a gateway to connect an entire group of local endpoints where Wi-Fi is missing or unreliable.
All Particle Hardware is designed from the ground up to work with the Device Cloud; a powerful set of tools and infrastructure to build, connect and manage your IoT fleet. The Device Cloud for Particle Mesh is priced by network. All Particle customers get 3 free months of Device Cloud access for micro networks using a cellular gateway. A micro network is defined as a network with 10 total devices and a single gateway.
Specifications
SoC | Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 |
Processor | ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz |
Flash Memory | 1 MB |
RAM | 256 KB |
Bluetooth | 2Mbps, 1Mbps, 500Kbps, 125Kbps |
Length(mm) | 51 |
Width(mm) | 23 |
Height(mm) | 11 |
Weight(g) | 18 |
Shipment Weight | 0.02 kg |
Features:
- u-blox SARA R410 LTE modem- LTE CAT M1/ NB1 module with global hardware support (MVNO support for US only)- 3GPP Release 13 LTE Cat M1
- Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC- ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz- 1MB flash, 256KB RAM- IEEE 802.15.4-2006: 250 Kbps- Bluetooth 5: 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 Kbps, 125 Kbps- Supports DSP instructions, HW accelerated Floating Point Unit (FPU) calculations
- – ARM TrustZone CryptoCell-310 Cryptographic and security module
- – Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps)
- – NFC-A tag
- On-board additional 2MB SPI flash
- 20 mixed signal GPIO (6 x Analog, 8 x PWM), UART, I2C, SPI
- Micro USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps)
- Integrated Li-Po charging and battery connector
- JTAG (SWD) Connector
- RGB status LED
- Reset and Mode buttons
- Dual-SIM support: Nano 4FF (unpopulated) and MFF2
- U.FL connector for external antenna
- Meets the Feather specification in dimensions and pinout
- FCC and PTCRB certified
- RoHS compliant (lead-free)
Package Includes:
- 1 x Boron LTE Dev Board
- 1 x Cellular Flex Antenna