Developing with nRF70 Series

Information in this section complements the general Application development guides (such as Configuring and building or Programming an application) with information specific to devices of the nRF70 Series.

Zephyr and the nRF Connect SDK provide support for developing networking applications with Wi-Fi® connectivity using the following nRF70 Series companion IC devices:

DK or Prototype platform	Companion module	PCA number	Board target	Documentation
nRF7002 DK	Not applicable	PCA10143	nrf7002dk/nrf5340/cpuapp	Product Specification Getting started User Guide
nRF7001 emulation on nRF7002 DK	Not applicable	PCA10143	nrf7002dk/nrf5340/cpuapp/nrf7001	Product Specification
nRF5340 DK	nRF7002 EK	PCA10095	nrf5340dk/nrf5340/cpuapp	Product Specification Quick Start User Guide
nRF52840 DK	nRF7002 EK	PCA10056	nrf52840dk/nrf52840	Product Specification Quick Start User Guide
nRF9151 DK	nRF7002 EK	PCA10171	nrf9151dk/nrf9151/ns	Product Specification Quick Start User Guide
nRF9161 DK	nRF7002 EK	PCA10153	nrf9161dk/nrf9161/ns	Product Specification Quick Start User Guide
nRF9160 DK	nRF7002 EK	PCA10090	nrf9160dk/nrf9160/ns	Product Specification Getting started User Guide
Thingy:53	nRF7002 EB	PCA20053	thingy53/nrf5340/cpuapp	Getting started User Guide
nRF54H20 DK	nRF7002 EB	PCA20053	nrf54h20dk/nrf54h20/cpuapp	nRF54H20 Objective Product Specification 0.3.1 Getting started
nRF54L15 PDK	nRF7002 EB	PCA20053	nrf54l15pdk/nrf54l15/cpuapp	Getting started

The following nRF70 Series shields are available and defined in the nrf/boards/shields folder:

Hardware platform	PCA number	Board target	Documentation
nRF7002 Evaluation Kit (EK)	PCA63556	nrf7002ek	Development guide User Guide
nRF7002 EK with emulated support for the nRF7001 IC	PCA63556	nrf7002ek/nrf7001	Development guide User Guide
nRF7002 EK with emulated support for the nRF7000 IC	PCA63556	nrf7002ek/nrf7000	Development guide User Guide
nRF7002 Expansion Board (EB)	PCA63561	nrf7002eb, nrf700x_nrf54h20dk, nrf700x_nrf54l15pdk	Development guide User Guide

Applications can be developed on the nRF7002 DK (PCA10143), which includes the nRF7002 companion IC, or on boards compatible with the nRF7002 EK (PCA63556) or the nRF7002 EB (PCA63561).

The following subpages cover topics related to developing applications with the nRF70 Series ICs using the respective development and evaluation boards.

Subpages:

• Features of nRF70 Series
  • Supported protocols
• Networking stack partitioning
• Host device considerations
  • Networking stack combinations
  • Host SoC support
  • Firmware patch optimizations
• Firmware patches in the external memory
  • Overview
  • Available options
• Firmware patch update
  • Overview
  • Prerequisites
  • Supported platforms
  • Preparing the application
  • Performing the update of the nRF70 Series firmware patch
• Power profiling of nRF7002 DK
• Developing with nRF7002 EK
  • Building and programming with nRF7002 EK
• Developing with nRF7002 EB
  • Pin mapping for the nRF54H20 DK and the nRF54L15 PDK
  • Building and programming with nRF7002 EB
  • Limitations when building with nRF54H20 DK and nRF54L15 PDK
• nRF70 Series advanced security modes
  • Enterprise security
  • Platform Security Architecture (PSA) crypto support