Developing with nRF91 Series

Zephyr and the nRF Connect SDK provide support for developing cellular applications using the following nRF91 Series devices:

DK or Prototype platform	PCA number	Board targets	Documentation	Product pages
nRF9161 DK	PCA10153	nrf9161dk/nrf9161, nrf9161dk/nrf9161/ns	Product Specification Getting started User Guide	nRF9161 DK product page nRF9161 System in Package (SiP)
nRF9160 DK	PCA10090	nrf9160dk/nrf9160, nrf9160dk/nrf9160/ns	Product Specification Getting started User Guide	nRF9160 DK product page nRF9160 System in Package (SiP)
nRF9151 DK	PCA10171	nrf9151dk/nrf9151, nrf9151dk/nrf9151/ns	Getting started	nRF9151 System in Package (SiP)
nRF9131 EK	PCA10165	nrf9131ek/nrf9131, nrf9131ek/nrf9131/ns	–	nRF9131 System in Package (SiP)
Thingy:91	PCA20035	thingy91/nrf9160, thingy91/nrf9160/ns	Getting started User Guide	Thingy:91 product page nRF9160 System in Package (SiP)
Thingy:91 X	PCA20065	thingy91x/nrf9151, thingy91x/nrf9151/ns	–	nRF9151 System in Package (SiP)

The nRF Connect SDK also offers samples dedicated to these devices, as well as compatible Drivers and Libraries.

If you want to go through a hands-on online training to familiarize yourself with cellular IoT technologies and development of cellular applications, enroll in the Cellular IoT Fundamentals course in the Nordic Developer Academy.

Subpages:

• Features of nRF91 Series
  • Application MCU
  • LTE modem
  • Modem library
  • Remote observability using Memfault
  • GNSS
  • Operating modes
• Configuring board controller
  • Board controller on the nRF91x1 DKs
  • Board controller on the nRF9160 DK
• Updating the nRF Cloud certificate
  • Downloading the nRF Cloud certificate
  • Provisioning the nRF Cloud certificate
• Connecting to Thingy:91
  • Using nRF Toolbox
  • Using a serial terminal
  • Using nRF Connect Serial Terminal
• Updating the firmware for nRF91 Series devices
  • Updating the DK firmware using Programmer
  • Updating the Thingy:91 firmware using Programmer
• Configuring and building with nRF91 Series
  • nRF9160 DK board revisions
  • FOTA updates
• Programming onto nRF91 Series devices
  • Compatible versions of modem and application
  • Selecting board controller on nRF9160 DK
  • Programming onto Thingy:91
• Testing the cellular connection on nRF91 Series DK
• Snippets for an nRF91 Series device
  • nRF91 modem traces with flash backend using snippets
  • nRF91 modem tracing with UART backend using snippets
  • Shared UART for application and TF-M logging
• Configuring external flash memory on the nRF9160 DK
  • Programming the board controller firmware
  • Adding the configuration and devicetree option
  • Using Partition Manager