
Adafruit's Feather nRF52840 Sense, with the 16- and 12-pin header rows a FeatherWing stacks onto. Its board is 1.99 mm thick rather than the usual 1.57, so its holes run that much deeper.
One of the Feather Mainboard family.
- Made by
Adafruit
- SKU
- 4516
- Kind
- Circuit board (PCB)
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-3.0
- Keywords
- adafruit, feather, nrf52840, sense, bluetooth, ble, microcontroller, imu, magnetometer, apds9960
| Overall size (X × Y × Z) | 51.2 × 22.9 × 8.3 mm |
|---|---|
| PCB size | 50.8 × 22.9 mm |
| PCB thickness | 2 mm |
| Mounting holes | 4 × Ø2.5 mm |
| Through-hole pads | 30 |
| Components | 39 |
| Function | microcontroller board |
| Form factor | feather |
| Chip | nRF52840, LSM6DS3TR-C, LIS3MDL, APDS9960, SHT30, BMP280 |
| Clock speed | 64 MHz |
| Flash | 1 MB |
| RAM | 256 KB |
| GPIO pins | 21 |
| Wireless | BLE |
| USB connector | Micro-B |
| Logic level | 3.3 V |
| Weight | 6 g |
- nRF52840 datasheet (Nordic Semiconductor)
- LSM6DS3TR-C datasheet (STMicroelectronics)
- APDS-9960 datasheet (Broadcom)
- SHT30/SHT3x-DIS datasheet (Sensirion)
- BMP280 datasheet (Bosch Sensortec)
- MDBT50Q datasheet (Raytac)
- LIS3MDL datasheet (STMicroelectronics)
- WS2812B datasheet (Worldsemi)
- AO3401A datasheet (Alpha & Omega Semiconductor)
- AP2112 datasheet (Diodes Incorporated)
- MCP73831 datasheet (Microchip)
- RT9080 datasheet (Richtek)
- GD25Q16C datasheet (GigaDevice)
- MBR0540 datasheet (onsemi)
| Qty | Part | Value | References | Datasheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| × 5 | SMD Capacitor0603 | 0.1uF | C1, C3, C10, C12, C13 | X7R SMD MLCC series datasheet (KEMET) |
| × 5 | SMD Capacitor0805 | 10uF | C5, C6, C7, C8, C9 | X7R SMD MLCC series datasheet (KEMET) |
| × 3 | SMD Resistor0603 | 4.7K | R1, R3, R4 | RC_L series datasheet (Yageo) |
| × 2 | SMD Resistor0603 | 22 ohm | R10, R11 | RC_L series datasheet (Yageo) |
| × 2 | SMD Tactile SwitchKMR2 | KMR2 | SW1, SW2 | |
| × 1 | MEMS MicrophoneSPH0645LM4H | MIC_PDM | IC4 | SPH0645LM4H datasheet (Knowles) |
| × 1 | QFN / DFNOptical LGA-8 3.94x2.36 | APDS-9960 | U1 | APDS-9960 datasheet (Broadcom) |
| × 1 | QFN / DFNLGA-8 2x2.5 P0.65 | BMP280 | U5 | BMP280 datasheet (Bosch Sensortec) |
| × 1 | QFN / DFNUSON-8 3x2 P0.5 | GD25Q16 | IC2 | GD25Q16C datasheet (GigaDevice) |
| × 1 | QFN / DFNLGA-12 2x2 P0.5 | LIS3MDL | IC3 | LIS3MDL datasheet (STMicroelectronics) |
| × 1 | QFN / DFNLGA-14 3x2.5 P0.5 | LSM6DS3 | IC1 | LSM6DS3TR-C datasheet (STMicroelectronics) |
| × 1 | QFN / DFNTDFN-6 2.5x2.5 P0.65 | SHT30 | U4 | SHT30/SHT3x-DIS datasheet (Sensirion) |
| × 1 | RF ModuleMDBT50Q | MDBT50 | MDBT1 | MDBT50Q datasheet (Raytac) |
| × 1 | SMD Capacitor0603 | 1uF | C4 | X7R SMD MLCC series datasheet (KEMET) |
| × 1 | SMD Capacitor0805 | DNP | L1 | X7R SMD MLCC series datasheet (KEMET) |
| × 1 | SMD DiodeSOD-123 | MBR0540 | D1 | MBR0540 datasheet (onsemi) |
| × 1 | SMD LED0603 · blue | BLUE | D4 | |
| × 1 | SMD LED0603 · orange | ORANGE | D3 | |
| × 1 | SMD LED0603 · red | RED | D2 | |
| × 1 | SMD Resistor Array4x0603 | 4.7K Pack | R7 | CAT16/CAY16 series datasheet (Bourns) |
| × 1 | SMD Resistor Array4x0603 | 100K | R12 | CAT16/CAY16 series datasheet (Bourns) |
| × 1 | SMD RGB LED3535-4 | WS2812B_3535FULL | LED1 | WS2812B datasheet (Worldsemi) |
| × 1 | SOTSOT-23W | AO3401 | Q3 | AO3401A datasheet (Alpha & Omega Semiconductor) |
| × 1 | SOTSOT-23-5 | MCP73831T-2ACI/OT | U3 | MCP73831 datasheet (Microchip) |
| × 1 | SOTSOT-23-5 | RT9080-3.3 | U2 | RT9080 datasheet (Richtek) |
| × 1 | USB ReceptacleMicro-B | MicroUSB | X1 | |
| × 1 | Wire-to-Board ConnectorPH side entry · 2 | CON_JST_PH_2PIN_MT_BATT | X3 | JST PH datasheet (JST) |
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