Particle B Series SoM
Cellular + Bluetooth in a M.2 SoM
The B Series is a powerful cellular-enabled system-on-a-module (SoM) designed for mass-production. It includes the Nordic nRF52840 and with support for cellular and Bluetooth LE.
Models
B402 | B523 |
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u-blox SARA R410M-02-B | Quectel EG91-E |
LTE Cat M1 | LTE Cat 1 with 3G and 2G fallback |
3GPP LTE Cat M1 Release 13 | 3GPP E-UTRA Release 13 |
LTE Cat M1 bands: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 28 | LTE Cat 1 bands: 1, 3, 7, 8, 20, 28A |
Supported in the US, Canada, and Mexico only | Support for Europe only at this time |
Hardware specifications:
Main processor:
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC
- ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz
- 1MB flash, 256KB RAM
- Bluetooth 5: 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 Kbps, 125 Kbps
- 20 mixed signal GPIO (6 x Analog, 8 x PWM), UART, I2C, SPI
- 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 radio
General specifications:
- M.2 NGFF 67-pin connector to your base board
- Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps)
- NFC-A tag (requires external antenna)
- On-board additional 4MB SPI flash
- MFF2 SMD Particle SIM card
- U.FL connectors for external cellular and Bluetooth antennas
- FCC and PTCRB certified
- RoHS compliant (lead-free)