Nordic adds expansion board for nRF54L series development
Nordic Semiconductor introduces the nRF7002 expansion board II (nRF7002 EBII), bolstering the development options for its nRF54L Series multiprotocol system-on-chips (SoCs). The nRF7002 EBII plug-in board adds Wi-Fi 6 capabilities to the nRF54L Series development kits (DKs).
Based on Nordic’s nRF7002 Wi-Fi companion IC, the nRF7002 EBII allows developers using the nRF54L Series multiprotocol SoCs to leverage the benefits of Wi-Fi 6, including power efficiency improvements for battery-powered Wi-Fi operation, and management of large IoT networks, for IoT applications such as smart home and Matter-enabled devices, industrial sensors, and smart city infrastructure, as well as wearables and medical devices.
The nRF7002 EBII provides seamless hardware and software integration with the nRF54L15 and nRF54LM20 development kits. The EBII supports dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) and advanced Wi-Fi 6 features such as target wake time (TWT), OFDMA, and BSS Coloring, enabling interference-free, battery-powered operation, Nordic said.
The new board also features a dual-band chip antenna for robust connectivity across Wi-Fi bands. The onboard nRF7002 companion IC offers Wi-Fi 6 compliance, as well as backward compatibility with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi standards. It supports both STA and SoftAP operation modes.
The nRF7002 EBII can be easily integrated with the nRF54L Series development kits via a dedicated expansion header. Developers can use SPI or QSPI interfaces for host communication and use integrated headers for power profiling, making the board suited for energy-constrained designs.
The nRF7002 EBII will be available through Nordic’s distribution network in the first quarter of 2026. It is fully supported in the nRF Connect SDK, Nordic’s software development kit.
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