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Arduino MKR NB 1500 Development Board

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Arduino MKR NB 1500 overview

The Arduino MKR NB 1500 is a Development Board. Main ratings: Microcontroller SAMD21 Cortex®-M0+ 32bit low power ARM MCU; Radio module u-blox SARA-R410M-02B; Secure element ATECC508; Board power supply 5V. This page brings together the Arduino MKR NB 1500 pinout and key specifications, with the full datasheet PDF to preview below or download.

The Arduino MKR NB 1500 is a powerful IoT board that can communicate over LTE-M, NB-IoT and EGPRS networks. The Arduino MKR NB 1500 brings NB-IoT / CAT-M1 connectivity to your projects. Using the popular Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21 processor, it also features the powerful uBlox SARA-R410M-02B module and the ECC508 crypto-chip for security.

The MKR NB 1500 board is a prime choice for engineers and hobbyists just venturing in IoT applications and designs. The MKR NB 1500 also offers a wide array of onboard safety features such as short circuit protection and ESD protection

Key specifications

Microcontroller
SAMD21 Cortex®-M0+ 32bit low power ARM MCU
Radio module
u-blox SARA-R410M-02B
Secure element
ATECC508
Board power supply (USB/Vin)
5V
Supported battery
Li-Po Single Cell, 3.7V, 1500mAh Minimum
Circuit operating voltage
3.3V
Digital i/o pins
8
PWM pins
13 (0 .. 8, 10, 12, 18 / A3, 19 / A4)

Datasheet

abx00019-web.pdf
Format PDFSize 281 KBLanguage EN
Third-party / unverified source

Arduino MKR NB 1500 features

  • The module can communicate over the LTE-M, NB-IoT and EGPRS networks
  • 12 channel DMA
  • 12 channel event system
  • 5x 16 bit Timer/Counter
  • 3x 24 bit timer/counter with extended functions
  • 32 bit RTC Watchdog Timer CRC-32 generator
  • Full speed Host/Device USB with 8 end points
  • 6x SERCOM (USART, I2C, SPI, LIN)
  • Two channel I2S
  • 12 bit 350ksps ADC (up to 16 bit with oversampling)
  • 10 bit 350ksps DAC
  • Nina W102 Module
  • Dual Core Tensilica LX6 CPU at up to 240MHz
  • 448 KB ROM, 520KB SRAM, 2MB Flash
  • Bluetooth BR/EDR
  • Max 7 Clients, 2.4 GHz, 79 channels

Arduino MKR NB 1500 pinout

PinNameDescription
1AREFAnalog Reference Voltage
2D15 / A0Digital I/O 15 / Analog I/O 0
3D16 / A1Digital I/O 16 / Analog I/O 1
4D17 / A2Digital I/O 17 / Analog I/O 2
5D18 / A3Digital I/O 18 / Analog I/O 3
6D19 / A4Digital I/O 19 / Analog I/O 4
7D20 / A5Digital I/O 20 / Analog I/O 5
8D21 / A6Digital I/O 21 / Analog I/O 6
9D0Digital I/O 0
10D1Digital I/O 1
11D2Digital I/O 2
12D3Digital I/O 3
13D4Digital I/O 4
14D5Digital I/O 5
15D6Digital I/O 6
16D7Digital I/O 7
17D8Digital I/O 8
18D9Digital I/O 9
19D10Digital I/O 10
20D11Digital I/O 11
21D12Digital I/O 12
22D13Digital I/O 13
23D14Digital I/O 14
24RESETReset Pin
Show all 28 pins
PinNameDescription
25GNDGround Pin
26+3V3Chip Supply voltage (+3.3V)
27VinVoltage Input
28+5vChip Supply Voltage (+5V)

Arduino MKR NB 1500 specifications

Microcontroller SAMD21 Cortex®-M0+ 32bit low power ARM MCU
Radio module u-blox SARA-R410M-02B
Secure element ATECC508
Board power supply (USB/Vin) 5V
Supported battery Li-Po Single Cell, 3.7V, 1500mAh Minimum
Circuit operating voltage 3.3V
Digital i/o pins 8
PWM pins 13 (0 .. 8, 10, 12, 18 / A3, 19 / A4)
UART 1
SPI 1
I2C 1
Analog input pins 7 (ADC 8/10/12 bit)
Analog output pins 1 (DAC 10 bit)
External interrupts 8 (0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16 / A1, 17 / A2)
Dc current per i/o pin 7 mA
Flash memory 256 KB (internal)
SRAM 32 KB
Clock speed 32.768 kHz (RTC), 48 MHz
LED_builtin 6
Antenna gain 2dB (bundled antenna at the Arduino Store)
Working region Multiregion
Device location GNSS via modem
Power consumption (LTE m1) min 100 mA / max 190 mA
Power consumption (LTE nb1) min 60 mA / max 140 mA
Sim card MicroSIM (not included with the board)
Length 67.64 mm
Width 25 mm
Weight 32 gr

Arduino MKR NB 1500 applications

  • Traffic Light Count Down Timer
  • Parking Lot Counter
  • Embedded systems
  • Home Automation

Arduino MKR NB 1500 datasheet PDF preview

PDF · 281 KB

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