NRF9161-LACA-R7
Cellular IoT SiPThe NRF9161-LACA-R7 is a cellular iot sip from Nordic Semiconductor ASA. View the full NRF9161-LACA-R7 datasheet below including key specifications, pinout, electrical characteristics, absolute maximum ratings.
Manufacturer
Nordic Semiconductor ASA
Category
Cellular IoT SiP
Lifecycle
Active
Key Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Data Rate (Max) | 8Mbps |
| Frequency | 600MHZ ~ 2.2GHz |
| GPIO | 32 |
| Memory Size | 1MB Flash, 256kB RAM |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| Operating Temperature | -40°C ~ 85°C (TA) |
| Packaging | Cut Tape |
| Power - Output | 23dBm |
| Protocol | GPS |
| RF Family/Standard | Cellular |
| Sensitivity | -108dBm |
| Serial Interfaces | I2C, I2S, PWM, SPI, UART |
| Standard Pack Qty | 100 |
| Type | TxRx Only |
| Supply Voltage | 3V ~ 5.5V |
Overview
Part: nRF9161 — Nordic Semiconductor
Type: Cellular IoT SiP (System-in-Package) with integrated MCU, LTE modem, and GPS
Description: A highly integrated cellular IoT SiP featuring an Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller with 1 MB flash and 256 kB RAM, a 3GPP LTE release 14 Cat-M1/NB1/NB2 compliant modem, and a GPS receiver, all in a compact 10 × 16 × 1.04 mm LGA package.
Operating Conditions:
- Supply voltage: 3.0 - 5.5 V
- LTE power saving mode (PSM) floor current: 2.7 μA @ 3.7 V
- eDRX current: 19 μA (Cat-M1), 33 μA (Cat-NB1) @ 3.7 V (UICC included)
Absolute Maximum Ratings:
Key Specs:
- Microcontroller: Arm Cortex-M33
- Flash memory: 1 MB
- RAM: 256 kB
- ADC: 12-bit, 200 ksps, 8 configurable channels
- LTE Cat-M1 sensitivity: -108 dBm (low band), -107 dBm (mid band)
- LTE output power: Up to 23 dBm
- GPIO pins: 32
- Package dimensions: 10 × 16 × 1.04 mm
Features:
- Arm TrustZone and CryptoCell 310 for security
- Integrated GPS L1 C/A and QZSS L1 C/A receiver
- Up to 4x SPI master/slave with EasyDMA
- Up to 4x I2C compatible two-wire master/slave with EasyDMA
- Up to 4x UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
- I2S and Digital microphone interface (PDM) with EasyDMA
- Power saving features: DRX, eDRX, PSM
- Single 50 Ω antenna interface
Applications:
- Sensor networks
- Logistics and asset tracking
- Smart energy
- Smart building automation
- Smart agriculture
- Industrial
- Retail and monitor devices
- Medical devices
- Wearables
Package:
- LGA (10 × 16 × 1.04 mm)
Features
- Up to two PDM microphones configured as a left/right pair using the same data input
- 16 kHz output sample rate, 16-bit samples
- EasyDMA support for sample buffering
- HW decimation filters
- Selectable ratio of 64 or 80 between PDM_CLK and output sample rate
The PDM module illustrated below is interfacing up to two digital microphones with the PDM interface. EasyDMA is implemented to relieve the real-time requirements associated with controlling of the PDM slave from a low priority CPU execution context. It also includes all the necessary digital filter elements to produce pulse code modulation (PCM) samples. The PDM module allows continuous audio streaming.
Figure 38: PDM module
Applications
- Sensor networks
- Logistics and asset tracking
- Smart energy
- Smart building automation
- Smart agriculture
Pin Configuration
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Electrical Characteristics
Absolute Maximum Ratings
Maximum ratings are the extreme limits to which the chip can be exposed for a limited amount of time without permanently damaging it. Exposure to absolute maximum ratings for prolonged periods of time may affect the reliability of the device.
| Note | Min. | Max. | Unit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply voltages | ||||
| VDD | -0.3 | 5.5 28 | V | |
| VDD_GPIO | -0.3 | 3.9 | V | |
| SIM_1V8 | 1.65 | 1.95 | V | |
| VSS | 0 | V | ||
| I/O pin voltage | ||||
| V I/O , VDD_GPIO ≤ 3.6 V | -0.3 | VDD_GPIO + 0.3 | V | |
| V I/O , VDD_GPIO > 3.6 V | -0.3 | 3.9 | V | |
| Radio | ||||
| ANT antenna input level | 10 | dBm | ||
| GPS antenna input level | LNA turned on, max gain | -15 | dBm | |
| RF port ruggedness | Maximum deviation from 50 Ω without damaging the module | 10:1 | VSWR | |
| Environmental (LGA package) | ||||
| Storage temperature | -40 | 95 | °C | |
| MSL | Moisture Sensitivity Level | 3 | ||
| ESD HBM | Human Body Model | 1.5 | kV | |
| ESD HBM Class | Human Body Model Class | 1C | ||
| ESD CDM | Charged Device Model | 250 | V | |
| Flash memory | ||||
| Endurance | 10 000 | Write/erase cycles | ||
| Retention | 10 years at 85°C | |||
| ATEX compliance | ||||
| Ci | 83 | μF | ||
| Li | 9.0 | μH | ||
| Ui | 5.0 | V | ||
| li | 600 | mA |
No internal voltage boost converters
Table 58: Absolute maximum ratings
28 ATEX compliance requires a maximum of 5.0 V.
Ordering Information
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Related Variants
The following components are covered by the same datasheet.
| Part Number | Manufacturer | Package |
|---|---|---|
| NRF9161 | Nordic Semiconductor ASA | — |
| NRF9161-LACA | Nordic Semiconductor ASA | — |
| NRF9161-LACA-R | Nordic Semiconductor |
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