The Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 Development Kit (DK) is a single-board hardware development platform providing all necessary tools for evaluation and development of application firmware based on the nRF9160 SiP (System-in-Package). This supports both LTE standards, M1 and NB-IoT, and is globally compatible. The nRF9160 DK is available at http://www.Rutronik24.com.
The Development Kit includes a LTE antenna that supports bands in 690-960MHz and 1710-2200MHz. It has a dedicated GPS antenna for the nRF9160 version with built-in GPS, a 2.4GHz antenna can be used with Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth Mesh and IEEE 802.15.4 protocols, like Thread or Zigbee®. The nRF52840 SoC (System on Chip) is integrated as board controller and can be used, for example, to build a Bluetooth® Low Energy gateway.
For further information on supported bands and certifications, please turn to: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Low-power-cellular-IoT/nRF9160-Certifications
Developers have access to all I/O pins and module interfaces via plug connectors, including an Arduino UNO Rev3 interface. The popular SEGGER J-Link OB is integrated for debugging and programming. It also provides a debug out function.
The DK has both a 4FF SIM card slot and a MFF2 SIM footprint. A preloaded SIM card from iBasis with 10MB of data for LTE-M helps to kick-start developments. Furthermore, the nRF9160 DK has four LEDs, two buttons and two switches that are user-programmable.
An overview of available firmware versions can be found on http://www.rutronik-tec.com/nrf91/
