The nRF52 series of SoCs from Nordic Semiconductor offers flexibility and choice in Ultra Low Power (ULP) wireless, supporting wireless technologies ranging from Bluetooth 5, to ANT, to Zigbee and Thread, and beyond. Visit Nordic Semiconductor for full details about any nRF52 series product.
In collaboration with Nordic Semiconductor, Garmin Canada is pleased to support the nRF52 series of ULP SoCs with SoftDevice packages that include the ANT ultra low power wireless protocol. The SoftDevices are available as ANT-only (200 series) and concurrent ANT and Bluetooth (300 series), providing flexibility to serve specific product needs.
High Level SoftDevice Capability Checklist
SoftDevice
Features
S212
ANT Only SoftDevice
S312
ANT and Bluetooth® Peripheral
S313
ANT and Bluetooth® Peripheral w/ Data Packet Length Extension, Connection Oriented Channels
S332
ANT and Bluetooth® Central and Peripheral
S340
ANT and Bluetooth® Central and Peripheral, Bluetooth Long Range
nRF52 Series / ANT SoftDevice Compatibility Chart
S212
S312
S313
S332
S340
nRF52805
X
X
nRF52810
X
X
X
nRF52811
X
X
X
nRF52820
X
X
X
nRF52832
X
X
X
X
nRF52833
X
X
X
nRF52840
X
X
X
SoftDevice Licensing
ANT Wireless provides four stacks targeted exclusively for the nRF52 Series SoCs: These stacks are licensed for evaluation and commercial use, using a single agreement.
Evaluation Use:
• Not to be used for any commercial or revenue-generating purpose.
• Click above for Evaluation use on any of the stack downloads for the SoftDevices that you need.
Commercial License Agreement and Royalty Reporting:
• Required for any commercial or revenue generating purposes
• You can obtain the Commercial License Key by clicking below on any of the commercial licenses for the SoftDevices that you need.
• Royalty rate is $0.08 per instance, with a minimum payment of $800 per six-month period.
• Click on the Licensing Process PDF for further information.
Flexible network topologies: peer-to-peer, star, tree, high node count, mesh and more
Broadcast, acknowledged, and burst data communication modes
Built-in device search and pairing
Built-in interference handling and radio coexistence management with application radio disable requests and application flash write/erase requests
Enhanced ANT features:
Supports up to 15 logical channels each with configurable channel periods (5.2ms - 2s)
Advanced burst data transfer modes (up to 60kbps)
Optional channel encryption mode (AES-128)
Supports up to 8 public, private and/or managed networks
Advanced power management features to optimize application power consumption including Event Filtering and Selective Data Updates
Asynchronous transmit channel
Fast channel initiation
High duty search
Time synchronization
Bluetooth Low Energy Features
S312 ANT / Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice
S313 ANT / Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice
S332 ANT / Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice
S340 ANT / Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice
The S312 ANT/Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice includes the memory optimized Bluetooth 5 qualified S112 protocol stack for the nRF52 series SoC. It is a complete stack with GAP, GATT, ATT, SM and Link Layer. Both GATT Server and Client are supported. Feature summary:
2mbps, 1mbps
Channel Selection Algorithm #2
4 concurrent links as Peripheral with Broadcaster
Configurable number of connections and properties
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID support
Support for concurrent multiprotocol with Bluetooth mesh and 2.4GHz proprietary protocols
The S313 ANT/Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice includes the memory optimized Bluetooth 5 qualified S113 protocol stack for the nRF52 series SoC. It is a complete stack with GAP, GATT, ATT, SM and Link Layer. Both GATT Server and Client are supported. Feature summary:
2mbps, 1mbps
Channel Selection Algorithm #2
4 concurrent links as Peripheral with Broadcaster
Configurable number of connections and properties
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID support
Support for concurrent multiprotocol with Bluetooth mesh and 2.4GHz proprietary protocols
LE Data Length Extension
L2CAP connection-oriented channels
The S332 ANT/Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice includes the high performance S132 Bluetooth 5 qualified protocol stack for nRF52832 and nRF52810 SoCs. It is a complete stack with GAP, GATT, ATT, SM, L2CAP, and Link Layer. Both GATT Server and Client are supported.
2Mbps, 1Mbps
Advertising Extensions
Channel Selection Algorithm #2
20 concurrent Central / Peripheral links with Observer and Broadcaster
Configurable number of connections and properties
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID support
Support for concurrent multiprotocol with Bluetooth mesh and 2.4GHz proprietary protocols
LE Data Length Extension
L2CAP connection-oriented channels
The S340 ANT/Bluetooth 5 SoftDevice includes the feature complete S140 Bluetooth 5 qualified protocol stack for the nRF52840 SoC. It is a complete stack with GAP, GATT, ATT, SM, L2CAP, and Link Layer. Both GATT Server and Client are supported.
2Mbps, 1Mbps, Long Range
Advertising Extensions
Channel Selection Algorithm #2
20 concurrent Central / Peripheral links with Observer and Broadcaster
Configurable number of connections and properties
LE Secure Connections
Privacy 1.2
Configurable ATT Table
Configurable ATT MTU
Custom UUID support
Support for concurrent multiprotocol with Thread, Zigbee, Bluetooth mesh and 2.4GHz proprietary protocols
nRF52 Series
