Icarus SoM
Overview
The Icarus SoM is a coin-sized, easy-to-solder cellular IoT Module built around Nordic Semi’s nRF9160 modem and combines LTE-M, NB-IoT, GPS, accelerometer as well as an eSIM and option for an external nano SIM connector.
The main uController is the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160, with ARM Cortex-M33F CPU, ARMv8-M Security Extension and the following devices (provided directly by Nordic):
ADC
CLOCK
FLASH
GPIO
I2C
MPU
NVIC
PWM
RTC
Segger RTT (RTT Console)
SPI
UARTE
WDT
IDAU
Icarus SoM Pins
Internal Pinouts
Hardware
The detailed information about the on-board hardware can be found at the Icarus SoM Product Website [2].
Supported Features
The actinius_icarus_som board supports the hardware features listed below.
- on-chip / on-board
- Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
- 2 / 2
-
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files. -
vnd,foo -
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.
actinius_icarus_som/nrf9160 target
Type |
Location |
Description |
Compatible |
|---|---|---|---|
CPU |
on-chip |
ARM Cortex-M33F CPU1 |
|
ADC |
on-chip |
Nordic Semiconductor nRF family SAADC node1 |
|
ARM architecture |
on-chip |
Nordic EGU (Event Generator Unit)6 |
|
on-chip |
Nordic KMU (Key Management Unit)1 |
||
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family CTRL-AP (Control Access Port)1 |
||
on-chip |
Nordic SPU (System Protection Unit)1 |
||
on-chip |
Nordic UICR (User Information Configuration Registers)1 |
||
Audio |
on-chip |
Nordic PDM (Pulse Density Modulation interface)1 |
|
Clock control |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF clock control node1 |
|
Counter |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF timer node3 |
|
Cryptographic accelerator |
on-chip |
ARM TrustZone CryptoCell 3101 |
|
Flash controller |
on-chip |
Nordic NVMC (Non-Volatile Memory Controller)1 |
|
GPIO & Headers |
on-chip |
NRF5 GPIO1 |
|
on-chip |
|||
I2C |
on-chip |
||
I2S |
on-chip |
Nordic I2S (Inter-IC sound interface)1 |
|
Interrupt controller |
on-chip |
ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1 |
|
IPC |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family IPC (Interprocessor Communication)1 |
|
Miscellaneous |
on-chip |
Nordic DPPIC (Distributed Programmable Peripheral Interconnect Controller)1 |
|
on-chip |
Nordic FICR (Factory Information Configuration Registers)1 |
||
on-board |
The Icarus boards provide the user with 2 options regarding SIM usage for LTE-M/NB-IoT communication1 |
|
|
MMU / MPU |
on-chip |
ARMv8-M MPU (Memory Protection Unit)1 |
|
MTD |
on-chip |
Flash node1 |
|
on-chip |
Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1 |
||
on-chip |
Fixed subpartitions of a flash (or other nonvolatile storage) memory2 |
||
Pin control |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family Pin Controller1 |
|
Power management |
on-chip |
Nordic VMC (Volatile Memory Controller)1 |
|
on-chip |
Nordic nRF power control node1 |
||
PWM |
on-chip |
nRF PWM4 |
|
on-chip |
nRFx S/W PWM1 |
||
Regulator |
on-chip |
Nordic REGULATORS (voltage regulators control module) on nRF91X1 |
|
Retained memory |
on-chip |
Nordic GPREGRET (General Purpose Register Retention) device2 |
|
RTC |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF RTC (Real-Time Counter)2 |
|
Sensors |
on-board |
STMicroelectronics LIS2DH12 3-axis accelerometer1 |
|
Serial controller |
on-chip |
||
SPI |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family SPIM (SPI master with EasyDMA)4 |
|
SRAM |
on-chip |
Generic on-chip SRAM1 |
|
Timer |
on-chip |
ARMv8-M System Tick1 |
|
Watchdog |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family WDT (Watchdog Timer)1 |
actinius_icarus_som/nrf9160/ns target
Type |
Location |
Description |
Compatible |
|---|---|---|---|
CPU |
on-chip |
ARM Cortex-M33F CPU1 |
|
ADC |
on-chip |
Nordic Semiconductor nRF family SAADC node1 |
|
ARM architecture |
on-chip |
Nordic EGU (Event Generator Unit)6 |
|
on-chip |
Nordic KMU (Key Management Unit)1 |
||
Audio |
on-chip |
Nordic PDM (Pulse Density Modulation interface)1 |
|
Clock control |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF clock control node1 |
|
Counter |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF timer node3 |
|
Flash controller |
on-chip |
Nordic NVMC (Non-Volatile Memory Controller)1 |
|
GPIO & Headers |
on-chip |
NRF5 GPIO1 |
|
on-chip |
NRF5 GPIOTE1 |
||
I2C |
on-chip |
||
I2S |
on-chip |
Nordic I2S (Inter-IC sound interface)1 |
|
Interrupt controller |
on-chip |
ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1 |
|
IPC |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family IPC (Interprocessor Communication)1 |
|
Miscellaneous |
on-chip |
Nordic DPPIC (Distributed Programmable Peripheral Interconnect Controller)1 |
|
on-board |
The Icarus boards provide the user with 2 options regarding SIM usage for LTE-M/NB-IoT communication1 |
|
|
MMU / MPU |
on-chip |
ARMv8-M MPU (Memory Protection Unit)1 |
|
MTD |
on-chip |
Flash node1 |
|
on-chip |
Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1 |
||
on-chip |
Fixed subpartitions of a flash (or other nonvolatile storage) memory2 |
||
Pin control |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family Pin Controller1 |
|
Power management |
on-chip |
Nordic VMC (Volatile Memory Controller)1 |
|
on-chip |
Nordic nRF power control node1 |
||
PWM |
on-chip |
nRF PWM4 |
|
on-chip |
nRFx S/W PWM1 |
||
Regulator |
on-chip |
Nordic REGULATORS (voltage regulators control module) on nRF91X1 |
|
Retained memory |
on-chip |
Nordic GPREGRET (General Purpose Register Retention) device2 |
|
RTC |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF RTC (Real-Time Counter)2 |
|
Sensors |
on-board |
STMicroelectronics LIS2DH12 3-axis accelerometer1 |
|
Serial controller |
on-chip |
||
SPI |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family SPIM (SPI master with EasyDMA)4 |
|
SRAM |
on-chip |
Generic on-chip SRAM1 |
|
Timer |
on-chip |
ARMv8-M System Tick1 |
|
Watchdog |
on-chip |
Nordic nRF family WDT (Watchdog Timer)1 |
SIM selection
The sim choice (eSIM or nano-SIM) can be configured in Devicetree by adjusting
the sim property in the sim_select node.
Security components
Building Secure/Non-Secure Zephyr applications
The process requires the following steps:
Build the Secure Zephyr application using
-DBOARD=actinius_icarus_som.Build the Non-Secure Zephyr application using
-DBOARD=actinius_icarus_som/ns.Merge the two binaries together.
If you are using Segger Embedded Studio v4.18 or later, the two binaries are built, merged, and burned automatically, unless you have disabled the feature.
When building a Secure/Non-Secure application, the Secure application will have to set the IDAU (SPU) configuration to allow Non-Secure access to all CPU resources utilized by the Non-Secure application firmware. SPU configuration shall take place before jumping to the Non-Secure application.
More information can be found in the Icarus SoM Product Website [2] or the Actinius Documentation Portal [3].