nRF7002 EB

Overview

The nRF7002 EB is a versatile evaluation kit in the form of a thumbstick shield which connects to compatible Nordic host boards, like the Thingy53, using the Nordic edge-connector.

The nRF7002 EB unlocks low-power Wi-Fi 6 capabilities for your host device. It support dual-band Wi-Fi 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and is based on the nRF7002 SoC. Seamlessly connect to Wi-Fi networks and leverage Wi-Fi-based locationing, enabling advanced features such as SSID sniffing of local Wi-Fi hubs

nRF7002 EB

nRF7002 EB

Requirements

The nRF7002 EB board is designed to fit straight into a Nordic edge-connector and uses SPI as the communication interface. Any host board that supports the Nordic edge-connector can be used with the nRF7002 EB.

Prerequisites

the nRF70 driver requires firmware binary blobs for Wi-Fi operation. Run the command below to retrieve those files.

west update
west blobs fetch hal_nordic

Usage

The shield can be used in any application by setting --shield nrf7002eb when invoking west build.

Shield Variants

The nRF7002 EB has a variant which includes the COEX pins. These pins are not be routed to the edge-connector on some boards, like earlier revisions of the Thingy53 than v1.0.0.

  • nrf7002eb: The default variant.

  • nrf7002eb_coex: Variant which includes the COEX pins.

SR Co-existence

The nRF7002 EB supports SR co-existence provided the host board supports it. The SR co-existence pins are connected to the host board’s GPIO pins.

Two Kconfig options are available to enable SR co-existence:

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