Developing with nRF93M1
Information in this section complements the general Application development guides (such as Configuring and building or Programming an application) with information specific to the nRF93M1 device.
The nRF93M1 is an LTE Cat 1 bis cellular modem module. Unlike the Developing with nRF91 Series, an nRF93M1 DK does not contain an application core. The module runs Nordic-maintained modem firmware and exposes its full functionality to a separate host processor over UART or USB. Your application runs on the host, not on the module.
The host can be any MCU or rich-OS system that can drive a serial link. On the nRF93M1 DK, the host is an nRF54L15 SoC, which lets you develop the host application in the nRF Connect SDK alongside the modem.
The nRF93M1 DK is a development kit that contains the nRF93M1-LABA module, an nRF54L15 host MCU option, and an nRF5340 board controller MCU with SEGGER J-Link support. It also includes features that enable power consumption measurements and support firmware development for the nRF54-based host MCU.
Supported boards
Zephyr and the nRF Connect SDK provide support for developing Cat 1 bis applications using the following nRF93M1 device:
DK or platform |
PCA number |
Board targets |
Documentation |
Product pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PCA10232 |
nrf93m1dk/nrf54l15/cpuappnrf93m1dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp/nsnrf93m1dk/nrf54l15/cpuflpr |
The DK is used for development with both module variants described in Module variants.
Note
Board revision applies to the DK, for example nrf93m1dk@0.3.0/nrf54l15/cpuapp.
The modem node is declared in the revision-specific board file nrf93m1dk_nrf54l15_common_0_3_0.dtsi.
Pin mappings differ between revisions, so check the revision of your kit before assuming a pin mapping.
If you want to go through a hands-on online training to familiarize yourself with cellular IoT technologies and development of cellular applications, enroll in the Cellular IoT Fundamentals course from the Nordic Developer Academy.