Nordic Semiconductor
nRF52832 Edge AI Guides
64 KB SRAM at the minimum threshold for Cortex-M4F ML inference. FPU and DSP support CMSIS-NN kernels but RAM limits model size to very small networks.
Hardware Specs
| Processor | ARM Cortex-M4F @ 64 MHz |
| Cores | 1 |
| Clock | 64 MHz |
| SRAM | 64 KB |
| Flash | 512 KB |
| FPU | single |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 5.0 LE, NFC-A |
| Key Features | Single-precision FPU, Ultra-low-power BLE, NFC-A tag, EasyDMA for peripherals |
| Price | $3–$5 (chip), $10–$30 (dev board) |
Dev Boards in This Family
18 edge-AI-capable nRF52832 development boards with specs and compatibility details.
96Boards Nitrogen
96Boards
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
Adafruit Bluefruit nRF52832 Feather
Adafruit
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
Bluey nRF52832 IoT
Electronut Labs
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
Delta DFBM-NQ620
Delta
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
decaWave DWM1001 Module Development Board
decaWave
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
hackaBLE
Electronut Labs
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
Holyiot YJ-16019
Holyiot
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
BL652 Development Kit
Laird Connectivity
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
Nordic nRF52-DK
Nordic
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
Makerdiary nRF52832-MDK
Makerdiary
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
RedBearLab BLE Nano 2
RedBearLab
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
RedBearLab Blend 2
RedBearLab
64 KB RAM · 64 MHz
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