The Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Sense, also known as XIAO BLE Sense, is a compact wireless development board based on the Nordic nRF52840 Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller. Running at up to 64 MHz, it provides 1 MB of on-chip Flash, 256 KB RAM, and an additional 2 MB onboard QSPI Flash for embedded applications. Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4, Bluetooth Mesh, NFC, and an onboard antenna make the board suitable for wearable electronics, wireless sensors, IoT nodes, portable devices, and battery-powered embedded systems.
The Sense version adds an onboard LSM6DS3TR-C 6-axis IMU and PDM digital microphone, allowing motion, orientation, gesture, vibration, and audio data to be captured without additional sensor modules. Its ultra-low-power architecture supports standby consumption below 5 uA, while integrated lithium-battery charging simplifies portable designs. With UART, I2C, SPI, NFC, SWD, PWM, ADC, Arduino, MicroPython, and CircuitPython support in a 21 x 17.8 mm XIAO form factor, the board is well-suited for TinyML, embedded machine-learning, and compact wireless prototyping.
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