Hardware description
4.11 Solder bridge and test point overview
The nRF52 DK has a range of solder bridges for enabling or disabling functionality on the
. It also has
test points available for use. Changes to these are not needed for normal use of the
The following table is a complete overview of the solder bridges on the nRF52 DK.
Solder bridge
Default
Function
SB1
Closed
Cut to disconnect the 32.768kHz on P0.01.
SB2
Closed
Cut to disconnect the 32.768kHz on P0.00.
SB3
Open
Short to enable P0.01 as normal GPIO.
SB4
Open
Short to enable P0.00 as normal GPIO.
SB5
Closed
Cut to disconnect LED1.
SB6
Closed
Cut to disconnect LED2.
SB7
Closed
Cut to disconnect LED3.
SB8
Closed
Cut to disconnect LED4.
SB9
Closed
Cut for current measurements.
SB10
Open
Short to bypass the reverse voltage protection diode on the USB
power.
SB11
Open
Short to bypass the reverse voltage protection diode on the coin-cell
battery power.
SB12
Open
Short to bypass the reverse voltage protection diode on the external
supply power.
SB13
Closed
Cut to disconnect P0.05 from the connector interface.
SB14
Closed
Cut to disconnect P0.06 from the connector interface.
SB15
Closed
Cut to disconnect P0.07 from the connector interface.
SB16
Closed
Cut to disconnect P0.08 from the connector interface.
SB17
Open
Short to connect P0.21 to the connector interface RESET.
SB18
Open
Short to permanently enable the I/O expander.
SB19
Closed
Cut to permanently disable the I/O expander.
SB20
Closed
Cut to isolate SWDIO from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB21
Closed
Cut to isolate SWDCLK from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB22
Closed
Cut to isolate P0.05 from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB23
Closed
Cut to isolate P0.06 from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB24
Closed
Cut to isolate P0.07 from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB25
Closed
Cut to isolate P0.08 from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB26
Closed
Cut to isolate P0.18 from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
SB27
Closed
Cut to isolate P0.21 from nRF52832 to the interface MCU.
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