
Hardware description
6.2 Block diagram
The nRF52 Preview Development Kit board block diagram shows the connections between the different
blocks.
External supply
Current
measurement
USB
Battery
Buttons
Voltage regulator
LEDs
GPIO
nRF52832
PCB
Antenna
Interface MCU
VBUS
USB sense
Data
Osc
32.768 kHz
IF Boot/Reset
UART
SWD
VCC_nRF
Osc
32 MHz
Debug in
Debug out
Power switch
Power switch
Matching
network
NFC antenna
SWF switch/
RF connector
I/O
expander
Debouncing
filter
Switch
Switch
Figure 5: nRF52 Preview Development Kit board block diagram
6.3 Power supply
The nRF52 Preview Development Kit board has three power options: 5 V from the USB, external power
supply, and coin cell battery.
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