KNoT Dongle¶
Overview¶
The KNoT Dongle (nRF52840-PCA10059) is a low-cost board manufactured by Nordic Semiconductor and it has a user programmable RGB LED.
Dongle - nRF52840 (PCA10059)¶
More information about the board can be found at the nRF52840 Dongle website and Zephyr nRF52840-PCA10059 website. The Nordic Semiconductor Infocenter contains the processor’s information and the datasheet.
Supported Features¶
The Dongle hardware provides support for the following devices:
ADC
CLOCK
FLASH
GPIO
I2C
MPU
NVIC
PWM
RTC
SPI
UART
USB
WDT
Connections and IOs¶
Dongle - Connections and IOs (Credit: Nordic Semiconductor)¶
Warning
The reserved buttons and LEDs should not be controlled by the user.
Buttons¶
Part  | 
Description  | 
Pin  | 
Permission  | 
|---|---|---|---|
SW1  | 
Factory Reset  | 
P1.06  | 
Reserved  | 
RESET  | 
Reset  | 
P0.181  | 
Reserved  | 
LEDs¶
Part  | 
Description  | 
Color  | 
Pin  | 
Permission  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
LD1  | 
Status  | 
Green  | 
P0.06  | 
Reserved  | 
LD2  | 
Application  | 
Red  | 
P0.08  | 
Available  | 
Green  | 
P1.09  | 
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Blue  | 
P0.12  | 
Analog Input¶
Name  | 
Pin  | 
Permission  | 
|---|---|---|
AIN 0  | 
P0.02  | 
Available  | 
AIN 5  | 
P0.29  | 
Available  | 
AIN 7  | 
P0.31  | 
Available  | 
Flash instructions¶
To flash the Dongle is necessary to enter the bootloader mode by pressing the RESET button. The red LED (LD2) should start a fade pattern when the bootloader starts running. Use nRF Connect or KNoT CLI to flash the image to your board.
Reset button used to enter DFU mode.¶