Note: Particle’s MVNO will provide support for LTE M1 connectivity in the US upon initial release. Not in the region? Check out the Boron 2G/3G Kit. See the cellular FAQ for details.

The Boron LTE is a powerful LTE CAT-M1/NB1 enabled development board that can act as either a standalone cellular endpoint or LTE enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes.

The Boron is great for connecting existing projects to the Particle Device Cloud or as a gateway to connect an entire group of local endpoints where Wi-Fi is missing or unreliable.

All Particle hardware is designed from the ground up to work with the Device Cloud; a powerful set of tools and infrastructure to build, connect, and manage your IoT fleet. The Device Cloud for Particle Mesh is priced by network. All Particle customers get 3 free months of Device Cloud access for micro networks using a cellular gateway. A micro network is defined as a network with 10 total devices and a single gateway.

Specifications:

1.1.) u-blox SARA R410 LTE modem (LTE)

LTE CAT M1/ NB1 module with global hardware support (MVNO support for US only)
3GPP Release 13 LTE Cat M1

1.2.) u-blox SARA U201 2G/3G modem (2G/3G)

HSPA/GSMqq with global hardware and SIM support
3GPP Release 7
Bands 800/850/900/1900/2100 MHz

2.) Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC

ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz
1MB flash, 256KB RAM
IEEE 802.15.4-2006: 250 Kbps
Bluetooth 5: 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 Kbps, 125 Kbps
Supports DSP instructions, HW accelerated Floating Point Unit (FPU) calculations
ARM TrustZone CryptoCell-310 Cryptographic and security module
Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps)
NFC-A tag

3.) On-board additional 2MB SPI flash

4.) 20 mixed signal GPIO (6 x Analog, 8 x PWM), UART, I2C, SPI

5.) Micro USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps)

6.) Integrated Li-Po charging and battery connector

7.) JTAG (SWD) Connector

8.) RGB status LED

9.) Reset and Mode buttons

10.) Dual SIM support: Nano 4FF (unpopulated) and MFF2

11.) U.FL connector for external antenna

12.) Meets the Feather specification in dimensions and pinout

13.) FCC and PTCRB certified

14.) RoHS compliant (lead-free)

Contents:

LTE Board Includes - Boron LTE dev board & Cellular flex antenna

LTE Kit Includes - Boron LTE dev board (On-board SIM, no card necessary) , Mini breadboard , Cellular flex antenna , USB cable , Starter project includes two resistors (220 ohm), one red LED, and one photodiode

2G/3G Kit Includes - Boron 2G/3G dev board (On-board SIM, no card necessary), Mini breadboard, Cellular flex antenna, 1800mAh Li-Po battery, USB cable, Starter project includes two resistors (220 ohm), one red LED, and one photodiode